Official Blog of Poet and Author Andrew Barger: Best Horror Short Stories 1850-1899: A 6a66le Horror Anthology Edited by Andrew Barger is Published!

Saturday, December 31, 2016

Best Horror Short Stories 1850-1899: A 6a66le Horror Anthology Edited by Andrew Barger is Published!

I'm happy to announce on New Year's Eve that my latest anthology: Best Horror Short Stories 1850-1899: A 6a66le Horror Anthology is published! http://www.andrewbarger.com/besthorrorshortstories1850.html It contains the best horror stories from the last half of the 19th century, including shocking tales from popular American and Victorian authors.

Andrew Barger (that would be me), award-winning author and editor of Phantasmal: Best Ghost Short Stories 1800-1849 http://amzn.to/2g3hyLm and 6a66le: Best Horror Short Stories 1800-1850 http://amzn.to/2gwTdf8 has researched the finest horror stories for the last half of the nineteenth century and combined them in one haunting collection. I have added my familiar scholarly touch by annotating the stories, providing story background information, author photos and a list of horror stories considered to settle on the most frightening and well-written tales.

A Terror Tour Guide (2016) by Andrew Barger (A leading voice in the gothic literature space, Andrew sets the stage for this anthology of nightmares.)
The Pioneers of Pike’s Peak (1897) by Basil Tozer (Hoards of giant spiders on a Colorado mountain. What could go wrong?)
Lot No. 249 (1892) by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (Perhaps the premier mummy horror story ever recorded from the master that is Sir Arthur Conan Doyle is measured out to its climatic ending.)
The Yellow Wallpaper (1892) by Charlotte Perkins Gilman (Explore the depths of insanity.)
Green Tea (1871) by Joseph Le Fanu (One of the most haunting horror stories by the Irish master.)
What Was It? (1859) by Fitz James O’Brien (Sometimes the worst horror is one you can't see.)
Pollock and the Porroh Man (1897) by H. G. Wells (Wells takes us deep into the jungle and its wrought supernatural horror.)
The Spider of Guyana (1857) by Erckmann-Chatrian (The first giant spider horror story is one of its best.)
The Squaw (1893) by Bram Stoker (The author of Dracula never disappoints.)
The Great God Pan (1894) by Arthur Machen (Mythic horror that gained much praise from H. P. Lovecraft.)
His Unconquerable Enemy (1889) by W. C. Morrow (A fiendish tale of torture sees Morrow at his best.)
Horror Short Stories Considered (Andrew concludes the horror anthology by listing every horror short story he read to pick the very best.)