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Magic Terror

7 Tales

7 Tales

7 Tales

By Peter Straub

By Peter Straub

By Peter Straub

By Peter Straub

By Peter Straub
Read by Ron McLarty

By Peter Straub
Read by Ron McLarty

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Mass Market Paperback $7.99

Aug 28, 2001 | ISBN 9780449006887

Ebook $7.99

Aug 03, 2000 | ISBN 9780375505768

Audiobook Download $19.95

Jul 05, 2000 | 867 Minutes

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    About Magic Terror

    Welcome to another kind of terror as Peter Straub leads us into the outer reaches of the psyche. Here the master of the macabre is at his absolute best in seven exquisite tales of living, dying, and the terror that lies in between. . . .

    AshputtleIsn’t It Romantic?
    “CHILLING.”“SKILLFULLY CONSTRUCTED.”
    –The New York Times–Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

    The Ghost VillageBunny Is Good Bread
    Winner of a World Fantasy Award“TERRIFYING.”
    “VERY, VERY SCARY.”–The Washington Post Book World
    –The Philadelphia Inquirer

    Porkpie HatHunger, An Introduction
    “DARK TWISTS AND“BRILLIANTLY SUBVERSIVE.”
    DARKER HUMOR.”–Locus
    –USA Today

    Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff
    Winner of a Bram Stoker Award
    “[A] TOUR-DE-FORCE . . . [THAT] WILL HAUNT READERS LONG AFTER THEY’VE CLOSED THE COVERS.”
    –The Denver Post

    “PETER STRAUB IS AN EXCELLENT WRITER. . . .
    HE MAKES US FEEL THE TERROR.”
    –The Philadelphia Inquirer

    About Magic Terror

    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 and Mr. Cuff," a masterpiece of black comedy, draws upon Melville’s "Bartleby the Scrivener" to create a revenge tale in which torture is a moral art and the revenger undergoes a transforming, albeit painful, education.
            
    In the words of Mrs. Asch, the visionary narrator of "Ashputtle," "The main feature of adventure is that it goes forward into unknown country." Straub’s devotees will be entranced by what their fearless guide has in store for them. Those as yet uninitiated are in for a harrowing literary journey. Enjoy the ride.

    About Magic Terror

    Welcome to another kind of terror as Peter Straub leads us into the outer reaches of the psyche. Here the master of the macabre is at his absolute best in seven exquisite tales of living, dying, and the terror that lies in between. . . .

    AshputtleIsn’t It Romantic?
    “CHILLING.”“SKILLFULLY CONSTRUCTED.”
    –The New York Times–Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

    The Ghost VillageBunny Is Good Bread
    Winner of a World Fantasy Award“TERRIFYING.”
    “VERY, VERY SCARY.”–The Washington Post Book World
    –The Philadelphia Inquirer

    Porkpie HatHunger, An Introduction
    “DARK TWISTS AND“BRILLIANTLY SUBVERSIVE.”
    DARKER HUMOR.”–Locus
    –USA Today

    Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff
    Winner of a Bram Stoker Award
    “[A] TOUR-DE-FORCE . . . [THAT] WILL HAUNT READERS LONG AFTER THEY’VE CLOSED THE COVERS.”
    –The Denver Post

    “PETER STRAUB IS AN EXCELLENT WRITER. . . .
    HE MAKES US FEEL THE TERROR.”
    –The Philadelphia Inquirer

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    About Peter Straub

    Peter Straub authored numerous bestselling novels, including Ghost Story, Floating Dragon, Shadowland, and Julia—as well as The Talisman and Black House, which he co-authored with Stephen King. He also published short fiction, poetry, and a graphic novel. A prolific Grand Master of Horror, he… More about Peter Straub

    About Peter Straub

    Peter Straub authored numerous bestselling novels, including Ghost Story, Floating Dragon, Shadowland, and Julia—as well as The Talisman and Black House, which he co-authored with Stephen King. He also published short fiction, poetry, and a graphic novel. A prolific Grand Master of Horror, he… More about Peter Straub

    About Peter Straub

    Peter Straub authored numerous bestselling novels, including Ghost Story, Floating Dragon, Shadowland, and Julia—as well as The Talisman and Black House, which he co-authored with Stephen King. He also published short fiction, poetry, and a graphic novel. A prolific Grand Master of Horror, he… More about Peter Straub

    Product Details

    Category: Gothic & Horror | Short Stories | Fantasy

    Mass Market Paperback | $7.99
    Published by Fawcett
    Aug 28, 2001 | 384 Pages | 4-3/16 x 6-7/8 | ISBN 9780449006887

    Category: Gothic & Horror | Short Stories | Fantasy

    Ebook | $7.99
    Published by Ballantine Books
    Aug 03, 2000 | 352 Pages | ISBN 9780375505768

    Category: Gothic & Horror | Short Stories | Fantasy | Audiobooks

    Audiobook Download | $19.95
    Published by Random House Audio
    Jul 05, 2000 | 867 Minutes | ISBN 9780375417351

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    Praise

    “A POWERFUL GATHERING OF
    SUSPENSE AND HORROR STORIES.”
    –The Denver Post

    “Compelling . . . Magic Terror is bliss for readers whose love of the eerie doesn’t preclude a taste for literary elegance. . . . [Straub] is one of the few fin-de-siècle writers whose stories can stand alongside works by 20th-century masters of the macabre such as King, Robert Aickman, Shirley Jackson, and Edith Wharton.”
    –The Washington Post Book World

    “There is no safety in this literate and much praised cluster of stories. It’s beautifully written stuff that breaks into the place where you live, breaching all psychologically installed security systems. . . . And although we desire to read it for many reasons, the truest one is that Peter Straub writes with compassion. He gets the link between modern horror and classic tragedy.”
    –The Philadelphia Inquirer

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