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Magic Terror Book

Peter Straub is a fine sorcerer of horror whose bag of tricks includes stories of pure, unadulterated horror (Julia and Koko), as well as more subtle tales of psychological suspense (Mr. X and Shadowland). Now Straub conjures up Magic Terror, a collection of seven deeply disturbing tales that display his entire range. "Bunny Is Good Bread" is without a doubt the most haunted tale of all, a harrowing account of a childhood from hell. The scary hero Fee was so traumatized as a 5-year-old by abuse from his father that he disconnects himself from the real world and lives as if in a film. Why? "If you forgot you were in a movie, your own feelings would tear you into bloody rags." Ever since the day Fee watches his mother die a horrible death, he's been tormented: "He was one-half dead himself; half of him belonged to his dead mother." Fee is not the only character to be struck by a dark epiphany, a life-changing moment. In the lyrical "Porkpie Hat," a famous jazz musician recounts the ghoulish Halloween encounter that charted the course of his destiny, and in the twisted fairy tale "Ashputtle," a fantasy-inclined "princess" seeks retribution for a traumatic incident many years before. In Straub's world, horror appears in different disguises--the dark mask of child abuse and the bloodied cloak of war ("The Ghost Village"). Regardless of how it shows itself, the effects will haunt long after lights out. --Naomi GesingerRead More

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  • Product Description

    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. . . .

    Ashputtle

    Isnâ??t It Romantic?
    â??CHILLING.â?

    â??SKILLFULLY CONSTRUCTED.â?
    â??The New York Times

    â??Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

    The Ghost Village

    Bunny Is Good Bread
    Winner of a World Fantasy Award

    â??TERRIFYING.â?
    â??VERY, VERY SCARY.â?

    â??The Washington Post Book World
    â??The Philadelphia Inquirer

    Porkpie Hat

    Hunger, An Introduction
    â??DARK TWISTS AND

    â??BRILLIANTLY SUBVERSIVE.â?
    DARKER HUMOR.�

    â??Locus
    â??USA Today

    Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff
    Winner of a Bram Stoker Award
    â??[A] TOUR-DE-FORCE . . . [THAT] WILL HAUNT READERS LONG AFTER THEYâ??VE CLOSED THE COVERS.â?
    â??The Denver Post

    â??PETER STRAUB IS AN EXCELLENT WRITER. . . .
    HE MAKES US FEEL THE TERROR.�
    â??The Philadelphia Inquirer

  • 0449006883
  • 9780449006887
  • Peter Straub
  • 1 August 2001
  • Fawcett Books
  • Mass Market Paperback (Book)
  • 384
  • 1 Reprint
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