His Hideous Heart: 13 of Edgar Allan Poe's Most Unsettling Tales Reimagined

Product Description <br/>Thirteen of YA's most celebrated names reimagine Edgar Allan Poe's most surprising, unsettling, and popular tales for a new generation.<br/><br/><br/><br/>Edgar Allan Poe may be a hundred and fifty years beyond this world, but the themes of his beloved works have much in common with modern young adult fiction. Whether the stories are familiar to readers or discovered for the first time, readers will revel in Edgar Allan Poe's classic tales, and how they've been brought to life in 13 unique and unforgettable ways.<br/>Contributors include Dahlia Adler (reimagining "Ligeia"), Kendare Blake ("Metzengerstein"), Rin Chupeco ("The Murders in the Rue Morgue"), Lamar Giles ("The Oval Portrait"), Tessa Gratton ("Annabel Lee"), Tiffany D. Jackson ("The Cask of Amontillado"), Stephanie Kuehn ("The Tell-Tale Heart"), Emily Lloyd-Jones ("The Purloined Letter"), Hillary Monahan ("The Masque of the Red Death"), Marieke Nijkamp ("Hop-Frog"), Caleb Roehrig ("The Pit and the Pendulum"), and Fran Wilde ("The Fall of the House of Usher").<br/> Review <br/>"If you're looking for something quick and brutal to get you in the mood for Halloween,<br/>His Hideous Heart will keep you occupied and up at night."-<br/>BookTrib<br/> About the Author <br/>Dahlia Adler is an editor of mathematics by day, the overlord of LGBTQReads by night, and a Young Adult author at every spare moment in between. She is the editor of several anthologies and the author of many novels, including<br/>Cool for the Summer and<br/>Home Field Advantage. She lives in New York with her family and an obscene number of books.<br/><br/><br/>Caitlin Davies is a New York City-based actor and audiobook narrator. Davies specializes in audiobooks for teens and young adults, including the House of Night series by P.C. Cast and Kristen Cast. She has performed in New York and regional theaters and is a member of the WorkShop Theater Company in New York City. She has a bachelor's degree from Vassar College, and has studied acting at the Eugene O'Neill National Institute, the British American Drama Academy, the Barrow Group, and Brown University/ Trinity Rep.<br/><br/><br/>Caleb Roehrig's debut YA thriller,<br/>Last Seen Leaving, was called one of the Best YA Novels of 2016 by Buzzfeed.com. Caleb lives with his husband in Los Angeles.<br/><br/><br/>Fran Wilde's acclaimed short stories have appeared in<br/>Asimov's,<br/>Nature, and<br/>Beneath Ceaseless Skies. Aside from her writing career, she has worked as a science and engineering writer, as a programmer and game developer, as a sailing assistant, and as a jeweler's assistant. She lives in Pennsylvania with her family. She is the author of<br/>Updraft.<br/><br/><br/>Kendare Blake holds an MA in creative writing from Middlesex University in northern London. She is the critically acclaimed author of<br/>Anna Dressed in Blood, Girl of Nightmares,<br/> and<br/>Antigoddess. She lives and writes in Lynnwood, Washington.