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Peter Straub

Straub, Peter Francis

March 2, 1943 – September 4, 2022 (aged 79)

Birth place: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA

180 works in English-language magazines

Date Page Type Title Magazine
February 1976 15|15.3 Review Julia Luna Monthly, #62, February 1976
May 1977 38 Review Julia Delap's F & SF Review, May 1977
April 1979 C11 Review Ghost Story The New York Times, April 3, 1979
March 1981 10 Review Shadowland Fantasy Newsletter, #34 March 1981
April 1981 61 Review Ghost Story Fangoria, April 1981
April 1981 7 Review Shadowland Fantasy Newsletter, #35 April 1981
April 1981 61 Review Shadowland Fangoria, April 1981
May 1981 13 Interview TZ Interview: Peter Straub: "I Looked Into My Imagination and That's What I Found" Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, May 1981
February 1982 8 Interview An Interview with Peter Straub American Fantasy, February 1982
February 1982 17 Review Ghost Story American Fantasy, February 1982
February 1982 14 Review If You Could See Me Now American Fantasy, February 1982
February 1982 12 Review Julia American Fantasy, February 1982
February 1982 23 Review Shadowland American Fantasy, February 1982
March 1982 6 Review Shadowland Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, March 1982
May 1982 24 Short Fiction The General's Wife Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, May 1982
August 1982 4 Essay Letter (Fantasy Newsletter No. 50) Fantasy Newsletter, #50 August 1982
March 1983 9|9.2 Review Floating Dragon Locus, #266 March 1983
March 1983 37 Review Floating Dragon Fantasy Newsletter, #57 March 1983
March 1983 37 Review The General's Wife Fantasy Newsletter, #57 March 1983
June 1983 29 Review Floating Dragon The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, June 1983
July 1983 8 Review Floating Dragon Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, July-August 1983
July 1983 Review Floating Dragon Heavy Metal, July 1983
October 1983 130 Review The General's Wife Whispers, October 1983
November 1983 74 Review The General's Wife Dragon Magazine, November 1983
August 1984 27 Review Leeson Park and Belsize Square: Poems 1970-1975 Fantasy Review, August 1984
October 1984 13 Review The Talisman Locus, #285 October 1984
January 1985 62 Interview Stephen King, Peter Straub, & the Quest for `The Talisman' Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, January-February 1985
February 1985 10 Interview Horror Partners Fangoria, February 1985
February 1985 17 Review The Talisman Fantasy Review, February 1985
February 1985 26 Review Wild Animals Fantasy Review, February 1985
March 1985 29 Interview Interview: Peter Straub The Horror Show, Spring 1985
March 1985 14 Interview King Meets Straub! Fangoria, March 1985
March 1985 22 Review The Talisman The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, March 1985
March 1985 10 Review The Talisman Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, March-April 1985
May 1985 39 Review The Talisman Fangoria, May 1985
April 1986 28 Review Blue Rose Fantasy Review, April 1986
April 1986 26 Interview Breaking In: Peter Straub Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, April 1986
July 1987 50 Review Floating Dragon Science Fiction Chronicle, #94 July 1987
November 1987 34 Interview Dark Voices (Horrorstruck, November-December 1987) Horrorstruck, November-December 1987
1988 18 Interview Interview: Peter Straub New Blood, #4
May 1988 20 Interview Dark Voices (Horrorstruck, May-June 1988) Horrorstruck, May-June 1988
December 1988 23 Review Koko Locus, #335 December 1988
December 1988 18 Review Koko The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, December 1988
December 1988 17 Review Koko Vector 147
February 1989 26 Interview Creating Koko: A Conversation with Peter Straub Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, February 1989
February 1989 18 Review Koko Rod Serling's The Twilight Zone Magazine, February 1989
April 1989 32 Review Koko Studies in Weird Fiction, #5 Spring 1989
May 1989 19 Review Koko Fangoria, May 1989
January 1990 15 Review Mystery Locus, #348 January 1990
March 1990 70 Review Mystery Fear, March 1990
April 1990 4 Interview Peter Straub: Disappearing Into Fiction Locus, #351 April 1990
April 1990 24 Interview Shadows Fear, April 1990
July 1990 63|63.2 Review Mystery Interzone, July 1990
August 1990 17 Review Houses Without Doors Locus, #355 August 1990
October 1990 34|34.05 Review Houses Without Doors Science Fiction Chronicle, #133 October 1990
October 1990 90 Short Fiction Something About a Death, Something About a Fire Omni, October 1990
December 1990 21 Review Houses Without Doors Locus, #359 December 1990
1991 12 Review Houses Without Doors Nova Express, Winter 1991
January 1991 16 Interview Profiles in Terror: Peter Straub (Part 1 of 2) Cemetery Dance, Winter 1991
March 1991 48 Short Fiction A Short Guide to the City Iniquities, Spring 1991
April 1991 16 Interview Profiles in Terror: Peter Straub (Part 2 of 2) Cemetery Dance, Spring 1991
August 1991 8 Review Mystery Paperback Inferno, #91
September 1991 64 Review Mrs. God Locus, #368 September 1991
February 1992 46 Review Houses Without Doors Science Fiction Review, February 1992
March 1992 33 Review Mrs. God Aboriginal Science Fiction, Summer 1992
1993 65|65.2 Review The Throat Cemetery Dance, Fall 1993
August 1993 26 Review The Throat Vector 174
October 1993 43 Essay Letter (Locus #393) Locus, #393 October 1993
December 1993 64|64.2 Review The Throat Interzone, December 1993
1994 10 Review The Throat Weird Tales, Spring 1994
January 1994 1 Interview Horror Talks with Peter Straub Horror, January 1994
January 1994 4 Interview Peter Straub: The Path of Extremity Locus, #396 January 1994
September 1994 56 Review The Throat Dead of Night #10, Fall 1994
November 1994 76 Essay An Appreciation (Robert Bloch) Locus, #406 November 1994
1995 34 Interview If You Could See Him Now: An Interview with Peter Straub Pirate Writings, #8 1995
May 1995 29 Review Peter Straub's Ghosts Locus, #412 May 1995
June 1995 67 Essay Letter (Locus #413) Locus, #413 June 1995
June 1995 65 Review Peter Straub's Ghosts All Hallows, June 1995
July 1995 75 Review Peter Straub's Ghosts Dead of Night #13, Summer 1995
1996 39 Interview A Talk with Peter Straub Worlds of Fantasy & Horror, Winter 1996-7
March 1996 27 Review The Hellfire Club Locus, #422 March 1996
May 1996 58 Review The Hellfire Club Science Fiction Chronicle, #189 May/June 1996
March 1998 59 Review Shadowland Interzone, March 1998
December 1998 4 Interview Peter Straub: Seeing Double Locus, #455 December 1998
July 1999 55 Review Mr. X Locus, #462 July 1999
October 1999 21 Review Mr. X Locus, #465 October 1999
October 1999 17 Short Fiction The Kingdom of Heaven Cemetery Dance, #32
November 1999 74 Review Mr. X Fangoria, November 1999
2000 13 Review Magic Terror Weird Tales, Winter 2000/2001
2000 24 Interview Peter Straub: Dancing Architecture The Third Alternative, #23
January 2000 40 Review Mr. X The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2000
January 2000 44 Review Peter and PTR: Two Deleted Prefaces and an Introduction The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2000
January 2000 43 Review Pork Pie Hat The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, January 2000
February 2000 10 Review Mr. X Realms of Fantasy, February 2000
April 2000 60 Review Pork Pie Hat Interzone, April 2000
July 2000 58 Review Magic Terror Locus, #474 July 2000
August 2000 56 Review Mr. X Interzone, August 2000
September 2000 78 Review Magic Terror Fangoria, September 2000
December 2000 Review Magic Terror Realms of Fantasy, December 2000
December 2000 72 Essay Remembering Dede Weil Locus, #479 December 2000
2001 63 Review Magic Terror The Third Alternative, #27
March 2001 51 Interview The Talebones Interview: Peter Straub Talebones #21, Spring 2001
August 2001 33 Interview Conversation with Peter Straub Cemetery Dance, #35
August 2001 57 Review Magic Terror Interzone, August 2001
September 2001 21 Review Black House Locus, #488 September 2001
September 2001 31 Review Black House Locus, #488 September 2001
December 2001 Interview Dancing Architecture: An Interview with Peter Straub infinity plus, December 2001
2002 17 Review Black House Weird Tales, Spring 2002
February 2002 59 Review Black House Interzone, February 2002
February 2002 117 Review Magic Terror: 7 Tales All Hallows, February 2002
June 2002 126 Review Black House All Hallows, June 2002
September 2002 28 Review Magic Terror Vector 225
2003 94 Review Conjunctions 39: The New Wave Fabulists Foundation, #87 Spring 2003
January 2003 15 Review Conjunctions: 39, The New Wave Fabulists Locus, #504 January 2003
February 2003 13 Review Conjunctions: 39, The New Wave Fabulists Locus, #505 February 2003
February 2003 72 Review Conjunctions: 39, The New Wave Fabulists Locus, #505 February 2003
April 2003 8 Essay Horror's House Locus, #507 April 2003
October 2003 17 Review lost boy lost girl Locus, #513 October 2003
October 2003 21 Review lost boy lost girl Locus, #513 October 2003
February 2004 144 Review Lost Boy, Lost Girl All Hallows, February 2004
March 2004 17 Review Lost Boy, Lost Girl Weird Tales, March-April 2004
April 2004 Review Lost Boy Lost Girl Realms of Fantasy, April 2004
April 2004 30 Review Lost Boy, Lost Girl The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 2004
November 2004 19 Review In the Night Room Locus, #526 November 2004
December 2004 76 Review In the Night Room Amazing Stories, December 2004
December 2004 21 Review In the Night Room Locus, #527 December 2004
January 2005 29 Review In the Night Room Interzone, January-February 2005
February 2005 26 Review In the Night Room Realms of Fantasy, February 2005
March 2005 98 Review In the Night Room Cemetery Dance, #51, 2005
March 2005 15 Review In the Night Room The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2005
March 2005 15 Review Lost Boy Lost Girl The New York Review of Science Fiction, March 2005
July 2006 6 Interview Peter Straub: Fearful Places Locus, #546 July 2006
October 2006 20 Interview Traveling with the Lord of Nightmares: An Interview with Peter Straub The New York Review of Science Fiction, October 2006
2007 103 Review Ashputtle Dead Reckonings, Fall 2007
2007 72 Review Sides Dead Reckonings, Fall 2007
May 2007 18 Short Fiction Lapland, or Film Noir Midnight Street, May-June 2007
May 2007 6 Essay The horror! The horror! Analytical and Emotional Locus, #556 May 2007
May 2007 15 Interview Travelling with the Lord of Nightmares Midnight Street, May-June 2007
June 2007 66 Review Sides Locus, #557 June 2007
September 2007 57 Review Sides Interzone, September-October 2007
October 2007 35 Review Sides The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, October-November 2007
January 2008 54 Review Five Stories Locus, #564 January 2008
March 2008 54 Interview City Slab Six City Slab, #12
November 2008 17 Review Poe's Children Locus, #574 November 2008
2009 89 Review American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps Dead Reckonings No. 6, Fall 2009
2009 90 Review American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now Dead Reckonings No. 6, Fall 2009
July 2009 40 Interview A Conversation with Peter Straub Cemetery Dance, #61, 2009
July 2009 73 Review A Dark Matter Cemetery Dance, #61, 2009
July 2009 50 Short Fiction Excerpt from: A Dark Matter Cemetery Dance, #61, 2009
July 2009 64 Short Fiction Variations on a Theme from Seinfeld Cemetery Dance, #61, 2009
September 2009 39 Essay Remembering Charles Locus, #584 September 2009
November 2009 15 Review American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps Locus, #586 November 2009
November 2009 15 Review American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now Locus, #586 November 2009
March 2010 25 Review A Dark Matter Locus, #590 March 2010
March 2010 25 Review The Skylark Locus, #590 March 2010
May 2010 36 Review A Dark Matter The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May-June 2010
May 2010 12 Essay Roundtable: Poe & the Fantastic Locus, #592 May 2010
July 2010 25 Review The Juniper Tree and Other Blue Rose Stories Locus,#594 July 2010
August 2010 Review A Dark Matter Strange Horizons, 9 August 2010
January 2011 Short Fiction Ashputtle Cast Macabre, CM31
December 2011 93 Review American Fantastic Tales 1940s to Now Cemetery Dance, #65, 2011
December 2011 93 Review American Fantastic Tales Poe to Pulps Cemetery Dance, #65, 2011
December 2011 60 Review The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine Locus, #611 December 2011
December 2011 84 Essay What About Genre, What About Horror? Cemetery Dance, #65, 2011
2012 40 Review The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine Dead Reckonings #12, Fall 2012
August 2012 62 Short Fiction Space Cougar! The Magazine of Bizarro Fiction, Issue #6, Summer 2012
October 2012 |8 Interview Interview: Peter Straub Nightmare Magazine, October 2012
November 2012 |8 Interview Interview: Peter Straub (Part 2) Nightmare Magazine, November 2012
March 2013 Review The Throat Tales to Terrify, No 63
September 2013 |11 Interview Author Spotlight: Peter Straub Nightmare Magazine, September 2013
October 2013 Review A Short Guide to the City StarShipSofa, No 309
May 2015 17 Review Perdido: A Fragment Locus, #652 May 2015
March 2016 14 Review Interior Darkness: Selected Stories Locus, #662 March 2016
March 2016 18 Review Interior Darkness: Selected Stories Locus, #662 March 2016
March 2016 39 Interview The Rise of Modern Horror Fiction: Fear and the Occult in the 1970s Cemetery Dance, #73, 2016
May 2016 82|82.1 Review Interior Darkness: Selected Stories The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, May-June 2016
June 2016 24 Review Interior Darkness The New York Times Book Review, June 5, 2016
July 2016 10 Interview Interior Darkness Locus, #666 July 2016
December 2017 44 Essay Rosemary at 50: An Introduction Cemetery Dance, #76, 2017
December 2017 45 Review Rosemary's Baby Cemetery Dance, #76, 2017

54 English-language books

Year Type Title Author(s)
1973 Novel Marriages Peter Straub
1975 Novel Julia Peter Straub
1977 Novel Full Circle Peter Straub
1977 Novel If You Could See Me Now Peter Straub
1979 Novel Ghost Story Peter Straub
1980 Novel Shadowland Peter Straub
1981 Novel Shadow Land Peter Straub
1982 Chapbook The General's Wife Peter Straub
1983 Novel Floating Dragon Peter Straub
1983 Collection Leeson Park and Belsize Square: Poems 1970-1975 Peter Straub
1984 Novel The Talisman Stephen King & Peter Straub
1984 Omnibus Wild Animals Peter Straub
1985 Chapbook Blue Rose Peter Straub
1985 Novel Under Venus Peter Straub
1988 Novel Koko Peter Straub
1990 Collection Houses Without Doors Peter Straub
1990 Novel Mrs. God Peter Straub
1990 Novel Mystery Peter Straub
1993 Novel The Throat Peter Straub
1993 Chapbook The Throat (excerpt) Peter Straub
1995 Anthology Ghosts Peter Straub
1995 Anthology Peter Straub's Ghosts Peter Straub
1996 Novel The Hellfire Club Peter Straub
1999 Novel Mr. X Peter Straub
1999 Chapbook Peter and PTR: Two Deleted Prefaces and an Introduction Peter Straub
1999 Chapbook Pork Pie Hat Peter Straub
2000 Collection Magic Terror: Seven Tales Peter Straub
2001 Novel Black House Stephen King & Peter Straub
2001 Collection Magic Terror Peter Straub
2002 Anthology The New Wave Fabulists Peter Straub & Bradford Morrow
2002 Omnibus The Talisman / Black House Stephen King & Peter Straub
2003 Novel Lost Boy Lost Girl Peter Straub
2003 Novel Lost Boy, Lost Girl Peter Straub
2004 Collection A Little Blue Book of Rose Stories Peter Straub
2004 Novel In the Night Room Peter Straub
2007 Nonfiction Sides Peter Straub
2008 Collection 5 Stories Peter Straub
2008 Anthology Poe's Children Peter Straub
2009 Anthology American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps Peter Straub
2009 Anthology American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from the 1940s to Now Peter Straub
2009 Omnibus American Fantastic Tales: The Boxed Set Peter Straub
2010 Novel A Dark Matter Peter Straub
2010 Chapbook A Special Place: The Heart of a Dark Matter Peter Straub
2010 Chapbook Pork Pie Hat Peter Straub
2010 Collection The Juniper Tree and Other Blue Rose Stories Peter Straub
2010 Novel The Skylark Peter Straub
2011 Chapbook The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine Peter Straub
2012 Chapbook The Buffalo Hunter Peter Straub
2015 Chapbook Perdido: A Fragment Peter Straub
2016 Collection Interior Darkness: Selected Stories Peter Straub
2017 Chapbook The Process (Is a Process All Its Own) Peter Straub
2021 Omnibus The Complete Short Fiction of Peter Straub Peter Straub
2021 Collection The Complete Short Fiction of Peter Straub: Volume 2 Peter Straub
2021 Collection The Complete Short Fiction of Peter Straub: Volume One Peter Straub

YearAwardCategoryTitleStatus
1981 Balrog Award Novel Shadowland Nominee
1981 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Shadowland Nominee
1981 World Fantasy Award Best Novel Shadowland Nominee
1983 Balrog Award Short Fiction The General's Wife Nominee
1984 British Fantasy Award August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) Floating Dragon Winner
1984 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis Bester ausländischer SF-Roman Schattenland Nominee
1984 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Floating Dragon Nominee
1985 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel The Talisman Finalist
1985 World Fantasy Award Best Novel The Talisman Nominee
1988 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Long Fiction The Juniper Tree Nominee
1989 Locus Poll Award Best Horror Novel Koko Finalist
1989 World Fantasy Award Best Novel Koko Winner
1990 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Houses Without Doors Nominee
1990 Locus Poll Award Best Horror Novel Mystery Nominee
1991 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Houses Without Doors Nominee
1991 World Fantasy Award Best Collection Houses Without Doors Nominee
1992 Locus Poll Award Best Horror/Dark Fantasy Novel Mrs. God Nominee
1993 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novel The Throat Winner
1993 World Fantasy Award Best Novella The Ghost Village Winner
1994 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Long Fiction Fee Nominee
1994 World Fantasy Award Best Novel The Throat Nominee
1995 World Fantasy Award Best Novella Fee Nominee
1996 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novel The Hellfire Club Nominee
1996 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Peter Straub's Ghosts Nominee
1997 British Fantasy Award August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) The Hellfire Club Nominee
1998 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Long Fiction Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff Winner
1998 International Horror Guild Award Best Long Form Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff Winner
1999 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novel Mr. X Winner
1999 International Horror Guild Award Best Novel Mr. X Nominee
1999 World Fantasy Award Best Novella Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff Nominee
2000 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection Magic Terror: Seven Tales Winner
2000 British Fantasy Award Best Short Fiction Porkpie Hat Nominee
2000 International Horror Guild Award Best Collection Magic Terror: Seven Tales Nominee
2000 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Mr. X Nominee
2001 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novel Black House Nominee
2001 British Fantasy Award August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) Mr. X Nominee
2001 Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire Roman étranger Mr X Nominee
2001 International Horror Guild Award Best Novel Black House Nominee
2001 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Magic Terror: Seven Tales Nominee
2001 World Fantasy Award Best Collection Magic Terror: Seven Tales Nominee
2002 British Fantasy Award Best Collection Magic Terror: Seven Tales Nominee
2002 James Tiptree, Jr. Award / Otherwise Award Gender-bending SF The New Wave Fabulists Nominee
2002 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Black House Nominee
2003 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novel Lost Boy, Lost Girl Winner
2003 International Horror Guild Award Best Novel Lost Boy Lost Girl Winner
2003 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology The New Wave Fabulists Nominee
2003 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Little Red's Tango Nominee
2003 World Fantasy Award Best Anthology The New Wave Fabulists Nominee
2004 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novel In the Night Room Winner
2004 British Fantasy Award August Derleth Fantasy Award (Best Novel) Lost Boy, Lost Girl Nominee
2004 International Horror Guild Award Best Novel In the Night Room Nominee
2004 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel Lost Boy, Lost Girl Nominee
2005 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel In the Night Room Nominee
2005 Locus Poll Award Best Novelette Mr. Aickman's Air Rifle Nominee
2007 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Fiction Collection 5 Stories Nominee
2007 International Horror Guild Award Best Non-Fiction Sides Nominee
2009 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology Poe's Children Nominee
2010 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in a Novel A Dark Matter Winner
2010 Locus Poll Award Best Anthology American Fantastic Tales: The Boxed Set Nominee
2010 Locus Poll Award Best Novella A Special Place: The Heart of a Dark Matter Nominee
2010 World Fantasy Award Best Anthology American Fantastic Tales: Terror and the Uncanny from Poe to the Pulps Winner
2011 Bram Stoker Award Superior Achievement in Long Fiction The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine Winner
2011 Locus Poll Award Best Collection The Juniper Tree and Other Blue Rose Stories Nominee
2011 Locus Poll Award Best Fantasy Novel A Dark Matter Nominee
2011 Shirley Jackson Award Best Novel A Dark Matter Nominee
2012 Locus Poll Award Best Novella The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine Nominee
2012 Shirley Jackson Award Best Novelette The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine Nominee
2017 Locus Poll Award Best Collection Interior Darkness: Selected Stories Nominee
2018 Locus Poll Award Best Novella The Process Is a Process All Its Own Nominee
2022 Locus Poll Award Best Collection The Complete Short Fiction of Peter Straub Nominee
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