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Magic Terror : Seven Tales by Peter Straub is a work of fiction available to read on EtoBox.
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Amazon.com ReviewPeter Straub is a fine sorcerer of horror whose bag of tricks includes stories of pure, unadulterated horror ( and ), as well as more subtle tales of psychological suspense ( and ). Now Straub conjures up Magic Terror, a collection of seven deeply disturbing tales that display his entire range."Bunny Is Good Bread" is without a doubt the most haunted tale of all, a harrowing account of a childhood from hell. The scary hero Fee was so traumatized as a 5-year-old by abuse from his father that he disconnects himself from the real world and lives as if in a film. Why? "If you forgot you were in a movie, your own feelings would tear you into bloody rags." Ever since the day Fee watches his mother die a horrible death, he's been tormented: "He was one-half dead himself; half of him belonged to his dead mother." Fee is not the only character to be struck by a dark epiphany, a life-changing moment. In the lyrical "Porkpie Hat," a famous jazz musician recounts the ghoulish Halloween encounter that charted the course of his destiny, and in the twisted fairy tale "Ashputtle," a fantasy-inclined "princess" seeks retribution for a traumatic incident many years before.In Straub'
Who reads Magic Terror : Seven Tales?
It is typically read by readers looking for immersive, entertainment-first reading.
Common subject areas: fiction, literature, genre fiction.
- Author
- Peter Straub
- Publisher
- Random House, Incorporated
- Published
- 2000
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780375503931
- Category
- work of fiction
- Subjects
- Literary Fiction, Fiction, Thriller
- Rating
- 3.58 / 5 (29 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14
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