Barbara H. Solomon

Eileen Panetta

Ranging from the true-life experiences of Black, White and Jewish author Rebecca Walker to the dazzling short fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Once Upon a Childhood offers stories of family bonds and lessons learned throughout America, past and present. Includes writings by: Dorothy Allison Julia Alvarez T. Coraghessan Boyle Art Buchwald Willa Cather Sandra Cisneros Michael Cunningham Mary Crow Dog F. Scott Fitzgerald Ben Fong-Torres Ernest Hemingway Alice Hoffman Jack London James McBride Mary McCarthy Bharati Mukherjee Rebecca Walker Tobias Wolff

Stories and Memoirs of American Youth

Once Upon a Childhood

They are the fearful images that have stalked humanity’s nightmares for centuries, supernatural creatures that feast on flesh and haunt the soul, macabre and uncanny beings that frighten and fascinate the imagination. Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves, and Ghosts collects classic stories from literary masters inspired by folklore and mythology who dared to explore the darker side of human nature and crafted tales that defied convention, stirred up controversy, and gave life to a storytelling genre that has endured for generations. With stories by Charles Dickens, Rudyard Kipling, Henry James, Anne Sexton, Oscar Wilde, Yvonne Navarro, Fritz Leiber, Ramsey Campbell, Chelsea Quinn Yarbro, Angela Carter, and others…

25 Classic Stories of the Supernatural

Vampires, Zombies, Werewolves and Ghosts

This spine-tingling anthology features classic stories from such literary masters as Charles Dickens, Henry James, Oscar Wilde and Angela Carter, all of whom were inspired by folklore and mythology--and all of whom dared to explore the darker side of human nature. Original.

Eileen Panetta

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