Peter Straub has created a body of short stories and novellas establishes him as one of the best literary voices in the genres of horror and dark suspense. His list of accomplishments and awards is staggering: In addition to the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association, Life Achievement World Fantasy Award, Grand Master Award from World Horror, Living Legend Award from the International Horror Guild, he has won the Bram Stoker Award 9 times, the World Fantasy Award 3 times, and 1 British Fantasy Award.
He remains a living legend.
Volume one features Peter's short stories. Stories included in this collection:
The Juniper Tree
She Saw a Young Man
In the Realm of Dreams
Going Home
A Short Guide to the City
Interlude: Bar Talk
Something About a Death, Something About a Fire
The Poetry Reading
The Veteran
Then One Day...
The Ghost Village
Ashputtle
Hunger
In Transit (with Benjamin Straub)
Isn't It Romantic?
The Geezers
Donald, Duck!
Little Red's Tango
Lapland, or Film Noir
Mr. Aickman's Air Rifle
Mallon the Guru
The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine
Inside Story
The Collected Stories of Freddie Prothero
Lost Lake (with Emma Straub)
Beyond the Veil of Vision: Reinhold von Kreitz and the Das Beben Movement
"Peter Straub's shorter fictions are like tiny novels you drown in: perfectly pitched, terrifyingly smart, big-hearted, dangerous, and even cruel... If you care about the short story, you should read this book, and watch a master at work." βNeil Gaiman, author of The Ocean at the End of the Lane
"Straub has a proven knack for black humor, and he coaxes the nightmarish out of the mundane with startling ease. This is a powerful collection from an enduring favorite in literary chills." βPublishers Weekly (starred review)
"These stories show [Straub] ranging far and high into the uplands of literary fiction without ever leaving behind the dark impulses and fears that make his work so powerful." βJohn Crowley, author of Little, Big and the Aegypt Cycle