Peter Straub has created a body of short stories and novellas establishes him as one of the best literary voices in the genres of horror and dark suspense. His list of accomplishments and awards is staggering: In addition to the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Horror Writers Association, Life Achievement World Fantasy Award, Grand Master Award from World Horror, Living Legend Award from the International Horror Guild, he has won the Bram Stoker Award nine times, the World Fantasy Award three times, and one British Fantasy Award.

He remains a living legend.

Volume one features Peter's short stories. Stories included in this collection:

The Juniper Tree

She Saw a Young Man

In the Realm of Dreams

Going Home

A Short Guide to the City

Interlude: Bar Talk

Something About a Death, Something About a Fire

The Poetry Reading

The Veteran

Then One Day...

The Ghost Village

Ashputtle

Hunger

In Transit (with Benjamin Straub)

Isn’t It Romantic?

The Geezers

Donald, Duck!

Little Red’s Tango

Lapland, or Film Noir

Mr. Aickman’s Air Rifle

Mallon the Guru

The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine

Inside Story

The Collected Stories of Freddie Prothero

Lost Lake (with Emma Straub)

Beyond the Veil of Vision: Reinhold von Kreitz and the Das Beben Movement  

“Peter Straub’s shorter fictions are like tiny novels you drown in: perfectly pitched, terrifyingly smart, big-hearted, dangerous, and even cruel... If you care about the short story, you should read this book, and watch a master at work.” —Neil Gaiman, author of The Ocean at the End of the Lane

“Straub has a proven knack for black humor, and he coaxes the nightmarish out of the mundane with startling ease. This is a powerful collection from an enduring favorite in literary chills.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“These stories show [Straub] ranging far and high into the uplands of literary fiction without ever leaving behind the dark impulses and fears that make his work so powerful.” —John Crowley, author of Little, Big and the Aegypt Cycle