{"product_id":"haunted-castles-isbn-9780143124016","title":"Haunted Castles","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunningly creepy deluxe hardcover edition with spot gloss, black sprayed edges, black-stained pages, and black endpapers.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart of a six-volume series of the best in classic horror, selected by Academy Award-winning director of The Shape of Water Guillermo del Toro.  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFilmmaker and longtime horror literature fan Guillermo del Toro serves as the curator for the Penguin Horror series, a new collection of classic tales and poems by masters of the genre. Included here are some of del Toro’s favorites, from Mary Shelley’s \u003ci\u003eFrankenstein\u003c\/i\u003e and Ray Russell’s short story “Sardonicus,” considered by Stephen King to be “perhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever written,” to Shirley Jackson’s \u003ci\u003eThe Haunting of Hill House\u003c\/i\u003e and stories by Ray Bradbury, Joyce Carol Oates, Ted Klein, and Robert E. Howard. Featuring original cover art by Penguin Art Director Paul Buckley, these stunningly creepy deluxe hardcovers will be perfect additions to the shelves of horror, sci-fi, fantasy, and paranormal aficionados everywhere.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eHaunted Castles\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHaunted Castles \u003c\/i\u003eis the definitive, complete collection of Ray Russell's masterful Gothic horror stories, including the famously terrifying novella trio of  \"Sardonicus,\" \"Sanguinarius,\" and \"Sagittarius.\" The characters that sprawl through \u003ci\u003eHaunted Castles\u003c\/i\u003e 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, Russell's Gothic tales are the best kind of dreadful.\"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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for Penguin Horror Classics:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“The new Penguin Horror editions, selected by Guillermo del Toro, feature some of the best art-direction (by Paul Buckley) I've seen in a cover in quite some time.” – Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Each cover does a pretty spectacular job of evoking the mood of the title in bold, screenprint-style iconography.\" – Dan Solomon, Fast Company\u003cb\u003eRAY RUSSELL\u003c\/b\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, helping turn the magazine into a showcase for imaginative fiction. At \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, Russell published such writers as Ray Bradbury, Kurt Vonnegut, Richard Matheson, Jack Finney, Robert Bloch, and Charles Beaumont, while also editing many of the bestselling \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e anthologies, including \u003ci\u003eThe Playboy Book of Science Fiction and Fantasy\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003ePlayboy Book of Horror and the Supernatural\u003c\/i\u003e. His first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Case Against Satan\u003c\/i\u003e, will appear in Penguin Classics in 2014, and his best known work, \"Sardonicus,\" was called by Stephen King \"perhaps the finest example of the modern Gothic ever written. His work also included publications in \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review \u003c\/i\u003eand several screenplays, including \u003ci\u003eMr. Sardonicus\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Horror of it All\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eX: The Man with the X-Ray Eyes\u003c\/i\u003e. Russell received the World Fantasy Award for Lifetime Achievement in 1991. He passed away in Los Angeles in 1999.\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGUILLERMO DEL TORO\u003c\/b\u003e is a Mexican director, producer, screenwriter, novelist, and designer. He both cofounded the Guadalajara International Film Festival and formed his own production company—the Tequila Gang. However, he is most recognized for his Academy Award-winning film, \u003ci\u003ePan’s Labyrinth\u003c\/i\u003e, and the Hellboy film franchise. He has received Nebula and Hugo awards, was nominated for a Bram Stoker Award, and is an avid collector and student of arcane memorabilia and weird fiction.\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304434487525,"sku":"NP9780143124016","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143124016.jpg?v=1767728773","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/haunted-castles-isbn-9780143124016","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}