Description: Haunted Castles: The Complete Gothic Stories by Ray Russell Offers a collection of authors masterful Gothic horror stories, including the famously terrifying novella trio of Sardonicus, Sanguinarius, and Sagittarius. FORMAT Hardcover LANGUAGE English CONDITION Brand New Publisher Description Haunted Castles is the definitive, complete collection of Ray Russells masterful Gothic horror stories, including the famously terrifying novella trio of Sardonicus, Sanguinarius, and Sagittarius. The characters that sprawl through Haunted Castles are frightful to the core- the heartless monster holding two lovers in limbo; the beautiful dame journeying down a damned road toward depravity (with the help of an evil gypsy); the man who must wear his fatal crimes on his face in the form of an awful smile. Engrossing, grotesque, perverted, and completely entrancing, Russells Gothic tales are the best kind of dreadful. Author Biography RAY RUSSELL was born in 1924 in Chicago, Illinois, and served in the United States Air Force during World War II in the South Pacific. After the war, he attended the Chicago Conservatory of Music and eventually joined the editorial staff at Playboy, where he published such writers as Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, Richard Matheson, Jack Finney, Robert Bloch, and Charles Beaumont. His best-known work, Sardonicus, was called by Stephen King perhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever written. He died in Los Angeles in 1999. GUILLERMO DEL TORO is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, and designer, most famous for his Academy Award-winning film, Pans Labyrinth, and the Hellboy film franchise. He has received the Nebula, Hugo, and Bram Stoker awards and is an avid collector and student of arcane memorabilia and weird fiction. Review "Russell links postpulp literature and the Grand Guignol tradition with the modern sensibilities of America in the 1960s. Within him resides a neo-paganistic streak that is passed from Algernon Blackwood and Sax Rohmer to him and other writers of unusual proclivities, such as Bernard J. Hurwood. A fascinating combination of the liberal and the heretic... Russell is the literary equivalent of the Italian filmmaker Mario Bava, a supersaturated neo-Gothiscist who shines above the premises of his material based on style, conviction, and artistic flair." - Guillermo del Toro, from the introduction Praise for Penguin Horror Classics: "The new Penguin Horror editions, selected by Guillermo del Toro, feature some of the best art-direction (by Paul Buckley) Ive seen in a cover in quite some time." - Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing "Each cover does a pretty spectacular job of evoking the mood of the title in bold, screenprint-style iconography." - Dan Solomon, Fast Company Review Quote "The new Penguin Horror editions, selected by Guillermo del Toro, feature some of the best art-direction (by Paul Buckley) Ive seen in a cover in quite some time." Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing "Each cover does a pretty spectacular job of evoking the mood of the title in bold, screenprint-style iconography." Dan Solomon, Fast Company Promotional "Headline" Part of a six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by Academy award-winning director Guillermo del Toro. Details ISBN0143124013 Author Ray Russell Short Title HAUNTED CASTLES Publisher Penguin Books Language English ISBN-10 0143124013 ISBN-13 9780143124016 Media Book Format Hardcover DEWEY 813.54 Pages 235 Series Penguin Classic Horror Imprint Penguin Classics Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Edited by del Toro, Guillermo Audience General/Trade Subtitle The Complete Gothic Stories Year 2013 Publication Date 2013-10-03 UK Release Date 2013-10-03 NZ Release Date 2013-10-22 AU Release Date 2013-10-22 We've got this At The Nile, if you're looking for it, we've got it. With fast shipping, low prices, friendly service and well over a million items - you're bound to find what you want, at a price you'll love! TheNile_Item_ID:137831062;
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Book Title: Haunted Castles
Item Height: 218mm
Item Width: 154mm
Author: Ray Russell
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Publication Year: 2013
Genre: Horror
Item Weight: 382g
Number of Pages: 272 Pages