Synopses & Reviews
In this brilliant collection of stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine?A supermarket becomes the place where humanity makes its last stand against destruction?a trip to the attic becomes a journey to hell?a woman driver finds a scary shortcut to paradise?an idyllic lake harbors a bottomless evil?and a desert island is the scene of the most terrifying struggle for survival ever waged.
Review
Wonderfully gruesome. (New York Times Book Review) Delightfully diabolical...King once again proves to be the consummate storyteller. (Associated Press)
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"Wonderfully gruesome... Don't turn your back on this book." --
New York Times Book Review
"Wildly imaginative, delightfully diabolical." --Associated Press
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“Wonderfully gruesome…Dont turn your back on this book.”—
The New York Times Book Review “Stephen King at his best.”—The Denver Post
“Wildly imaginative, delightfully diabolical…King once again proves to be the consummate storyteller.”—The Associated Press
“Stunning, ingenious…Stephen King at the very top of his talent.”—New York Daily News
Synopsis
A supermarket becomes the place where humanity makes its last stand...a woman driver finds a very scary shortcut to paradise...an idyllic lake harbors a bottomless evil...and a desert island is the scene of the most terrifying struggle for survival ever waged...
In this brilliant collection of twenty-two stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine.
Synopsis
Who could imagine...?
In this brilliant collection of twenty-two stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine....
A supermarket becomes the place where humanity makes its last stand against unholy destruction...a trip to the attic turns into a journey to hell...a woman driver finds a very scary shortcut to paradise...an idyllic lake harbors a bottomless evil...and a desert island is the scene of the most terrifying struggle for survival ever waged.
Features the novella "The Mist"--Now a major motion picture
About the Author
Stephen King is the author of more than forty novels and two hundred short stories. In 2003 he received the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.