‘American Fantastic Tales’ collects best stuff that bad dreams are made of Oct 18, 2009
The set was edited by Peter Straub, who wrote separate introductions to the volumes, each one an excellent little roundup filled with astute observation about the class of fiction we have here. The first volume s introduction goes far to explain the enjoyment I once took in reading such rubbish - to use the term once leveled at a book in my hand - and why, corrupted by finer stuff and prey to altered expectations, I turned away from it in later years. (Boston Globe)
Literary ghost stories Aug 2, 2009
They're "cool winds and wood smoke" stories, as novelist Peter Straub says, and all cultures have them, need them. For as long as there's been storytelling, there's been the scary story -- macabre, sci-fi inexplicables, tingling horror, nightmarish mysteries, the uncanny, the fantastic. (Erie Times-News, PA)
A bullet in darkness Jul 5, 2009
Other speakers include Washington Post book critic Michael Dirda and horror writer Peter Straub. Details at. (Boston Globe)
Murder, horror, in compact form Mar 8, 2009
POE'S CHILDREN: The New Horror - An Anthology Edited by Peter Straub Random House Audio, unabridged story selections, 12 CDs, 15 hours and 30 minutes, $49 ... Peter Straub edited and contributed to the story collection "Poe's Children: The New Horror - An Anthology," which was designed to break away from the formulated scary stories we have known, and often been bored by, in the past couple of decades ... POE'S CHILDREN: The New Horror - An Anthology Edited by Peter Straub. (Boston Globe)
