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020 _a9781668037713
_q(hardcover)
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_q(hardcover)
035 _a(OCoLC)1433025584
040 _cx
082 0 4 _a813/.54
_223/eng/20240423
092 _aK5876
_b.y
100 1 _aKing, Stephen,
_d1947-
_eauthor
240 1 0 _aShort stories.
_kSelections
245 1 0 _aYou like it darker :
_bstories /
_cStephen King
250 _aFirst Scribner hardcover edition
264 1 _aNew York :
_bScribner,
_c2024
264 4 _c©2024
300 _avii, 502 pages ;
_c25 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
505 0 0 _tTwo talented bastids --
_tThe fifth step --
_tWillie the weirdo --
_tDanny Coughlin's bad dream --
_tFinn --
_tOn Slide Inn Road --
_tRed screen --
_gThe
_tturbulence expert --
_tLaurie --
_tRattlesnakes --
_tThe dreamers --
_tThe answer man
520 _a"You like it darker? Fine, so do I," writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life--both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel "the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind," and in You Like It Darker, readers will feel that exhilaration too, again and again. "Two Talented Bastids" explores the long-hidden secret of how the eponymous gentlemen got their skills. In "Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream," a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny's most catastrophically. In "Rattlesnakes," a sequel to Cujo, a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives an unexpected inheritance--with major strings attached. In "The Dreamers," a taciturn Vietnam vet answers a job ad and learns that there are some corners of the universe best left unexplored. "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's ability to surprise, amaze, and bring us both terror and solace remains unsurpassed. Each of these stories holds its own thrills, joys, and mysteries; each feels iconic. You like it darker? You got it. --
_cProvided by publisher
650 0 _aFate and fatalism
_vFiction
650 0 _aMortality
_vFiction
650 0 _aFortune
_vFiction
650 0 _aWidowers
_vFiction
650 0 _aInheritance and succession
_vFiction
650 0 _aAuthors, American
_zMaine
655 7 _aHorror fiction.
_2lcgft
655 7 _aThrillers (Fiction)
_2lcgft
655 7 _aShort stories.
_2lcgft
907 _a.b188755299
942 _2ddc
_cBOOK
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