Edited by Peter Straub
Various Readers
Duration: 24 Hours, 43 minutes
20 CD's

From the incomparable master of horror and suspense comes an electrifying
collection of contemporary literary horror, with stories from twenty-five
writers representing today.s most talented voices in the genre.
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, Poe.s Children 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.

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 supernatural 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.s Tango,. the legend of a music
aficionado whose past is as mysterious as the ghostly visitors to his
Manhattan apartment; Elizabeth Hand.s visionary and shocking .Cleopatra
Brimstone.; Thomas Ligotti.s brilliant, mind-stretching .Notes on
the Writing of Horror: A Story.; and .Body,. Brian Evenson.s disturbing
twist on correctional facilities.

Crossing boundaries and packed with imaginative chills, Poe.s Children
bears all the telltale signs of fearless, addictive fiction.

The Bees by Dan Chaon
Cleopatra Brimstone by Elizabeth Hand
The Man on the Ceiling by Steve Rasnic Tem and Melanie Tem
The Great God Pan by M. John Harrison
The Voice of the Beach by Ramsey Campbell
Body by Brian Evenson
Louise's Ghost by Kelly Link
The Sadness of Detail by Jonathan Caroll
Leda by M. Rickert
In Praise of Folly by Thomas Tessier
Plot Twist by David J. Schow
The Two Sams by Glen Hirshberg
Notes on the Writing of Horror: A Story by Thomas Ligotti
Unearthed by Benjamin Percy
Gardner of Heart by Bradford Morrow
Little Red's Tango byPeter Straub
The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet by Stephen King
20th Century Ghost by Joe Hill
The Green Glass Sea by Ellen Klages
The Kiss by Tia V. Travis
Black Dust by Graham Joyce
October in the Chair by Neil Gaiman
Missolonghi 1824 by John Crowley
Insect Dreams by Rosalind Palermo Stevenson

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