Here are five of his most famed - and spookiest - works: Straub’s first supernatural novel follows the story of Julia Lofting. Straub wrote more than a dozen novels, three of which were adapted into films, and he is the author of countless other novellas, short stories, and poems. “It left me with a premature bolt of awareness of my own mortality, my physical fragility, and a sense that the world was not benign,” he said in a 2022 interview. Born in Milwaukee in 1943, Straub was struck by a car at age 7 - and it was this encounter with fate that launched a decades-long fascination with the supernatural. In celebration of his life - and, of course, Halloween - there’s no better time to reflect on his storied career in supernatural fiction. “Working with him was one of the great joys of my creative life.” “It’s a sad day because my good friend and amazingly talented colleague and collaborator, Peter Straub, has passed away,” wrote Stephen King on Twitter. Prolific horror novelist and Brooklyn resident Peter Straub died in September at age 79. In ‘Evil Dead Rise,’ sisterhood is (demonically) powerful ‘Evil Dead Rise’ review: Cute kids battle bloodthirsty demons Movie’ still at top of box office game after 3 weeks Movie’ closes in on $1B global milestone as it tops box office for fourth week
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