5 Stories

Name: 5 Stories
Brand: Brilliance Audio
Availability: InStock
Rating: 3 (2 reviews)
Author: Peter Straub
ISBN: 9781455830107

Author: Peter Straub

Narrator: Michael Easton

Unabridged: 3 hr 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Published: 07/10/2012

Categories: Fiction, Horror

Synopsis

“Little Red’s Tango” incorporates a vampire story, miracle legends, a saint’s legend, an epistle, beatitudes, and jazz minutiae within a contemporary faux-gospel.“Lapland, or Film Noir” is a journey to a place of the dark, paranoid crime movies made in Los Angeles between 1948 and 1956, which Straub calls “one of the most compelling periods in American film history.” “The Geezers” is a fascinating exercise in withholding everything that might explain what the protagonists and their friends were up to, and describing instead their reactions to the consequences of the unstated actions. It is Straub at his best.“Donald Duck” is a surreal study of how a family can be changed irrevocably by the decisions of one reckless member. The final tale, “Mr. Aickman’s Air Rifle” reveals itself in clever homage as Straub deliberately assumes the mantle of “a great and respected elder, with felonious intentions.”

About Peter Straub

Peter Straub is a New York Times bestselling author, most famous for his work in the horror genre being honored as a grand master at the 1998 World Horror Convention. He has won the World Fantasy Award for Koko (1989), and the Bram Stoker Award for his novels The Throat (1993), Mr. X.(1999) and Lost Boy, Lost Girl (2003) as well as for his collection of short stories, 5 Stories (2007). He lives in New York City.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Corey on December 01, 2023

Some of Straub’s more experimental stories here. He just never ceases to prove why he was one of the absolute best in the business—his writing transcends genre. A truly fascinating and smart person that continues to show the endless possibilities in writing. A must read for Straub fans.......more

Goodreads review by Bandit on January 04, 2014

The books that I don't particularly like (or violently dislike, which is certainly not the case here) tends to fall into two categories... reprehensible to severely atrocious wastes of time and paper and those that just don't work for me but certainly could hold the attraction for other readers. Thi......more

Goodreads review by Jack on October 14, 2022

Some brilliant character studies drive this slim collection, which had sat on my shelf for too long. I love Straub's short fiction as much as his novels and wish there were more of it.......more

Goodreads review by Lee on May 28, 2012

Terrific and varied collection. The only one I wasn't that thrilled about was DONALD, DUCK. The rest of the stories were amazing and challenging, which I love. My favorites were LITTLE RED'S TANGO and MR. AICKMAN'S AIR RIFLE. To me, those stories represent what Straub does best. Floored by them.......more

Goodreads review by Mike on June 23, 2017

Peter Straub definitely knows how to hook a reader and seduce that person with his writing. Straub's style is poetic and lyrical. He is a master at crafting a scene and pulling the imagery through to the reader. This remains true for his characters too which evolve into fully dimensional characters.......more