The General's Wife

The General's Wife
	Cover of the first edition
Author	Peter Straub
Illustrator	Thomas Canty
Cover artist	Thomas Canty
Country	United States
Language	English
Genre	Horror short story
Publisher	Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc.
Publication date	1982
Media type	Print (Hardback)
Pages	128 pp
ISBN	0-937986-54-2
OCLC	9340704
Dewey Decimal	813/.54 19
LC Class	PS3569.T6914 G4 1982

The General's Wife is a horror short story by Peter Straub. It was first published in 1982 by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in an edition of 1,200 copies and was issued without a jacket. The story is from a previously unpublished extract from the manuscript of Straub's novel, Floating Dragon.

References[]

Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 329.
Clute, John; John Grant (1997). The Encyclopedia of Fantasy. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 902. ISBN 0-88184-708-9.

v t Works by Peter Straub
Novels	Marriages (1973) Under Venus (1974) Julia (1975) If You Could See Me Now (1977) Ghost Story (1979) Shadowland (1980) Floating Dragon (1983) The Talisman (1984) Koko (1988) Mystery (1990) The Throat (1993) The Hellfire Club (1995) Mr. X (1999) Black House (2001) Lost Boy, Lost Girl (2003) In the Night Room (2004) A Dark Matter (2010)
Novellas	The General's Wife (1982) Mrs. God (1990) Bunny is Good Bread (1993) Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff (1997) Pork Pie Hat (1999) A Special Place: The Heart of a Dark Matter (2010) The Ballad of Ballard and Sandrine (2011)