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Poe's Children : The New Horror by Peter Straub (2009, Trade Paperback)

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Poe's Children by Peter Straub. "[Straub] collects the best scary short stories out there.". In the Night Room and Lost Boy, Lost Girl are winners of the Bram Stoker Award, as is his collection 5 Stories.

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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" Neil Gaiman "October in the Chair" John Crowley "Missolonghi 1824" Rosalind Palermo Stevenson "Insect Dreams"

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
0307386406
ISBN-13
9780307386403
eBay Product ID (ePID)
73819483

Product Key Features

Book Title
Poe's Children : the New Horror
Topic
Anthologies (Multiple Authors), Horror, Thrillers / Psychological
Publication Year
2009
Language
English
Genre
Fiction
Author
Peter Straub
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1in.
Item Length
8in.
Item Width
5.2in.
Item Weight
14.8 Oz

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Reviews
"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, "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
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
813/.0873808
Table of Content
Introduction * Peter Straub The Bees * Dan Chaon Cleopatra Brimstone * Elizabeth Hand The Man on the Ceiling * Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem The Great God Pan * M. John Harrison The Voice of the Beach * Ramsey Campbell Body * Brian Evenson Louise's Ghost * Kelly Link The Sadness of Detail * Jonathan Carroll Leda * M. Rickert In Praise of Folly * Thomas Tessier Plot Twist * David J. Schow The Two Sams * Glen Hirshberg Notes on the Writing of Horror: A Story * Thomas Ligotti Unearthed * Benjamin Percy Gardener of Heart * Bradford Morrow Little Red's Tango * Peter Straub The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet * Stephen King 20th Century Ghost * Joe Hill The Green Glass Sea * Ellen Klages The Kiss * Tia V. Travis Black Dust * Graham Joyce October in the Chair * Neil Gaiman Missolonghi 1824 * John Crowley Insect Dreams * Rosalind Palermo Stevenson Credits About the Authors
Number of Pages
608 Pages

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