You Like It Darker

By (author) Stephen King
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With a bonus story for the paperback edition, the No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller (May 2024) is a collection of thrilling stories, many never-before-published.
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From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve thrilling stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER.
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** With a bonus story for the paperback edition. **

''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.

Each of these stories holds its own thrills, joys and mysteries; each feels iconic. In ''Danny Coughlin''s Bad Dream'', a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny''s most catastrophically. ''Rattlesnakes'', a sequel to Cujo, sees a grieving widower travel to Florida for respite and instead receive an unexpected inheritance - with major strings attached. ''The Answer Man'' asks if prescience is good luck or bad and reminds us that a life marked by unbearable tragedy can still be meaningful.

King writes to feel ''the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind'' and his ability to surprise, amaze and bring us both terror and solace remains unsurpassed.

You like it darker? You got it.

''As classic as King''s novels are, his shorter fiction has been just as gripping over the years'' USA Today
''One of the great storytellers of our time'' Guardian

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One of the great storytellers of our time
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As classic as King''s novels are, his shorter fiction has been just as gripping over the years
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Vintage King brings fate and luck into dark relief . . . among his best
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The titular darkness promised is as riveting and all-consuming as ever
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King is writing some of the best work of his long career
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King proves he''s still a master of short fiction in his sterling seventh collection... This remarkably assured collection will thrill the author''s fans
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King''s first book, Carrie, was published 50 years ago. You Like It Darker proves that he is still at the height of his powers. A triumph
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A dozen tales from the master will draw you in-page by page, horror by horror-and hold you fast
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Displays his familiar, unmatched ability to embed moments of fantasy or horror in otherwise social-realist tales
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One of my favourite writers
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King demonstrates once again why he reigns supreme in the realm of suspense and terror ... With his signature blend of vivid imagination and psychological depth, King delivers a riveting reading experience that will haunt readers long after they''ve turned the final page
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''You like it darker? Fine, so do I", the master of horror writes, and in these 12 stories, which delve into the darkest corners of humanity, King delivers
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Entertaining
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King is still the King
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These 12 stories will have you on the edge of your deckchair. He''s a genius at dialogue, mixing the mundane and the macabre, the bog-ordinary and the bizarre
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King explores the darkest aspects of human existence through metaphorical monsters and psychological thrills (and sometimes pure realism) while demonstrating how morality always has a chance to prevail
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