Peter Straub Livres

Il y a vingt ans, Jack a survécu à l'enfer des Territoires. Aujourd'hui, pour l'amour d'une femme et la vie d'un enfant, il va franchir une nouvelle fois la frontière... French Landing, paisible bourgade du Wisconsin, est terrorisée par un serial killer. Désemparé, le shérif local fait appel à son ami Jack Sawyer, un ancien flic d'Hollywood. L'enquête conduit Jack jusqu'à une maison que l'on dit hantée, nichée au fond des bois. L'endroit réveille en sa mémoire les échos d'un monde parallèle qu'il lui semble avoir déjà visité : il y a vingt ans, pour sauver sa mère, Jack a pénétré la contrée magique et terrifiante des Territoires. Aujourd'hui, il a tout oublié. Et il a peur de son passé. Très vite, d'étranges messages lui parviennent et les réminiscences se font souvenirs. L'enquête de police se change alors en quête fantastique... Il ne s'agit plus de démasquer un serial killer mais d'arracher un enfant des mains du souverain des Territoires, le Roi écarlate. Pour Tyler, petit garçon aux cheveux blonds et Judy, la mère de celui-ci, Jack est prêt à mourir - pire, à replonger dans les Territoires...

Jack Sawyer, douze ans, découvre une porte vers les Territoires, un monde parallèle féerique et dangereux. Il part à la recherche du Talisman pour sauver sa mère et la reine des Territoires. En affrontant la peur et la solitude, Jack poursuit son chemin vers la victoire du Bien sur le Mal.

La guerre avait éveillé en lui le monstre. Maintenant il tuait pour cacher ses crimes... Mais toujours avec le même plaisir. Le mot " koko " gribouillé sur une carte à jouer...C'est la signature du tueur. Un mot qui va projeter quatre amis quinze ans en arrière, en plein cauchemar du Vietnam. Koko, ils le savent est l'un des leurs, un des participants à ce terrible massacre d'un village qu'aucun d'eux n'a pu oublier. Ils décident donc de retrouver Koko avant la police, non seulement pour l'empêcher de commettre de nouveaux crimes, mais aussi dans l'espoir de l'arracher à la folie. Ce qui risque bien de s'avérer une mission impossible...

Meurtres en cavale : onze suspenses inédits, par les plus grands maîtres du genre aux Etats-Unis, réunis autour de Mary Higgins Clark et de son fameux club, The Adams Round Table.

Dream's youngest sister, the loopy Delirium, convinces him to go on a quest for their missing brother, Destruction. But Dream may learn that the cost of finding his prodigal sibling is more than he can bear. collecting The Sandman #41–49

The spellbinding saga of The Talisman is now a stunning graphic novel, vividly illustrated by artist Tony Shasteen. Here’s a bold new look at the classic tale of treachery and betrayal that could only have sprung from the imaginations of master storytellers Stephen King and Peter Straub.In a run-down amusement park on a desolate beach in New Hampshire, thirteen-year-old Jack Sawyer is about to learn some hard truths—about his father’s death, about why he and his mother are on the run from his sinister uncle Morgan, and about the real nature of the mysterious realm Jack once called the Daydreams. Now, with help from his newfound friend Speedy Parker, this young man will reclaim his identity as Travellin Jack and make his first foray back into the Territories to retrieve the magical Talisman, an object of immense cosmic significance. Yet even more important to Jack, the Talisman holds the key to saving his mother’s life. In the Terrorities, where monsters lurk, evil watches, and an unbelievably precious prize awaits, Jack embarks upon a desperate quest to fulfill a destiny he never sought but cannot escape.The Talisman: The Road of Trials comprises Issues 0 through 5 of the thrilling comic book series and features original, never-before-seen material, including interviews and early sketches. Be warned: Once you’ve seen the Talisman, nothing will ever be the same.

This anthology contains: Blue Rose by Peter Straub The Monster by Joe Haldeman Lacunae by Karl Edward Wagner Pale Trembling Youth by W.H. Pugmire and Jessica Amanda Salmonson Muzak for Torso Murders by Marc Laidlaw Goodbye, Dark Love by Roberta Lannes Out There by Charles L. Grant Little Cruelties by Steve Rasnic Tem The Man with the Hoe by George Clayton Johnson They're Coming for You by Les Daniels Vampire by Richard Christian Matheson Lapses by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro The Final Stone by William F. Nolan Irrelativity by Nicholas Royle The Hands by Ramsey Campbell The Bell by Ray Russell Lost Souls by Clive Barker Reaper by Robert Bloch The Transfer by Edward Bryant Pain by Whitley Strieber

In life, not every sin goes unpunished.GHOST STORYFor four aging men in the terror-stricken town of Milburn, New York, an act inadvertently carried out in their youth has come back to haunt them. Now they are about to learn what happens to those who believe they can bury the past -- and get away with murder.

Straub completes the Blue Rose trilogy with this searing novel of psychological terror. Tim Underhill and the brilliant and reclusive Tom Pasmore court ultimate destruction as they dare to look back to a dark past that holds the secret of evil which signs its name Blue Rose.

With a new Introduction by the author, Straub's classic tale of an evil lurking in the Vermont woods is beautifully repackaged with new cover art. Reissue.

'Stories' is a groundbreaking anthology that reinvigorates, expands, and redefines the limits of imaginative fiction and affords some writers in the world - from Peter Straub and Chuck Palahniuk to Roddy Doyle and Diana Wynne Jones, Stewart O'Nan and Joyce Carol Oates to Walter Mosley and Jodi Picoult - the opportunity to work together, defend their craft, and realign misconceptions. Gaiman, a literary magician whose acclaimed work defies easy categorization and transcends all boundaries, and 'master anthologist' ('Booklist') Sarrantonio personally invited, read, and selected all the stories in this collection, and their standard for this 'new literature of the imagination' is high. Joe Hill boldly aligns theme and form in his disturbing tale of a man's descent into evil in 'Devil on the Staircase'. In 'Catch and Release', Lawrence Block tells of a seasoned fisherman with a talent for catching a bite of another sort. Carolyn Parkhurst adds a dark twist to sibling rivalry in 'Unwell'. Joanne Harris weaves a tale of ancient gods in modern New York in 'Wildfire in Manhattan'. Vengeance is the heart of Richard Adams's 'The Knife'. Jeffery Deaver introduces a dedicated psychologist whose mission in life is to save people in 'The Therapist'. A chilling punishment befitting an unspeakable crime is at the dark heart of Neil Gaiman's novelette 'The Truth Is a Cave in the Black Mountains'.

Let the terror begin again in this "deliciously imaginative" (San Francisco Chronicle) novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Peter Straub. The quiet suburban town of Hampstead is threatened by two horrors. One is natural. The hideous unstoppable creation of man’s power gone mad. The other is not natural at all. And it makes the first look like child’s play... “Unspeakable horror…has ‘Bestseller’ written all over it.”—Los Angeles Times “Straub’s effects are quite spectacular…I was fairly awed by some of the more nightmarish scenes in Floating Dragon.”—The New York Times

Every year on his birthday, Ned Dunstan has a paralysing seizure in which he is forced to witness scenes of ruthless slaughter perpetrated by a mysterious figure in black whom he calls Mr X. - and again his birthday is fast approaching.

After a tragic accident which he barely survives, Tom Pasmore develops an obsession with death--an obsession which leads him to investigate two murders--one in the past and one in the present. And during his investigation, Pasmore learns more than anyone needs--or deserves--to know!

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

The #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story—and the master of American horror—tells the terrifying story of a woman who, in her desperation to flee the past, encounters an inexplicable aura of evil. Julia’s first purchase upon leaving her husband is a large, old-fashioned house in Kensington, where she plans to live by herself, well away from her soon-to-be-ex and the home where their young daughter died. She feels a peculiar affinity for the house right away, a feeling that deepens with each glimpse of a mysterious little girl—blond, like her daughter—in the neighborhood, and even in her dreams But the little girl and the big house have an inexplicable aura of evil. And Julia quickly discovers that escaping her past is not as simple as turning a key.

They are dying, one by one. Wealthy, middle-aged women in an exclusive Connecticut suburb. Their murderer remains at large. Nora Chancel, wife of publishing scion Davey Chancel, fears she may be next. After all, her past has branded her a victim . . . . "Combines the intellectual-puzzle mystery with a powerful vein of psycho-thriller suspense." -- The Washington Post Then Davey tells Nora a surreal story about the Hellfire Club, where years before he met an obsessed fan of Chancel House's most successful book, Night Journey --a book that has a strange history of its own. . . . "One of the most chilling villains to come along since Hannibal Lecter." -- San Francisco Chronicle Suddenly terror engulfs Nora: She must defend herself against fantastic accusations even as a madman lies in wait. And when he springs, she will embark on a night journey that will put her victimhood to rest forever, dead or alive. . . .

A woman commits suicide for no apparent reason. A week later, her son – fifteen-year-old Mark Underhill – vanishes. His uncle, novelist Timothy Underhill, searches his hometown of Millhaven for clues that might help unravel this horrible dual mystery. He soon learns that a pedophilic murderer is on the loose in the vicinity, and that shortly before his mother’s suicide, Mark had become obsessed with an abandoned house where he imagined the killer might have taken refuge. No mere empty building, the house whispers from attic to basement with the echoes of a long-hidden true-life horror story, and Tim Underhill comes to fear that in investigating its unspeakable history, Mark stumbled across its last and greatest secret: a ghostly lost girl who may have coaxed the needy, suggestible boy into her mysterious domain.

An anthology of modern horror fiction features tales from twenty-five masters of the genre, with such selections as Stephen King's "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet," Dan Chaon's "The Bees," and Peter Straub's "Little Red's Tango."

A high school wallflower serves up justice at her 20th reunion, while a submissive wife sends her domineering husband to hell. A writer orchestrates a murder to eliminate his enemy. This captivating collection features twelve of America's finest authors exploring the theme of revenge-driven killings. The anthology showcases a stellar lineup, offering a satisfying feast of stories centered on the dark allure of vengeance. In Lawrence Block's chilling tale, a serial killer turns one victim's brother into an unwitting defender, leading to dire consequences. Mary Higgins Clark's "Power Play" presents a thrilling scenario where an ex-president and his congresswoman wife outsmart terrorists. Phillip Margolin's character, a career criminal, faces a twist of fate with an alibi that complicates his self-defense. Joyce Carol Oates delivers a gripping narrative in "Murder-Two," where a brilliant lawyer defends her worst enemy's son. Peter Straub's "Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff" reveals the steep price of revenge for a betrayed husband. This anthology also includes contributions from Thomas H. Cook, Vicki Hendricks, Joan Hess, Judith Kelman, Eric Lustbader, David Morrell, and Shel Silverstein, creating an unforgettable exploration of cold-blooded retribution. Otto Penzler, a prominent figure in the mystery genre, curates this wickedly entertaining volume.

In his latest soul-chilling novel, bestselling author Peter Straub tells of a famous children’s book author who, in the wake of a grotesque accident, realizes that the most basic facts of her existence, including her existence itself, have come into question. Willy Patrick, the respected author of the award-winning young-adult novel In the Night Room, thinks she is losing her mind–again. One day, she is drawn helplessly into the parking lot of a warehouse. She knows somehow that her daughter, Holly, is being held in the building, and she has an overwhelming need to rescue her. But what Willy knows is impossible, for her daughter is dead. On the same day, author Timothy Underhill, who has been struggling with a new book about a troubled young woman, is confronted with the ghost of his nine-year-old sister, April. Soon after, he begins to receive eerie, fragmented e-mails that he finally realizes are from people he knew in his youth–people now dead. Like his sister, they want urgently to tell him something. When Willy and Timothy meet, the frightening parallels between Willy’s tragic loss and the story in Tim’s manuscript suggest that they must join forces to confront the evils surrounding them.

New York Times best-selling author Peter Straub resurrects his most sinister creation, Fielding “Fee” Bandolier, the unstoppable serial killer last seen in Straub’s bestseller The Throat. Aging and tired of a life devoted to death, Fee is preparing to end his long career of bloodshed. Bob Steele is a disillusioned New York detective out for redemption and to him redemption means a one-man crusade to stop Fielding Bandolier. Steele’s father cruelly named him after a Hollywood cowboy hero. The name has been a curse because Bob has very little hero in him. But he’s going to give it one last try. Cop and killer fi nally face off in a mysterious midwestern pub, “The Green Woman Tavern.” And in that abandoned place, an unspeakable evil stronger than either of them lies waiting to seal the fates of both men.

Featuring an array of short and impactful stories, this fourth issue of Penumbra showcases contributions from notable authors like Geoffrey Reiter, Michael Aronovitz, Joe Pan, and Scott J. Couturier. It also emphasizes the global reach of weird fiction, featuring writers from various countries, including Harris Coverley and Dmitri Akers from Australia, Norbert Góra from Poland, and Arthur Staaz from Northern Ireland, enriching the journal's diverse literary landscape.

William Standishs langweilige Karriere als Hochschullehrer wird durch die Chance unterbrochen, die Nachlassunterlagen seiner Stiefgroßmutter Isobel Standish in Esswood House zu studieren. Doch seine Forschungen werden bald von unheimlichen Ereignissen gestört. Peter Straub, ein renommierter Horrorautor, hat diese Geschichte verfasst.

Eine alchimistische Mischung aus psychologischem Thrill und übernatürlichem Horror: Der Campus-Guru Spenser Mallon missbraucht seine Anhänger und führt ein okkultes Ritual durch, das in einer Katastrophe endet. Zurück bleiben eine grausam zerstückelte Leiche und die zerrütteten Seelen der Teilnehmer.

Eine Sammlung von vier Romanen führender Horrorautoren: "Blaue Rose" von Peter Straub, "Die Hellseherin" von Dean R. Koontz, "Psycho 2" von Robert Bloch und "Im Zeichen des Kains" von John Saul.

Eine Sammlung von Geschichten, u. a. von Stephen King, Clive Barker und David Morrell, umfasst 410 Seiten.

V ospalém americkém městečku se schází skupinka starých, seriózních pánů. Říkají si Klub gentlemanů, na svá setkání chodí zásadně ve smokingu a vyprávějí si historky. Některé jsou pravdivé a jiné smyšlené, v poslední době jsou však čím dál strašidelnější. Z pouhé zábavy, která měla starcům poskytnout rozptýlení vpoklidném životě, se postupem času stane noční můra. Jeden příběh se neustále vrací, a nepronásleduje jen je, ale nakonec i celé město. Příběh o něčem, co kdysi dávno spáchali. Nejdřív přijdou zlé sny, poté různé děsivé jevy a s nimi i poznání, že minulost nikdo nemůže pohřbít navždy. Důležitou roli v podivuhodných a tragických událostech, které se hrdinům dějí, hraje krásná žena mnoha tváří a její intriky. Členů klubu postupně ubývá a nastává chvíle posledního souboje proti tajemné síle, která na sebe dokáže vzít jakoukoli podobu a která si cílevědomě pohrává s lidskými osudy podle vlastních nepochopitelných plánů.

Horror auf höchstem Niveau: Eine Szenario von Blut und Tod, von Angst und Gewalt, von Sinnlichem und Übersinnlichem. »Verheiratet oder nicht, ganz gleich, ob wir in Paris leben oder in Afrika. Sagen wir einfach, daß wir uns an einem bestimmten Datum hier treffen … heute in zwanzig Jahren.« Miles und seine Cousine Alison waren noch Kinder, als sie einander das Versprechen gaben, sich auf jeden Fall wiederzusehen. In einer Sommernacht, voller Erwartung dessen, was ihnen ihre erwachende Sexualität verhieß. In einer Sommernacht, die mit einem grausamen Mord endet. Als der Universitätsdozent Jahrzehnte später in die heimatliche, stille Landschaft im amerikanischen Mittelwesten zurückkehrt, begegnen ihm die Dorfbewohner jedoch mit unverhohlener Feindseligkeit. Dann werden in der Umgebung drei halbwüchsige Mädchen auf bestialische Weise ermordet, und Miles, der Fremde, der Eindringling in ihre Gemeinschaft, wird als Täter verdächtigt. Eine Massenhysterie bricht los. Unerklärliche Dinge geschehen. Unaufhaltsam steuert das Dorf einer Katastrophe entgegen.

Zwei Romane In Einem Band. Nach Jahren kehrt Elliot Denmark in seinen Heimatort zurück. Im Haus seiner ehemaligen Geliebten trifft er auf ein grausam verstümmeltes Mädchen, zu dem er sich seltsam hingezogen fühlt. Verbindet die beiden ein Geheimnis?

Der amerikanische Horrorspezialist, ein Schriftsteller mit unfehlbarem Gespür für raffinierte Schockeffekte, dringt mit seinen Geschichten in neue, beklemmende Dimensionen der Wirklichkeit vor - das blanke Entsetzen lauert dort, wo keiner es erwartet ...

Hampstead è una comune e tranquilla cittadina americana fino a quando, un giorno come un altro, senza preavviso, la fuga di un gas sperimentale da un vicino laboratorio ne cambia il destino per sempre: misteriose e raccapriccianti morti cominciano ad alternarsi a improvvise e inspiegabili sparizioni in un "clima" di crescente follia e allucinazione collettiva... Solo quattro persone, un uomo, una donna, un bambino e un vecchio, si rendono conto che dietro alla nube di gas si cela qualcosa di ben più pericoloso, qualcosa che ha già visitato in passato la cittadina reclamando ogni volta il suo tributo e provano ad opporvisi... ma potrebbe essere già troppo tardi...

Nach Jahren kehrt Elliot Denmark in seinen Heimatort zurück. Im Haus seiner ehemaligen Geliebten trifft er auf ein grausam verstümmeltes Mädchen, zu dem er sich seltsam hingezogen fühlt. Verbindet die beiden ein Geheimnis?

Contenuto del volume Introduzione (Introduzione) di Douglas E. Winter Parte prima. Alla corte della Morte Rossa - Il Succhiatore Volante (Racconto lungo, The Night Flyer, 1988) di Stephen King - Una donna a pranzo (Racconto breve, Having a Woman at Lunch, 1988) di Paul Hazel - Bacio di sangue (Racconto, The Blood Kiss, 1988) di Dennis Etchison Parte seconda. Cenere alla cenere - Addio al passato (Racconto, Coming to Grief, 1988) di Clive Barker - Cibo (Racconto, Food, 1988) di Thomas Tessier - Il Grande Dio Pan (Racconto, The Great God Pan, 1988) di M. John Harrison Parte terza. Segreti - L'angoscia è arancione, la follia è blu (Racconto lungo, Orange Is for Anguish, Blue for Insanity, 1988) di David Morrell - Il ginepro (Racconto lungo, The Juniper Tree, 1988) di Peter Straub Parte quarta. Storie dei vivi e dei morti - Raccontami una storia (Racconto, Spinning Tales with the Dead, 1988) di Charles L. Grant - L'ultima avventura di Alice (Racconto, Alice's Last Adventure, 1988) di Thomas Ligotti - Imparerete a conoscermi (Racconto, Next Time You'll Know Me, 1988) di J[ohn] Ramsey Campbell Parte quinta. Le ragioni delle tenebre - La piscina (Racconto, The Pool, 1988) di Whitley Strieber - La nemesi delle tenebre (Romanzo breve, By Reason of Darkness, 1988) di Jack Cady

Een seriemoordenaar uit de jaren vijftig lijkt veertig jaar later wederom toe te slaan in dezelfde Amerikaanse stad.

De kleinzoon van de eigenaar van een elitair Caraïbisch eiland raakt door zijn vriendschap met een ex-detective geïnteresseerd in een 25 jaar oude moord.

Peter Straub präsentiert eine spannende moderne Ehe- und Liebesgeschichte. Der Geschäftsmann Owen reist nach Irland, um eine Filiale zu eröffnen und eine Auszeit von seiner problematischen Ehe zu nehmen. In Dublin verliebt er sich leidenschaftlich, während seine Frau ebenfalls nach neuen Abenteuern sucht.

Einmalige Auflage von 250 handnumerierten Exemplaren, illustriert von Uwe Mayer. Peter Straub, bedeutender Vertreter der modernen Phantastik, präsentiert in dieser Novelle ein faszinierendes Psychogramm einer Bluttat unter Geschwistern, die als Vorstudie zu seinem Roman Koko dient.

Im Mittelpunkt dieses fesselnden Thrillers stehen ein Bestsellerroman, ein fanatischer Frauenmörder, eine Entführung und die dunkle Vergangenheit einer berühmten Verlegerfamilie. Mit seinem unfehlbaren Gespür für raffinierte Schockeffekte dringt der amerikanische Horrorspezialist Straub in beklemmende Dimensionen der menschlichen Psyche vor. "Mit Abstand Peter Straubs bester Roman... 'Reise in die Nacht' hat ein rasendes Tempo, einen glaubhaften Kern und ist hervorragend geschrieben." (Stephen King.)

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