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Poe's children : the new horror : an anthology / [edited by] Peter Straub.

Straub, Peter (EDT) (Author). Straub, Peter, 1943-2022 (Added Author).

Summary:

An anthology of modern horror fiction features tales from twenty-five masters of the genre, with such selections as Stephen King's "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet," Dan Chaon's "The Bees," and Peter Straub's "Little Red."

Record details

ISBN: 0385522835
ISBN: 9780385522830
Physical Description: x, 534 pages ; 25 cm
Edition: First edition
Publisher: New York : Doubleday, [2008]
Copyright: ©2008

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:

The bees / Dan Chaon -- Cleopatra Brimstone / Elizabeth Hand -- The man on the ceiling / Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem -- The great god Pan / M. John Harrison -- The voice on the beach / Ramsey Campbell -- Body / Brian Evenson -- Louise's ghost / Kelly Link -- The sadness of detail / Jonathan Carroll -- Leda / M. Rickert -- In praise of folly / Thomas Tessier -- Plot twist / David J. Schow -- The two Sams / Glen Hirshberg -- Notes on the writing of horror: a story / Thomas Ligotti -- Unearthed / Benjamin Percy -- Gardener of heart / Bradford Morrow -- Little red's tango / Peter Straub -- The ballad of the flexible bullet / Stephen King -- 20th century ghost / Joe Hill -- The green glass sea / Ellen Klages -- The kiss / Tia V. Travis -- Black dust / Graham Joyce -- October in the chair / Neil Gaiman -- Missolonghi 1824 / John Crowley -- Insect dreams / Rosalind Palermo Stevenson.