From the incomparable master of horror and suspense comes an electrifying collection of contemporary literary horror, with stories from twenty-five writers representing todayβs most talented voices in the genre.Horror writing is usually associated with formulaic gore, but New Wave horror writers hav
Poe's children: the new horror: an anthology
β Scribed by Peter Straub
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Year
- 2008
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 373 KB
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Category
- Fiction
- ISBN
- 0385528469
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
β¦ Synopsis
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 on 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.;From the incomparable master of horror and suspense comes an electrifying collection of contemporary literary horror, with stories from twenty-five writers representing today's most talented voices in the genre.
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