A collection of frightening tales about phantoms, specters, demons and other preternatural creatures of the night and day from Edgar Allan Poe, H.P. Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Stephen King Offers a collection of weird and frightening American short fiction. This book celebrates the richness of this tradition with chilling contributions from some of the nation's brightest literary lights, including Poe himself, H P Lovecraft, Shirley Jackson, Ray Bradbury, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and-of course-Stephen King.