Cover of American Short Stories
Horror

American Short Stories

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  • 1965 first published
  • 398 pages
  • 6 editions
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American Short Stories is a 1965 horror story collection by Douglas Grant, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe. Much of the action takes place in United States. It deals with cats, first-person narrative, unreliable narrators and Self-hatred.

6 Open Library readers have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 6 editions.

At about 398 pages, most readers finish it in 7–8 hours.

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Tropes

Setting

Subjects

  • American Short stories
  • Short stories, american
  • Horror fiction
  • Cats
  • Children's fiction
  • Short story
  • First-person narrative
  • Unreliable narrators
  • Self-hatred
  • Gallows

Quick answers

Who wrote American Short Stories?

American Short Stories was written by Douglas Grant, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Edgar Allan Poe and first published in 1965.

What genre is American Short Stories?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is American Short Stories?

The median edition has 398 pages, about 7–8 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

What books are similar to American Short Stories?

Readers who like it often enjoy The Saturday Evening Post Treasury, Wolf's Complete Book of Terror and Best Short Stories -- Advanced Level.

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