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Magic Terror : Seven Tales by Straub, Peter, 1943- is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.

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No one tells a story like Peter Straub. He dazzles with the complexity of his plots. He delights with the sophistication and eloquence of his prose. He startles you into laughter in the face of events so dark you begin to question your own moral compass. Then he reduces you to jelly by spinning a tale so terrifying-and surprising-you wind up sleeping with the lights on. With Magic Terror, the bestselling author of Ghost Story and The Talisman (with Stephen King) has given us one of the most imaginatively unsettling collections in years. The terrain of these extraordinary stories is marked by brutality, heart-break, despair, wonder, and an unexpected humor that allows empathy to blossom within the most unlikely contexts. "Bunny Is Good Bread" takes us into the mind of a small boy trapped in grotesque circumstances to portray the creation of a serial killer in a manner that compels pity, sorrow, comprehension, and grief-as well as judgment. "Hunger, an Introduction," narrated by the ghost of a pompous, self-pitying murderer, evokes a profoundly beautiful vision of earthly life, one appreciated far more by the dead than the living. The award-winning novella "Mr. Clubb an

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Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.

Author
Straub, Peter, 1943-
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Published
2001
Language
EN
ISBN
9780007109906
Category
work of fiction
Subjects
Fiction, Short Stories, Thriller
Rating
3.58 / 5 (798 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-14

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