Poe's Children: The New Horror - Peter Straub

Showcasing the cutting-edge talent of New Wave horror writers, Poe's Children brings the best of the genre's stories to a wider audience. Each story has been selected by New York Times-bestselling author Straub. nThe #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story--and 8-time Bram Stoker Award winner--gathers 24 bone-chilling, nail-biting, frightfully imaginative stories that represent the best of contemporary horror writing.

n n Revelatory.... A remarkably consistent, frequently unsettling book. --The Washington Post n[Straub] collects the best scary short stories out there.

--Time n nDan Chaon The Bees n Elizabeth Hand Cleopatra Brimstone n Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem The Man on the Ceiling n M. John Harrison The Great God Plan n Ramsey Campbell The Voice of the Beach n Brian Evenson Body n Kelly Link Louise's Ghost n Jonathan Carroll The Sadness of Detail n M. Rickert Leda n Thomas Tessier In Praise of Folly nDavid J.

Schow Plot Twist n Glen Hirshberg The Two Sams n Thomas Ligotti Notes on the Writing of Horror: A Story n Benjamin Percy Unearthed n Bradford Morrow Gardener of Heart n Peter Straub Little Red's Tango n Stephen King The Ballad of a Flexible Bullet n Joe Hill 20th Century Ghost n Ellen Klages The Green Glass Sea n Tia V. Travis The Kiss n Graham Joyce Black Dust n Neil Gaiman October in the Chair n John Crowley Missolonghi 1824 n Rosalind Palermo Stevenson Insect Dreamsn