Nightmares and Dreamscapes
A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. Flies settle and die on an old pair of sneakers in New York, and the Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile the legend of Castle Rock returns... and grows on you. What does it all mean? What else could it mean? First there was Night Shift (1978), then Skeleton Crew (1985), and now Stephen King is back with a third collection of stories – a vast, many-chambered cave of a volume, with passages leading every which way to hell... and a few to glory.
The long reach of Stephen King's imagination and the no-holds-barred force of his storytelling have never been so richly demonstrated. There's something here for readers of every stripe and predilection – classic tales of the macabre and the monstrous, cutting-edge explorations of the borderlands between good and evil, brilliant pastiches of Chandler and Conan Doyle, even a teleplay and a non-fiction bonus, a heartfelt piece of Little League baseball that first appeared in The New Yorker.
In story after story, several published here for the first time, he will take you to places you've never been before, places that are both dark and vividly illuminated. Fair warning: You will lose a good deal of sleep. But Stephen King, writing to beat the devil, will do your dreaming for you.
Can you believe? Then come...
Contents:
- Dolan's Cadillac
- The End Of The Whole Mess
- Suffer the Little Children
- The Night Flier
- Popsy
- It Grows On You
- Chattery Teeth
- Dedication
- The Moving Finger
- Sneakers
- You Know They Got A Hell Of A Band
- Home Delivery
- Rainy Season
- My Pretty Pony
- Sorry, Right Number
- The Ten O'Clock People
- Crouch End
- The House on Maple Street
- The Fifth Quarter
- The Doctor's Case
- Umney's Last Case
- Head Down
- Brooklyn August
- The Beggar and the Diamond
Stephen King
Stephen King’s name is synonymous with horror, suspense, and the kind of storytelling that lingers long after the final page is turned. Born in Portland, Maine, in 1947, his love for the macabre began early, drawing inspiration from his small-town upbringing and the creeping unease that would define much of his work. From his first short stories published in magazines to the blockbuster novels that changed the literary landscape, King's journey from aspiring writer to a cultural phenomenon is nothing short of legendary.