A review by upsidedown10
Poe's Children: The New Horror by Peter Straub

2.0

This was not what I was looking for. This is the second collection of horror short stories that I've read and I guess I'm very picky because neither of them could really hold my attention. Most of these stories were not only not scary, but not even interesting. I am not afraid of the things that these white male authors are afraid of. When the third white man begins his story with "You know what's scary? Alcoholism." I'm out. Pregnancy, rape, and creepy children were also some of the main themes throughout this collection. The stories I kind of liked were the ones that strayed from these topics. I'm not interested in what these men think will scare me. Disappointing. Time to read some Shirley Jackson.