Poe's Children: The New Horror

Showcasing the cutting-edge talent of New Wave horror writers, Poe's Children brings the best of the genre's stories to a wider audience. Each story has been selected by New York Times-bestselling author Straub. The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story--and 8-time Bram Stoker Award winner--gathers 24 bone-chilling, nail-biting, frightfully imaginative stories that represent the best of contemporary horror writing.

Revelatory.... A remarkably consistent, frequently unsettling book. --The Washington Post [Straub] collects the best scary short stories out there. --Time

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