Sending you love, basking in the glow of the your celebration of his life. So lovely. Over here weeping over this poem, and your relationship with your dad that feels kindred to my own. (Also why I cried and laughed and cherish This Time Tomorrow.)
I was reading this post as my oldest kid, Elli, came home and asked who a horror writer is that they should know. The timing!!! Their 8th grade English lit class is starting the school year with a horror unit, and they want to come correct. Please know Elli is so keen to share about your dad and his books. A bunch of 13 and 14 year olds in Kalamazoo, MI are about to be introduced to Peter Straub. ♥️
Dear Emma, thank you for sharing this and I'm so sorry for your loss. This morning I was in a taxi taking some drawings (I'm an artist) to my framer who is close to Books Are Magic, just over the canal. I was daydreaming about This Time Tomorrow, and how the scenes helped me grieve my mother's passing (she died last August a year ago). Just then I looked up out the window of the car, and there you were, standing on the sidewalk, in a sort of fog. The car moved on, I dropped off my drawings, and I walked to your bookstore. It had just opened and it was abuzz with people and lovely energy. I took a photo of your dad's books lined up on the front shelf, beautifully. Thank you - to your dad and to you - for touching readers' lives and minds and hearts, as you have. You will see your dad still, every day, in new ways as you move through the world. That is how I find my mom now. It surprises me constantly. Much love, Mary
Lovely and perfect poem. I’ve never met you, Emma, but I feel as if you are a friend through your sweet vulnerability and through your writing. As a lifetime bookseller, I have read your dad’s novels and have sold many. His legacy will live on in so many ways.
Dear Emma: Your "incomplete" thoughts are beautiful. I'm so sorry your father is gone but thank you for sharing him in all his glory with your readers.
Beautiful & evocative poem. Thank you for that and sharing your dad! I love This Time Tomorrow and while I know that to conflate a fictional character with a living one is too be avoided, the love & respect you wove in between the father and daughter is so palpable and present!
I loved 'This Time Tomorrow' more than I can say here - what you did there was brilliant, one of my all-time faves that I look forward to re-reading... thank you for such a monumental gift.
Sending you love, basking in the glow of the your celebration of his life. So lovely. Over here weeping over this poem, and your relationship with your dad that feels kindred to my own. (Also why I cried and laughed and cherish This Time Tomorrow.)
I was reading this post as my oldest kid, Elli, came home and asked who a horror writer is that they should know. The timing!!! Their 8th grade English lit class is starting the school year with a horror unit, and they want to come correct. Please know Elli is so keen to share about your dad and his books. A bunch of 13 and 14 year olds in Kalamazoo, MI are about to be introduced to Peter Straub. ♥️
Dear Emma, thank you for sharing this and I'm so sorry for your loss. This morning I was in a taxi taking some drawings (I'm an artist) to my framer who is close to Books Are Magic, just over the canal. I was daydreaming about This Time Tomorrow, and how the scenes helped me grieve my mother's passing (she died last August a year ago). Just then I looked up out the window of the car, and there you were, standing on the sidewalk, in a sort of fog. The car moved on, I dropped off my drawings, and I walked to your bookstore. It had just opened and it was abuzz with people and lovely energy. I took a photo of your dad's books lined up on the front shelf, beautifully. Thank you - to your dad and to you - for touching readers' lives and minds and hearts, as you have. You will see your dad still, every day, in new ways as you move through the world. That is how I find my mom now. It surprises me constantly. Much love, Mary
Love to you, Emma. I’m going to be crying about this poem all day. ❤️
Lovely and perfect poem. I’ve never met you, Emma, but I feel as if you are a friend through your sweet vulnerability and through your writing. As a lifetime bookseller, I have read your dad’s novels and have sold many. His legacy will live on in so many ways.
So sorry for your loss Emma - thanks for sharing your Dad with us and for sharing this beautiful poem.
This was beautiful. Thinking of you and your family.
Dear Emma: Your "incomplete" thoughts are beautiful. I'm so sorry your father is gone but thank you for sharing him in all his glory with your readers.
Beautiful & evocative poem. Thank you for that and sharing your dad! I love This Time Tomorrow and while I know that to conflate a fictional character with a living one is too be avoided, the love & respect you wove in between the father and daughter is so palpable and present!
I’m sorry for your loss. Beautifully written intro. I relate.
Beautiful. <3 Lots of love to you and yours during this heartbreaking time.
beautiful and perfect poem. my heart goes out to you and your family ❤️❤️❤️
My sincerest condolences to you and your entire family. Your remembrances are all so heartfelt and perfect, your dad was the best of the best.
Thank you. That was so beautiful.
Sending love to you and your family.
I loved 'This Time Tomorrow' more than I can say here - what you did there was brilliant, one of my all-time faves that I look forward to re-reading... thank you for such a monumental gift.
Holding you and your family in my heart.