02055cam a2200325Ii 45000010011000000030006000110050017000170080041000340200019000750350022000940400021001161000035001372450049001722500038002212640041002593000024003003360027003243360029003513370029003803380028004095000019004375050073004565201010005295450055015396500029015946500028016236500028016516550028016796550022017071165369845OCoLC20200901104805.0191115s2020    nyu           000 1 eng d  a9781982137977   a(OCoLC)1165369845  aMebengerdacMe1 aKing, Stephen,d1947-eauthor.10aIf it bleeds :bnew fiction /cStephen King.  aFirst Scribner hardcover edition. 1aNew York :bSimon & Schuster,c2020.  a436 pages ;c24 cm.  atextbtxt2rdacontent.  astill image2rdacontent.  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia.  avolumebnc2rdacarrier.  aFour novellas.00tMr. Harrigan's phone --tThe life of Chuck --tIf it bleeds --tRat.  a"The four never-before-published novellas in this collection represent horror master King using the weird and uncanny to riff on mortality, the price of creativity, and the unpredictable consequences of material attachments. A teenager discovers that a dead friend's cell phone, which was buried with the body, still communicates from beyond the grave in 'Mr. Harrigan's Phone,' which reads like a Twilight Zone episode infused with an EC Comics vibe. In the profoundly moving 'The Life of Chuck,' a series of apocalyptic incidents bear out one character's claim that 'when a man or a woman dies, a whole world falls to ruin.' 'Rat' sees a frustrated writer strike a Faustian bargain to complete his novel, and in the title story, private investigator Holly Gibney, the recurring heroine of King's Bill Hodges trilogy and The Outsider, faces off against a ghoulish television newscaster who vampirically feeds off the anguish he provokes in his audience by covering horrific tragedies"--Publishers Weekly.0 a Maine author.bStephen King lives in Bangor, ME.  0aShort stories, American. 0aHorror tales, American. 0aGood and evilvFiction. 7aHorror fiction.2lcgft. 7aNovellas.2lcgft.