I’ll miss you Peter.”Īll of us here at BD would like to send our deepest condolences to the friends, family, and colleagues of Peter Straub, whose work will live on forever in the worlds of fantasy and horror. Once performed the Crow position in yoga, in a Milwaukee WI men’s room, because he was fearless & proud of his yoga. Always kind, funny, irascible, brilliant. Neil Gaiman writes on Twitter, “One of the best writers I’ve read, one of the best friends I’ve known. Peter Straub also wrote the novels Shadowland (1980), Floating Dragon (1983), Koko (1988), Mystery (1990), The Hellfire Club (1995), Mr. Straub’s Ghost Story was turned into the same-titled feature film in 1981. Peter Straub’s horror novels also include Juliain 1975, If You Could See Me in 1977, and Ghost Storyin 1979, the latter of which became one of his most well-known works. King’s collaborations with Peter Straub include 1984 novel The Talisman, soon to be adapted into a Netflix series, as well as the novel Black Housedecades later in 2001. “Working with him was one of the great joys of my creative life.” Stephen King tweets this afternoon, “It’s a sad day because my good friend and amazingly talented colleague and collaborator, Peter Straub, has passed away. We’ve learned the terribly sad news from frequent collaborator Stephen King this afternoon that American novelist and poet Peter Straub has passed away at the age of 79.
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