Peter Straub
1) Mrs. God
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"Esswood House. Home and estate of the Seneschal family, aristocratic patrons of the literary arts for well over a hundred years...There was always talk of a hidden secret in Esswood's past-and the Seneschal children were often so pale and sickly-but don't all English manor houses have a few ghost stories to call their own?" -- from cover.
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Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
478 pages ; 25 cm
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"An American icon renowned for his bestselling novels, Peter Straub displays his full and stunning range in this crowning collection. He has consistently subverted the boundaries of genre for years, transcending horror and suspense to unlock the dark, unsettling, and troubling dissonances that exist on the edges of our perception. Straub?s fiction cracks the foundation of reality and opens our eyes to an unblinking experience of true horror, told...
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Take a terrifying journey with literary masters of suspense, including Peter Straub, Kim Newman, and Caitlín R. Kiernan, visiting a place where the other is somehow one of us. These electrifying tales redefine monsters from mere things that go bump in the night to inexplicable, deadly reflections of our day-to-day lives. Whether it's a seemingly devoted teacher, an obsessive devotee of swans, or a diner full of evil creatures simply seeking oblivion,...
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Series
Jack Sawyer series volume 1
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"Jack Sawyer, a twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the mystical Talisman--the only thing that can save Jack's dying mother. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his way not only across the breadth of the United States but also through the wondrous and menacing parallel world of the Territories. In the Territories, Jack finds another realm, where the air is so sweet and clear a man can smell...
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Series
Jack Sawyer series volume 2
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
624 p. ; 25 cm.
Publisher
Night Shade Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
xxvii, 481 pages ; 23 cm
Description
A group of mountain climbers, caught in the dark, fight to survive their descent; in the British countryside, hundreds of magpies ascend into the sky, higher and higher, until they seem to vanish into the heavens; a professor and his student track a zombie horde in order to research zombie behavior; an all-girl riding school has sinister secrets; a town rails in vain against a curse inflicted upon it by its founders.