3: Horror writer PATRICK MCGRATH. McGrath has been described as "a Poe for the 80's," a postmodern-gothic storyteller. Horror writing is a genre that comes easily to McGrath, who grew up on the grounds of an English asylum for the criminally insane. He's written a collection of short stories and several novels. He does a reading from his 1990 book, "Spider" (Poseidon). His latest book is "Doctor Haggard's Disease" (Simon & Schuster), from 1993. (REBROADCAST FROM 9
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