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<p>Horror writing is usually associated with formulaic gore, but New Wave horror writers have more in common with the wildly inventive, evocative spookiness of Edgar Allan Poe than with the sometimes-predictable hallmarks of their peers. Showcasing this cutting-edge talent, POE'S CHILDREN now brings the best of the genre’s stories to a wider audience. Featuring tales from such writers as Neil Gaiman and Jonathan Carroll,<i> </i>POE'S CHILDREN<i> </i>is Peter Straub’s tribute to the imaginative power of storytelling. Each previously published story has been selected by Straub to represent what he thinks is the most interesting development in our literature during the last two decades.<br><br>Selections range from the early Stephen King psychological thriller “The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet,” in which an editor confronts an author’s belief that his typewriter is inhabited by menacing creatures, to “The Man on the Ceiling,” Melanie and Steve Rasnic Tem’s award-winning surreal tale of night terrors, woven with daylight fears that haunt a family. Other selections include National Book Award finalist Dan Chaon’s “The Bees”; Peter Straub’s “Little Red,” the legend of a music aficionado whose past is as mysterious as the ghostly visitors to his Manhattan apartment; “Insect Dreams”; and “Body,” Brian Evenson’s disturbing new twist on correctional facilities. <br><br>Crossing boundaries and packed with imaginative chills, POE'S CHILDREN<i> </i>bears all the telltale signs of fearless, addictive fiction.</p>
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The Bees by Dan Chaon--ooh, creepy. And just the kind of psychologically weirded-out, is-it-all-in-the-character's-head-or-is-something-supernatural-really-happen...more...]]>
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"Body," Brian Evenson: brutal/intellectual, melding the conceptual with the raw just the way I like it (body-conscious like a Herve Leger i mean, look at the title) the vamp the tongue the resurr...more...]]>
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Some of these tales missed with me, but they may hit you square in the chest.
A few that knocked me out include a tale of insect serial killers, an evil statuary, and an acoholic...more...]]>
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I couldn't even read all of the stories, so many of them were THAT bad. This is not a horror anthology, or anything close to the horror genre. I know Straub had labeled it the "new" horror, but only a few of the many could be classified as anything close....more...]]>
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Swans.
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