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Houses Without Doors
Houses Without Doors
Author: Peter Straub
ISBN-13: 9780451170828
ISBN-10: 0451170822
Publication Date: 11/1/1991
Pages: 464
Rating:
  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 58 ratings
Publisher: Signet Book
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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real spooky read, don't usually read these but book was given to me. Great for a quiet night home alone.
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Collection of short fiction exposes the terror that hide beneath the surface of the ordinary world, behind the walls of houses without doors. Thirteen dark, haunting tales form a series of artistic seductions that leave the reader vulnerable to the shattering insights of the masterful writer
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Great collection of short stories by one of the masters of the horror story.
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a schoolboy hypnotizes his little brother and discovers a dark and deadly power, a reclusive misfit falls deeper and deeper under the spell of his favorite pulp fiction... an ambitious young professor on a sabbatical must elude the violent and ghostly world of his own ancestors
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A short story collection of tales that are both fascinating & disturbing at the same time.
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"Beneath the surface of the everyday world behind the walls of houses without doors, there lies a realm of mystery which we can reach only through imagination or, sometimes, trauma, and violence"
A thrilling read
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Decent short story collection from an excellent horror writer.
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for straub fans
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A schoolboy hypnotizes his little brother and discovers a dark and deadly power....A reclusive misfit falls deeper and deeper under the spell of his favorite pulp fiction....An ambitious young professor on sabbatical must elude the violent and ghostly world of his own ancestors...
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Short stories of the macabre