Description
Stephen King's first collection of short stories showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination and will chill the cockles of many a heart (Chicago Tribune). Featuring "Jerusalem's Lot," the basis for the upcoming tv series Chapelwaite.
Here we see mutated rats gone bad ("Graveyard Shift"); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity ("Night Surf," the basis for The Stand); a possessed, evil lawnmower ("The Lawnmower Man"); unsettling children from the heartland ("Children of the Corn"); a smoker who will try anything to stop ("Quitters, Inc."); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation ("Gray Matter"); and many more shadows and visions that will haunt you long after the last page is turned.
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 10/01/1993
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.57h x 6.49w x 1.22d
ISBN13: 9780385129916
ISBN10: 0385129912
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Horror | General
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Thrillers | General
Here we see mutated rats gone bad ("Graveyard Shift"); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity ("Night Surf," the basis for The Stand); a possessed, evil lawnmower ("The Lawnmower Man"); unsettling children from the heartland ("Children of the Corn"); a smoker who will try anything to stop ("Quitters, Inc."); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation ("Gray Matter"); and many more shadows and visions that will haunt you long after the last page is turned.
Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Doubleday Books
Published: 10/01/1993
Pages: 368
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.41lbs
Size: 9.57h x 6.49w x 1.22d
ISBN13: 9780385129916
ISBN10: 0385129912
BISAC Categories:
- Fiction | Horror | General
- Fiction | Short Stories (single author)
- Fiction | Thrillers | General
About the Author
Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are Full Dark, No Stars; Under the Dome; Just After Sunset; Duma Key; Lisey's Story; Cell; and the concluding novels in the Dark Tower saga: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower. His acclaimed nonfiction book On Writing is also a bestseller. In 2003, he was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2007 he received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.