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6 unusual facts about Peter Straub


Jack Names the Planets

The title of the track is taken from a chapter of the Stephen King and Peter Straub novel, The Talisman.

John Kendrick Bangs

Thurlow's Christmas Story (1894)
In 2009, The Library of America selected this story for inclusion in its two-century retrospective of American Fantastic Tales, edited by Peter Straub.

Milwaukee Country Day School

The school appears ("thinly disguised") in the novel Shadowland by alumnus Peter Straub.

Murder Ballads

"Curse" uses the fictional town of Millhaven, created by Peter Straub and came out on paper in his books regarding "The Blue Rose Murders".

Secret Windows

This volume also includes several short works that had not been previously published elsewhere, including lectures given by King, an interview with King conducted by Muriel Gray, a never-before-published short story by King, titled "In the Deathroom," and an introduction written by Peter Straub.

The Penguin Encyclopedia of Horror and the Supernatural

Hundreds of genre author entries are provided, including: William Beckford by E.F. Bleiler, Ambrose Bierce and Algernon Blackwood by Jack Sullivan, Ramsey Campbell by Robert Hadji, Robert W. Chambers by T. E. D. Klein, James Herbert by Ramsey Campbell, Shirley Jackson by Sullivan, Stephen King by Don Herron, Arthur Machen by Klein, Ann Radcliffe by Devendra P. Varma, and Peter Straub by Patricia Skarda.


Frank Muller

In 2002, Stephen King, who had also experienced a life-threatening auto accident, organized a benefit for Muller with Pat Conroy, John Grisham, and Peter Straub.

Harry Bromley Davenport

Following his apprenticeship, Bromley Davenport made his directorial debut with the little seen Whispers of Fear (1976) and co-wrote the screenplay for The Haunting of Julia (1977), which was adapted from the Peter Straub novel Julia (1975) and starred Mia Farrow in the titular role.

Trempealeau, Wisconsin

The novel Black House by Stephen King and Peter Straub takes place in and around a fictionalized version of Trempealeau named "French Landing".


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