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American Midnight - (Pushkin Press Classics) by Laird Hunt (Paperback)

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  • A chilling anthology of 10 classic weird and supernatural tales from the dark heart of American literature, compiled and introduced by award-winning author Laird Hunt!
  • About the Author: Laird Hunt is an American writer and translator.
  • 224 Pages
  • Fiction + Literature Genres, Horror
  • Series Name: Pushkin Press Classics

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A chilling anthology of 10 classic weird and supernatural tales from the dark heart of American literature, compiled and introduced by award-winning author Laird Hunt!

"Fireside stories where guilt, distress and unforeseen illness strike a deliciously gothic note." -- Sunday Express

A masquerade ball cut short by a mysterious plague; a strange nocturnal ritual in the woods; a black bobcat howling in the night: these 10 tales are some of the most strange and unsettling in all of American literature.

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.

Now beautifully repackaged in a stunning new paperback edition, this collection includes deliciously spine-tingling stories such as:

  • 'Young Goodman Brown' by Nathaniel Hawthorne
  • 'The Eyes' by Edith Wharton
  • 'Spunk' by Zora Neale Hurston
  • 'A Ghost Story' by Mark Twain,
  • 'The Yellow Wallpaper' by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
  • and many more!

Selected and introduced by Laird Hunt, the prize-winning author of In the House in the Dark of the Woods, these stories are filled with unforgettable imagery and simmering with supernatural tension, making them some of the most important contributions to the genre of 'weird fiction' ever written.



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"Fireside stories where guilt, distress and unforeseen illness strike a deliciously gothic note." -- Sunday Express Magazine



About the Author



Laird Hunt is an American writer and translator. He has written seven novels, including Neverhome, which was a New York Times Book Review Editor's Choice selection, an IndieNext selection, winner of the Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine and The Bridge prize, and a finalist for the Prix Femina Étranger. His In the House in the Dark of the Woods is also available from Pushkin Press. A resident of Providence, Rhode Island, he teaches at Brown University.
Dimensions (Overall): 7.81 Inches (H) x 5.06 Inches (W)
Weight: .81 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Number of Pages: 224
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Sub-Genre: Horror
Series Title: Pushkin Press Classics
Publisher: Pushkin Press Classics
Format: Paperback
Author: Laird Hunt
Language: English
Street Date: September 15, 2026
TCIN: 1008344301
UPC: 9781805331186
Item Number (DPCI): 247-54-0034
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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