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New Gothic: A Collection of Contemporary Gothic Fiction

In time The New Gothic brilliantly reanimates—and reinvents—the genre of Mary Shelley and Edgar Allan Poe, celebrating the vigorous return of sophisticated horror. Contributors include Anne Rice, Joyce Carol Oates, Ruth Rendell, and Peter Straub, among many others. Eeriness abounds."—Washington Post Book World.

Audience
adult
Length
medium · 336 pages

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