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    Magic Terror

    Written by Peter Straub

    Narrated by Ron McLarty

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    About this audiobook

    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. . . .

    AshputtleIsn't It Romantic?
    "CHILLING.""SKILLFULLY CONSTRUCTED."
    -The New York Times-Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

    The Ghost VillageBunny Is Good Bread
    Winner of a World Fantasy Award"TERRIFYING."
    "VERY, VERY SCARY."-The Washington Post Book World
    -The Philadelphia Inquirer

    Porkpie HatHunger, An Introduction
    "DARK TWISTS AND"BRILLIANTLY SUBVERSIVE."
    DARKER HUMOR."-Locus
    -USA Today

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

    "PETER STRAUB IS AN EXCELLENT WRITER. . . .
    HE MAKES US FEEL THE TERROR."
    -The Philadelphia Inquirer



    From the Paperback edition.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPenguin Random House Audio
    Release dateJul 5, 2000
    ISBN9780375417351
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    Magic Terror
    Author

    Peter Straub

    Peter Straub (1943–2022) was the #1 New York Times bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, including A Dark Matter, The Talisman, and Black House, which he cowrote with Stephen King. He has won the Bram Stoker Award for his novels Lost Boy Lost Girl and In the Night Room, as well as for his collection 5 Stories. Straub was the editor of the two-volume Library of American anthology The American Fantastic Tale.

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    • 2/5
      I like supporting a semi-local writer (Straub is from Milwaukee, WI), but this is not one of his best.
    • 3/5
      I wasn't impressed. The last story is the only good one.
    • 2/5
      Magic Terror is a short story collection from Peter Straub. I typically like his novels and thought I would give his short stories a try. Unfortunately, this collection did not measure up to what I typically expect from Straub. Most of these stories were not particularly interesting or well written. Of the seven stories, the ones that I did enjoy were “Porkpie Hat”, which is about an alcoholic saxophone players who had a childhood experience with witchcraft and murder. I also enjoyed “The Haunted Village”, which is linked to Straub’s novel Koko. The use of these familiar characters worked well in this story. All in all, this was a disappointing collection, and I would recommend skipping it.Carl Alves – author of Blood Street