03015cam a2200421 i 4500 1433025584 MeVbMML 20240529155543.0 240508t20242024nyu e 000 1 eng d 9781668037713 (hardcover) 1668037718 (hardcover) (OCoLC)1433025584 AJM 813/.54 23/eng/20240423 K5876 .y King, Stephen, 1947- author 343 Short stories. Selections You like it darker : stories / Stephen King First Scribner hardcover edition New York : Scribner, 2024 ©2024 vii, 502 pages ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Two talented bastids -- The fifth step -- Willie the weirdo -- Danny Coughlin's bad dream -- Finn -- On Slide Inn Road -- Red screen -- The turbulence expert -- Laurie -- Rattlesnakes -- The dreamers -- The answer man "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. -- Provided by publisher Fate and fatalism Fiction 13476 Mortality Fiction 13903 Fortune Fiction 17294 Widowers Fiction 9357 Inheritance and succession Fiction 5897 Horror fiction. lcgft 2964 Thrillers (Fiction) lcgft 486 Short stories. lcgft 3137 .b188755299 ddc BOOK 29702 29702 ddc 0 0 ABELJ ABELJ AF 2024-05-29 30.00 1 KING 66193 2024-08-09 2024-07-11 2024-05-29 BOOK 1