Featuring classic horror fiction by Ray Bradbury, Richard Matheson, Shirley Jackson, W.W. Jacobs, H.G. Wells, Arthur Machen, Algernon Blackwood, M.R. James, H.P. Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith, Robert E. Howard, August Derleth, Manly Wade Wellman, Theodore Sturgeon, and nearly three dozen others!World Fantasy Award winning specialty press Cemetery Dance Publications has commissioned a spectacular two-volume anthology project under the editorship of noted author and historian of the horror genre, John Pelan.John selected one story published during each year of the 20th Century as the most notable story of that yearall 100 stories were then collected in this amazing two volume set to be published as The Century¹s Best Horror Fiction.The ground rules were simple: Only one selection per author. Only one selection per year.Two huge volumes, one hundred authors, one hundred classic stories, over 700,000 words of fictionhistory in the making!These two volumes are available separately, and Volume ONE covers 1901 to 1950.
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- Release Date 12/30/2011
- Author John Pelan
- Language English
- Company Cemetery Dance Publications; First Edition
- Weight 3.2 pounds
- Dimensions 7.5 x 2 x 10.25 inches
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