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Publishing History

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Subjects

History and criticism, American Horror tales, Gothic revival (Literature), Fiction, English fiction, Horror tales, Horror tales, English, Horror tales, history and criticism, Fiction, horror, Horror stories, Short stories, English Fantasy fiction, Children's stories, English, History, Children's fiction, Criticism and interpretation, Monsters in literature, Fiction, short stories (single author), Scientists in literature, Paranormal fiction

Places

Great Britain, England, English-speaking countries, Ireland, United States, London (England), London, France, Italy, Russia, Scotland, Toledo, Wales, Germany, India, Jamaica, Jefferson, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Owl Creek Bridge

People

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851), Bram Stoker (1847-1912), Ann Ward Radcliffe (1764-1823), Horace Walpole (1717-1797), Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849), Charles Robert Maturin (1780-1824), M. G. Lewis (1775-1818), Percy Bysshe Shelley (1792-1822), Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu (1814-1873), Arthur Machen (1863-1947)

Times

19th century, 18th century, 20th century, 21st century, Antebellum era, 1861-65, 1890, Carnival, 1600s, 16e siècle

Prolific Authors

who have written the most books on this subject
Stephen Jones, 37 books
Peter Haining, 24 books
Arthur Conan Doyle, 21 books
Ambrose Bierce, 21 books
Ramsey Campbell, 20 books
Anthony Horowitz, 19 books
Edgar Allan Poe, 18 books
H.P. Lovecraft, 15 books
Bram Stoker, 15 books
Ellen Datlow, 15 books
Hugh Lamb, 14 books
Brian Lumley, 14 books
Ray Bradbury, 14 books
Algernon Blackwood, 14 books
Helen Hoke, 13 books
Arthur Machen, 12 books
Michel Parry, 11 books
Stephen King, 11 books
Robert Louis Stevenson, 11 books
Darren Shan, 10 books
David Sutton, 10 books
Joan Aiken, 10 books
Clive Barker, 10 books
Dennis Etchison, 9 books
Robert Bloch, 9 books