Magic Terror by Peter Straub

Magic Terror by Peter Straub

A new collection of award-winning short stories from the acclaimed master of horror author of the bestselling MR X, KOKO, THE TALISMAN and BLACK HOUSE.

‘Elegant, terrifying, provocative… the best collection of suspense and horror fiction in many yearsMagic Terror is bliss for readers whose love of the eerie doesn’t preclude a taste for literary elegance.’
Washington Post

‘Clever exercises in horror.’
New York Times

‘Mixing stark realism with black comedy, and reverberating with echoes of Conrad, Melville and the Brothers Grimm, these excursions to the dark side of life set a high standard for the literature of contemporary magic terror.’
Publishers Weekly

‘Peter Straub is the great classicist of horror fiction… a world-class author.’
CLIVE BARKER

Born in Milwaukee, Peter Straub is the author of fourteen novels, which have been translated into more than twenty languages. He has won the British Fantasy Award, two Bram Stoker awards and two World Fantasy awards. Magic Terror is his first short story collection since the acclaimed Houses Without Doors

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ISBN 13	9780007109913
ISBN 10	0007109911
Title	Magic Terror
Author	Peter Straub
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	HarperCollins Publishers
Year published	2002-03-04
Number of pages	416
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.