Isaac Asimov Presents the Best Horror and Supernatural of the 19th Century

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Summary: Best Horror and Supernatural of the Nineteenth Century
Review: This short story anthology is part of a series edited by the able team of Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh and Martin H. Greenberg. Other titles in the series are Best Fantasy of the Nineteenth Century and Best Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century. This anthology features an introductory essay by Asimov, "The Lure of Horror" and 25 short stories, each preceded by a capsule biography of the author. All of the stories were written between 1824 and 1900. The selections are outstanding. They include some old standards (eg. Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart"; Bierce's "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"). The book also includes some lesser known works by such masters of the macabre as Sheridan LeFanu, Elizabeth Gaskell, Bram Stoker and F. Marion Crawford. Robert Louis Stevenson's "Markheim" is especially good. Some hard-to-find, rarely anthologized but excellent stories are included. In this category are Robert Barr's truly shocking "Game of Chess" and W.C. Morrow's "His Unconquerable Enemy". The anthology lives up to its name. It gathers the best horror fiction by the best writers of the Nineteenth Century.

Rating:
Summary: Best Horror and Supernatural of the Nineteenth Century
Review: This short story anthology is part of a series edited by the able team of Isaac Asimov, Charles G. Waugh and Martin H. Greenberg. Other titles in the series are Best Fantasy of the Nineteenth Century and Best Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century. This anthology features an introductory essay by Asimov, "The Lure of Horror" and 25 short stories, each preceded by a capsule biography of the author. All of the stories were written between 1824 and 1900. The selections are outstanding. They include some old standards (eg. Poe's "Tell-Tale Heart"; Bierce's "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge"). The book also includes some lesser known works by such masters of the macabre as Sheridan LeFanu, Elizabeth Gaskell, Bram Stoker and F. Marion Crawford. Robert Louis Stevenson's "Markheim" is especially good. Some hard-to-find, rarely anthologized but excellent stories are included. In this category are Robert Barr's truly shocking "Game of Chess" and W.C. Morrow's "His Unconquerable Enemy". The anthology lives up to its name. It gathers the best horror fiction by the best writers of the Nineteenth Century.