Poe's Children

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.

PETER STRAUB is the author of seventeen novels, including Ghost Story and Koko, as well as two collaborations with Stephen King. Winner of eight Bram Stoker Awards, two International Horror Guild Awards, two World Fantasy Awards, and both a Lifetime Achievement Award and election as a Grand Master from the Horror Writers Association, he lives in New York City.

Introduction • Peter Straub

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 of 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

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