- Horror, Short Stories, Fiction, Thriller
"You like it darker? Fine, so do I' writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of stories that delve into the darker part of life - both metaphorical and literal.
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Classical in form, grave, spare and contemporary.
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- sparerichly built
- contemporarynostalgic
- earnestironic
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About the book
- Author
- Stephen King
- First published
- 2024
- Pages
- 504
- Publisher
- Thorndike Press Large Print, Hodder & Stoughton, Scribner
- Editions
- 7
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781420514377
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“My father—my famous father—died in 2023, at the age of ninety.”
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections. King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards. In 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to A
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