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Highlights
- The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story--and 8-time Bram Stoker Award winner--gathers 24 bone-chilling, nail-biting, frightfully imaginative stories that represent the best of contemporary horror writing.
- About the Author: PETER STRAUB is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels.
- 608 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Horror
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About the Book
Showcasing the cutting-edge talent of New Wave horror writers, "Poe's Children" brings the best of the genre's stories to a wider audience. Each story has been selected by "New York Times"-bestselling author Straub.Book Synopsis
The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story--and 8-time Bram Stoker Award winner--gathers 24 bone-chilling, nail-biting, frightfully imaginative stories that represent the best of contemporary horror writing."Revelatory.... A remarkably consistent, frequently unsettling book." --The Washington Post "[Straub] collects the best scary short stories out there." --Time Dan Chaon "The Bees"
Elizabeth Hand "Cleopatra Brimstone"
Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem "The Man on the Ceiling"
M. John Harrison "The Great God Plan"
Ramsey Campbell "The Voice of the Beach"
Brian Evenson "Body"
Kelly Link "Louise's Ghost"
Jonathan Carroll "The Sadness of Detail"
M. Rickert "Leda"
Thomas Tessier "In Praise of Folly"
David J. Schow "Plot Twist"
Glen Hirshberg "The Two Sams"
Thomas Ligotti "Notes on the Writing of Horror: A Story"
Benjamin Percy "Unearthed"
Bradford Morrow "Gardener of Heart"
Peter Straub "Little Red's Tango"
Stephen King "The Ballad of a Flexible Bullet"
Joe Hill "20th Century Ghost"
Ellen Klages "The Green Glass Sea"
Tia V. Travis "The Kiss"
Graham Joyce "Black Dust"
John Crowley "Missolonghi 1824"
Rosalind Palermo Stevenson "Insect Dreams"
Review Quotes
A Washington Post Best Book of the Year "Revelatory. . . . A remarkably consistent, frequently unsettling book." --The Washington Post "Straub is uniquely qualified to hold forth on what makes a good horror story. . . . [He] collects the best scary short stories out there." --Time
About the Author
PETER STRAUB is the New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels. In the Night Room and Lost Boy, Lost Girl are winners of the Bram Stoker Award, as is his collection 5 Stories. Straub is the editor of numerous anthologies, including the two-volume American Fantastic Tale from the Library of America. He died in 2022.Dimensions (Overall): 8.0 Inches (H) x 5.24 Inches (W) x 1.06 Inches (D)
Weight: .99 Pounds
Suggested Age: 22 Years and Up
Sub-Genre: Horror
Genre: Fiction + Literature Genres
Number of Pages: 608
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Format: Paperback
Author: Peter Straub
Language: English
Street Date: October 6, 2009
TCIN: 85161479
UPC: 9780307386403
Item Number (DPCI): 247-60-5965
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 1.06 inches length x 5.24 inches width x 8 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 0.99 pounds
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