{"product_id":"9781805331186","title":"American Midnight : Weird Tales of the Dark - Laird Hunt","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA collection of chilling tales from the dark heart of American literature\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA masquerade ball cut short by a mysterious plague; a strange nocturnal ritual in the woods; a black bobcat howling in the night: these ten tales are some of the most strange and unsettling in all of American literature, filled with unforgettable imagery and simmering with tension. From Edgar Allan Poe to Shirley Jackson, Nathaniel Hawthorne to Zora Neale Hurston, the authors of these classics of supernatural suspense have inspired generations of writers to explore the dark heart of the land of the free.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe stories in this collection have been selected and introduced by Laird Hunt, an author of seven acclaimed novels which explore the shadowy corners of American history.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContains:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'The Masque of the Red Death', Edgar Allan Poe\u003cbr\u003e'Young Goodman Brown', Nathaniel Hawthorne\u003cbr\u003e'The Eyes', Edith Wharton\u003cbr\u003e'The Mask', Robert Chambers\u003cbr\u003e'Home', Shirley Jackson\u003cbr\u003e'A Ghost Story', Mark Twain\u003cbr\u003e'Spunk', Zora Neale Hurston\u003cbr\u003e'The Yellow Wallpaper', Charlotte Perkins Gilman\u003cbr\u003e'An Itinerant House', Emma Frances Dawson\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLaird Hunt\u003c\/strong\u003e is an American writer and translator. He has written seven novels, including \u003cem\u003eNeverhome\u003c\/em\u003e, which was a \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e Editor's Choice selection, an IndieNext selection, winner of the Grand Prix de Litt�rature Am�ricaine and The Bridge prize, and a finalist for the Prix Femina �tranger. His \u003cem\u003eIn the House in the Dark of the Woods\u003c\/em\u003e is also available from Pushkin Press. A resident of Boulder, CO, he is on the faculty in the creative writing PhD program at the University of Denver.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Laird Hunt","offers":[{"title":"224 pages \/ 08\/10\/2026 \/ Anthologies (non-poetry)","offer_id":57448415691127,"sku":"9781805331186","price":10.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0682\/9454\/1624\/files\/9781805331186.jpg?v=1789031573","url":"https:\/\/gulpfictionbooks.com\/products\/9781805331186","provider":"Gulp Fiction","version":"1.0","type":"link"}