Author Emma Straub Remembers Her Father

The latest in pop-culture news, recaps, and reviews, plus close reads, profiles, interviews, and more from Vulture.com. [Brand Logo]( remembrances [This Time Tomorrow, Today]( Emma Straub remembers her father, horror icon Peter Straub. Photo: Susan Straub When I gave my father the pile of pages that would become my novel [This Time Tomorrow](, he quickly thumbed to the back and asked, “What page do I die on?” This was a joke and also not a joke. In the book, he (“he” being Leonard Stern, the fictional father in my novel) dies on page 301. In real life, off the page, my father, Peter Straub, [died on September 4, 2022](. In the book, Leonard dies in his bedroom at home with his daughter, her stepmother, and his nurse. In real life, my father died in the windowless ICU hospital room he’d been stuck in for a month, most of that time doing fairly well, recovering from a fractured hip and sitting up, reading books and watching MSNBC, just as he would have at home. My mother and brother and I were by his side, and I held his hand. It started very slowly — what page do we begin to die on, any of us — and, mercifully, ended fast. [Read More]( Devour pop culture with us. [Subscribe now](for unlimited access to Vulture and everything New York. The Latest TV Recaps • The Serpent Queen: [The Villain We Deserve]( • Power Book III: Raising Kanan: [Mouth Closed, Eyes Open]( • Monarch: [A Real Barn Burner]( • Tales of the Walking Dead: [The Monsters Are Due in Madawaska]( • American Gigolo: [Something Given, Something Taken]( • House of the Dragon: [The Second Sex]( [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( Stories We Think You’ll Like 1. [Kid Cudi Is Spaced Out, in Love, and Animated in Entergalactic The Netflix show and accompanying album hit our galaxy September 30.]( By Justin Curto 2. [Who’s Who in House of the Dragon: A House Targaryen History Meet the new main characters.]( By Sean T. Collins 3. [The Knives Out Sequel Is Bigger and Better Than the Original Rian Johnson’s Glass Onion is more precisely designed, sitting with its characters rather than immediately showing off their decay.]( 4. [A Helpful Reminder Never to Underestimate Walton Goggins Venice has been filled with lots of big, bold, showy turns. Then there’s Goggins quietly yanking our heartstrings by simply being present.]( By Bilge Ebiri [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( 5. [Patton Oswalt Hopes We All Scream at His New Special It premieres September 20 on Netflix.]( By Hershal Pandya 6. [Brendan Fraser, King of the North, Wins His First Award Since Peewee Bowling “This is new for me, as these things go, because normally I’m the guy at the podium who hands these things out.”]( By Rebecca Alter [Learn more about RevenueStripe...]( [Today’s Crossword]( 1-Across, Eight Letters: “There’s no crying in ___!” Photo-Illustration: Vulture; Photos by Bob Penn/Sygma/Sygma via Getty Images, Netflix and ANGELA WEISS/AFP via Getty Images Vulture Recommends We consume it all so you don’t have to. Watch the 2022 Emmy Awards, which air tonight at 8 p.m. ET on NBC. Here’s Vulture’s take [on who should — and will — win.]( [Read more from Vulture]( A Saturday newsletter from the people who make New York Magazine. [Sign up]( to get it every week. [logo]( [facebook logo]( [instagram logo]( [twitter logo]( [unsubscribe](param=vulture-daily) | [privacy notice]( | [update preferences]( This email was sent to {EMAIL}. Was this email forwarded to you? [Sign up now]( to get this newsletter in your inbox. [View this email in your browser.]( You received this email because you have a subscription to New York. Reach the right online audience with us For advertising information on email newsletters, please contact AdOps@nymag.com Vox Media, LLC 1201 Connecticut Ave. NW, 12th Floor Washington, DC 20036 Copyright © 2022, All rights reserved