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Horror writing is usually associated with formulaic gore, but New Wavehorror writers have more in common with the wildly inventive, evocativespookiness of Edgar Allan Poe than with the sometimes-predictablehallmarks of their peers. Showcasing this cutting-edge talent, POE'SCHILDREN now brings the best of the genre's stories to a wider audience. Featuring tales from such writers as Neil Gaiman and Jonathan Carroll,POE'S CHILDRENis Peter Straub's tribute to the imaginative power of storytelling. Eachpreviously published story has been selected by Straub to represent what he thinks is the most interesting development in our literature duringthe last two decades.Selections range from the early StephenKing psychological thriller 'The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet,' inwhich an editor confronts an author's belief that his typewriter isinhabited by menacing creatures, to 'The Man on the Ceiling,' Melanieand Steve Rasnic Tem's award-winning surreal tale of night terrors,woven with daylight fears that haunt a family. Other selections includeNational Book Award finalist Dan Chaon's 'The Bees' ; Peter Straub's'Little Red,' the legend of a music aficionado whose past is asmysterious as the ghos

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Author

Straub, Peter [Straub, Peter]

Publisher

Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Published

2008

Language

EN

ISBN

9780385522830

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Short Stories, Fiction, Thriller

Rating

3.9 / 5 (74 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-14