num_pages: 352
description: 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. 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! No one tells a story like Peter Straub. He dazzles with the richness of his plots and the eloquence of his prose. He startles you into laughter in the face of events so dark that you begin to question your own moral compass. Then he reduces you to jelly by spinning a tale so terrifying -- and surprising -- that you have to sleep with the lights on. Now, with these seven acclaimed stories he has given us his finest and most imaginatively unsettling collection yet. 'WHEN STRAUB TURNS ON ALL HIS JETS, NO ONE IN THE SCREAM FACTORY CAN EQUAL HIM.' STEPHEN KING
language: English
title: Magic Terror
titlecomplete: Magic Terror
genres: Short Stories, American, Thriller, Crime, Gothic, Collections, Horror, Fantasy, Anthologies, Fiction
ratings_count: 1186
awards: awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Bram Stoker Award
category: Best Fiction Collection, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Collection
publisher: Harpercollins Pb