Ghost Story
My favorite Straub. Rivals anything King has done, including The Shining, The Stand, It, etc. One of the few books, like The Shining, to actually and literally give me the chills. Great read as a mystery, as horror, as literature, as, well, as anything! A must-read for any fan of any genre. And brilliantly constructed, from the very first sentence.
Houses Without Doors
Good compilation of stuff, uneven when combined, well-written individually. Contains stories of men who go crazy, partly because they read too much. Uh-oh...
In the Night Room
Solid, creepy, and well-stylized. Straub's just a good writer, no matter what the genre. He could've written in any genre.
The Throat
So well-written that I read all 600 pages or so in about three days. Straub is simply a good writer. Good story; characterization; mood; setting. All coalesce to an effective creepiness.
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