| Poe's Children: The New Horror Contributor(s): Straub, Peter (Author) |
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ISBN: 0307386406 ISBN-13: 9780307386403 Publisher: Anchor Books OUR PRICE: $15.30 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2009 Annotation: A "Washington Post" Best Book of the Year Crossing boundaries and packed with imaginative chills, Poe's Children bears all the telltale signs of fearless, addictive fiction. Horror writing is usually associated with formulaic gore, but New Wave horror writers have more in common with the wildly inventive, evocative spookiness of Edgar Allan Poe than with the sometimes-predictable hallmarks of their peers. Showcasing this cutting-edge talent, 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 Peter Straub to represent what he thinks is the most interesting development in our literature during the last two decades. Contributors include Dan Chaon, Elizabeth Hand, Ramsey Campbell, Brian Evenson, Kelly Link, Jonathan Carroll, Glen Hirshberg, Benjamin Percy, Bradford Morrow, Peter Straub, Stephen King, Joe Hill, Ellen Klages, Tia V. Travis, Neil Gaiman, and John Crowley. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Horror - General - Fiction | Anthologies (multiple Authors) - Fiction | Thrillers - Psychological |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.06" H x 5.24" W x 8" (0.99 lbs) 608 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A Washington Post Best Book of the Year Peter Straub--bestselling author and 8-time Bram Stoker Award winner--has gathered here 24 bone-chilling, nail-biting, frightfully imaginative stories that represent the best of contemporary horror writing. 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" |