Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.
Firestarter
Stephen King
This a previously-published edition of ISBN 0451167805.
The Department of Scientific Intelligence (aka "The Shop") never anticipated that two participants in their research program would marry and have a child. Charlie McGee inherited pyrokinetic powers from her parents, who had been given a low-grade hallucinogen called "Lot Six" while at college. Now the government is trying to capture young Charlie and harness her powerful firestarting skills as a weapon.
--stephenking.com
Joyland
Stephen King
College student Devin Jones took the summer job at Joyland hoping to forget the girl who broke his heart. But he wound up facing something far more terrible: the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and dark truths about life - and what comes after - that would change his world forever.
A riveting story about love and loss, about growing up and growing old - and about those who don't get to do either because death comes for them before their time. It is at once a mystery, a horror story, and a bittersweet coming-of-age novel, one that will leave even the most hard-boiled reader profoundly moved.
The Wind Through the Keyhole (The Dark Tower, #4.5)
Stephen King
Stephen King returns to the rich landscape of Mid-World, the spectacular territory of the Dark Tower fantasy saga that stands as his most beguiling achievement.
Roland Deschain and his ka-tet—Jake, Susannah, Eddie, and Oy, the billy-bumbler—encounter a ferocious storm just after crossing the River Whye on their way to the Outer Baronies. As they shelter from the howling gale, Roland tells his friends not just one strange story but two . . . and in so doing, casts new light on his own troubled past. In his early days as a gunslinger, in the guilt-ridden year following his mother’s death, Roland is sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-shifter, a “skin-man” preying upon the population around Debaria. Roland takes charge of Bill Streeter, the brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast’s most recent slaughter. Only a teenager himself, Roland calms the boy and prepares him for the following day’s trials by reciting a story from the Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother often read to him at bedtime. “A person’s never too old for stories,” Roland says to Bill. “Man and boy, girl and woman, never too old. We live for them.” And indeed, the tale that Roland unfolds, the legend of Tim Stoutheart, is a timeless treasure for all ages, a story that lives for us.
King began the Dark Tower series in 1974; it gained momentum in the 1980s; and he brought it to a thrilling conclusion when the last three novels were published in 2003 and 2004. The Wind Through the Keyhole is sure to fascinate avid fans of the Dark Tower epic. But this novel also stands on its own for all readers, an enchanting and haunting journey to Roland’s world and testimony to the power of Stephen King’s storytelling magic.
~from first edition jacket
Billy Summers
Stephen King
Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He’s a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he’ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong?
How about everything...
Gwendy's Final Task (The Button Box, #3)
Stephen King
The final book in the New York Times bestselling Gwendy’s Button Box trilogy from Stephen King and Richard Chizmar.
When Gwendy Peterson was twelve, a mysterious stranger named Richard Farris gave her a mysterious box for safekeeping. It offered treats and vintage coins, but it was dangerous. Pushing any of its seven colored buttons promised death and destruction. Years later, the button box entered Gwendy’s life again. A successful novelist and a rising political star, she was once again forced to deal with the temptation that box represented. Now, evil forces seek to possess the button box and it is up to Senator Gwendy Peterson to keep it from them at all costs. But where can you hide something from such powerful entities?
In Gwendy’s Final Task , “horror giants” (Publishers Weekly) Stephen King and Richard Chizmar take us on a journey from Castle Rock to another famous cursed Maine city to the MF-1 space station, where Gwendy must execute a secret mission to save the world. And, maybe, all worlds.
11/22/63
Stephen King
On November 22, 1963, three shots rang out in Dallas, President Kennedy died, and the world changed. Unless...
In 2011, Jake Epping, an English teacher from Lisbon Falls, Maine, sets out on an insane — and insanely possible — mission to prevent the Kennedy assassination.
Leaving behind a world of computers and mobile phones, he goes back to a time of big American cars and diners, of Lindy Hopping, the sound of Elvis, and the taste of root beer.
In this haunting world, Jake falls in love with Sadie, a beautiful high school librarian. And, as the ominous date of 11/22/63 approaches, he encounters a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald...
End of Watch (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3)
Stephen King
The spectacular finale to the New York Times bestselling trilogy that began with Mr. Mercedes (winner of the Edgar Award) and Finders Keepers—In End of Watch, the diabolical “Mercedes Killer” drives his enemies to suicide, and if Bill Hodges and Holly Gibney don’t figure out a way to stop him, they’ll be victims themselves.
In Room 217 of the Lakes Region Traumatic Brain Injury Clinic, something has awakened. Something evil. Brady Hartsfield, perpetrator of the Mercedes Massacre, where eight people were killed and many more were badly injured, has been in the clinic for five years, in a vegetative state. According to his doctors, anything approaching a complete recovery is unlikely. But behind the drool and stare, Brady is awake, and in possession of deadly new powers that allow him to wreak unimaginable havoc without ever leaving his hospital room.
Retired police detective Bill Hodges, the unlikely hero of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers, now runs an investigation agency with his partner, Holly Gibney—the woman who delivered the blow to Hartsfield’s head that put him on the brain injury ward. When Bill and Holly are called to a suicide scene with ties to the Mercedes Massacre, they find themselves pulled into their most dangerous case yet, one that will put their lives at risk, as well as those of Bill’s heroic young friend Jerome Robinson and his teenage sister, Barbara. Brady Hartsfield is back, and planning revenge not just on Hodges and his friends, but on an entire city.
In End of Watch, Stephen King brings the Hodges trilogy to a sublimely terrifying conclusion, combining the detective fiction of Mr. Mercedes and Finders Keepers with the heart-pounding, supernatural suspense that has been his bestselling trademark. The result is an unnerving look at human vulnerability and chilling suspense. No one does it better than King.
Sleeping Beauties
Stephen King
In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep; they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze.
If they are awakened, and the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent; and while they sleep they go to another place.
The men of our world are abandoned, left to their increasingly primal devices. One woman, however, the mysterious Evie, is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease.
Is Evie a medical anomaly to be studied, or is she a demon who must be slain?
Misery
Stephen King
Alternate cover editions here and here.
Paul Sheldon. He's a bestselling novelist who has finally met his biggest fan. Her name is Annie Wilkes and she is more than a rabid reader - she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. But she is also his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.
Four Past Midnight: The Sun Dog
Stephen King
In "The Sun Dog," the concluding novella in Stephen King's best-selling "Four Past Midnight," the source of terror is a simple Polaroid camera owned by a 15-year-old boy in the small town of Castle Rock, Maine. No matter where Kevin Delevan aims the camera, it produces a photograph of an enormous, ugly, vicious looking dog. In each successive picture, the menacing creature draws nearer to the flat surface of the Polaroid film as if it intends to break through. When old Pop Merrill, the town's sharpest trader, gets wind of this phenomenon, he envisions a way to profit from itbut the Sun Dog, a beast that shouldn't exist at all, turns out to be a very dangerous investment."
5 Audio CDs / 6 Hours 15 mins
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Night Journey (The Green Mile, #5)
Stephen King
The Green Mile, Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestselling novel, was first published twenty years ago in six original paperback installments. Inspiration for the Oscar-nominated film starring Tom Hanks about an innocent man on death row, The Green Mile is now available for the first time in e-serial form. Night Journey is Volume Five.
Prison Warden Hal Moores isn’t just Paul Edgecombe’s boss—Hal and his wife Melinda are also friends with Paul and his wife Janice. When Paul learns that Melinda has a brain tumor, he realizes that John Coffey can use his astonishing gift to heal her. Though Paul understands that the warden would never allow John to leave the prison, and Melinda can’t enter it, he also knows that John is Melinda’s only hope for survival. And so Paul and other E Block guards devise a dangerous plan that risks their jobs—not something to take lightly in 1932—as well as their lives. They decide to spirit John away into the night and beyond the confines of the Green Mile.
1922
Stephen King
The chilling novella featured in Stephen King’s bestselling collection Full Dark, No Stars, 1922 – about a man who succumbs to the violence within – is now available as a stand-alone publication.
I believe there is a man inside every man, a stranger
So writes Wilfred James in his confession. It’s 1922. Wilfred owns eighty acres of farmland in Nebraska that have been in the family for generations. His wife, Arlette, owns an adjoining one hundred acres.
But if Arlette carries out her threat to sell her land to a pig butcher, Wilfred will be forced to sell too. Worse, he’ll have to move to the city. But he has a daring plan. It may work if he can persuade his son.
A powerful tale of betrayal, murder, madness and rats, 1922 is a breathtaking exploration into the dark side of human nature from the great American storyteller Stephen King. It was adapted into a film from Netflix.
Blockade Billy
Stephen King
Even the most die-hard baseball fans don't know the true story of William “Blockade Billy” Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first--and only--player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history.
Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional baseball, and with good reason. Blockade Billy had a secret darker than any pill or injection that might cause a scandal in sports today. His secret was much, much worse... and only Stephen King, the most gifted storyteller of our age, can reveal the truth to the world, once and for all.
The Little Sisters of Eluria
Stephen King
This 4,000 copy Limited Artist Edition is numbered and is signed by Michael Whelan. It is issued in a foil-stamped slipcase. Published in a larger format than the Dark Tower series which enhances Michael Whelan's thirteen full-color plates and over twenty-three black & white designs.
"The Man in Black fled across the desert and the Gunslinger followed." This is our introduction to Roland Deschain, the last Gunslinger, published by Donald M. Grant in THE DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER in 1982. Twenty years later Stephen King revised and expanded this volume. In his own words: "What I did want to do was to give newcomers to the tale of the Tower (and old readers who want to refresh their memories) a clearer start and a slightly easier entry into Roland's world. I also wanted them to have a volume that more effectively foreshadowed coming events.This volume contains that expanded version as well as the novella THE LITTLE SISTERS OF ELURIA which chronicles an earlier adventure of Roland's as he pursued the Man in Black.
Storm of the Century
Stephen King
For the first time in Stephen King's remarkable publishing history, the master storyteller presents an all-new, original tale written expressly for the television screen.
They're calling it the Storm of the Century, and it's coming hard. The residents of Little Tall Island have seen their share of nasty Maine Nor'easters, but this one is different. Not only is it packing hurricane-force winds and up to five feet of snow, it's bringing something worse. Something even the islanders have never seen before. Something no one wants to see.
Just as the first flakes begin to fall, Martha Clarendon, one of Little Tall Island's oldest residents, suffers an unspeakably violent death. While her blood dries, Andre Linoge, the man responsible sits calmly in Martha's easy chair holding his cane topped with a silver wolf's head...waiting.
Linoge knows the townsfolk will come to arrest him. He will let them. For he has come to the island for one reason. And when he meets Constable Mike Anderson, his beautiful wife and child, and the rest of Little Tall's tight-knit community, this stranger will make one simple propoisition to them all: "If you give me what I want, I'll go away."
From a Buick 8
Stephen King
The state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in Shed B out back of the barracks ever since 1979, when Troopers Ennis Rafferty and Curtis Wilcox answered a call from a gas station just down the road and came back with an abandoned Buick Roadmaster. Curt Wilcox knew old cars, and he knew immediately that this one was . . . wrong, just wrong. A few hours later, when Rafferty vanished, Wilcox and his fellow troopers knew the car was worse than dangerous – and that it would be better if John Q. Public never found out about it.
Curt’s avid curiosity took the lead, and they investigated as best they could, as much as they dared. Over the years, the troop absorbed the mystery as part of the background to their work, the Buick 8 sitting out there like a still-life painting that breathes – inhaling a little bit of this world, exhaling a little bit of whatever world it came from.
In the fall of 2001, a few months after Curt Wilcox is killed in a gruesome auto accident, his eighteen-year-old boy, Ned, starts coming by the barracks, mowing the lawn, washing windows, shoveling snow. Sandy Dearborn, Sergeant Commanding, knows it’s the boy’s way of holding onto his father, and Ned is allowed to become part of the Troop D family. One day he looks in the window of Shed B and discovers the family secret. Like his father, Ned wants answers, and the secret begins to stir, not only in the minds and hearts of the veteran troopers who surround him, but in Shed B as well. . . .
From a Buick 8 is a novel about our fascination with deadly things, about our insistence on answers when there are none, about terror and courage in the face of the unknowable.
Gwendy's Button Box (The Button Box, #1)
Stephen King
The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told... until now.
There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside.
At the top of the stairs, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. From a bit farther away comes the chink of an aluminum bat hitting a baseball as the Senior League kids practice for the Labor Day charity game.
One day, a stranger calls to Gwendy: "Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me."
On a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat like for a suit, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat...
Journey back to Castle Rock again in this chilling new novella by Stephen King, bestselling author of The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, and Richard Chizmar, award-winning author of A Long December.
Lisey's Story
Stephen King
Lisey Debusher Landon lost her husband, Scott, two years ago, after a twenty-five year marriage of the most profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Scott was an award-winning, bestselling novelist and a very complicated man. Early in their relationship, before they married, Lisey had to learn from him about books and blood and bools. Later, she understood that there was a place Scott went--a place that both terrified and healed him, that could eat him alive or give him the ideas he needed in order to live. Now it's Lisey's turn to face Scott's demons, Lisey's turn to go to Boo'ya Moon. What begins as a widow's efforts to sort through the papers of her celebrated husband becomes a nearly fatal journey into the darkness he inhabited. Perhaps King's most personal and powerful novel, Lisey's Story is about the wellsprings of creativity, the temptations of madness, and the secret language of love.
(front flap)
Rose Madder
Stephen King
The #1 national bestseller about a woman who escapes an abusive marriage is “one of Stephen King’s most engrossing horror novels. Relentlessly paced and brilliantly orchestrated...fueled by an air of danger immediate and overwhelming” (Publishers Weekly).
Rosie Daniels leaves her husband, Norman, after fourteen years in an abusive marriage. She is determined to lose herself in a place where he won’t find her. She’ll worry about all the rest later.
Alone in a strange city, she begins to make a new life, and good things finally start to happen. Meeting Bill is one; and getting an apartment is another. Still, it’s hard for Rosie not to keep looking over her shoulder, and with good reason. Norman is a cop, with the instincts of a predator. He’s very good at finding people, even if he is losing his mind.
Fixed on revenge, Norman Daniels becomes a force of relentless terror and savageness, a man almost mythic in his monstrosity. For Rosie to survive, she must enter her own myth and become a woman she never knew she could be: Rose Madder.
“Riveting, engrossing...packed with suspense” (People), Stephen King infuses this novel with an edge-of-your-seat, chilling atmosphere. Rose Madder is “an eerie, remarkably mature and moving novel” (The Washington Post).
Revival
Stephen King
A dark and electrifying novel about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side of life.
In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man, the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with his beautiful wife, will transform the local church. The men and boys are all a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobs—including Jamie's mother and beloved sister, Claire. With Jamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on a secret obsession. When tragedy strikes the Jacobs family, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks all religious belief, and is banished from the shocked town.
Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from the age of thirteen, he plays in bands across the country, living the nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and roll while fleeing from his family's horrific loss. In his mid-thirties—addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate—Jamie meets Charles Jacobs again, with profound consequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and Jamie discovers that revival has many meanings.
This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written. It's a masterpiece from King, in the great American tradition of Frank Norris, Nathaniel Hawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe.
Hearts in Atlantis
Stephen King
Five interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War.
Stephen King, whose first novel, Carrie, was published in 1974, the year before the last U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam, is the first hugely popular writer of the TV generation. Images from that war -- and the protests against it -- had flooded America's living rooms for a decade. Hearts in Atlantis, King's newest fiction, is composed of five interconnected, sequential narratives, set in the years from 1960 to 1999. Each story is deeply rooted in the sixties, and each is haunted by the Vietnam War.
In Part One, "Low Men in Yellow Coats," eleven-year-old Bobby Garfield discovers a world of predatory malice in his own neighborhood. He also discovers that adults are sometimes not rescuers but at the heart of the terror.
In the title story, a bunch of college kids get hooked on a card game, discover the possibility of protest...and confront their own collective heart of darkness, where laughter may be no more than the thinly disguised cry of the beast.
In "Blind Willie" and "Why We're in Vietnam," two men who grew up with Bobby in suburban Connecticut try to fill the emptiness of the post-Vietnam era in an America which sometimes seems as hollow -- and as haunted -- as their own lives.
And in "Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling," this remarkable book's denouement, Bobby returns to his hometown where one final secret, the hope of redemption, and his heart's desire may await him.
Full of danger, full of suspense, most of all full of heart, Stephen King's new book will take some readers to a place they have never been...and others to a place they have never been able to completely leave.
The Stand
Stephen King
First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. His time is at hand. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms.
For hundreds of thousands of fans who read The Stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is Stephen King's gift. And those who are listening to The Stand for the first time will discover a triumphant and eerily plausible work of the imagination that takes on the issues that will determine our survival.
Finders Keepers (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)
Stephen King
Wake up, genius.
The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn’t published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel.
Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked away for another crime. Decades later, a boy named Pete Saubers finds the treasure, and now it is Pete and his family that Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, and Jerome Robinson must rescue from the ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris when he’s released from prison after thirty-five years.
Not since Misery has King played with the notion of a reader whose obsession with a writer gets dangerous. Finders Keepers is spectacular, heart-pounding suspense, but it is also King writing about how literature shapes a life—for good, for bad, forever.
Quitters, Inc
Stephen King
Dick Morrison's life has become a nightmare of addictions, filling his days with overeating, overworking, and smoking way too much. When an old friend tells him about a surefire way to quit, he's more than willing to give it a shot. But what Dick doesn?t know is that Quitters, Inc. demands a high price from anyone who strays from their rigid rules? Forced to choose between his desperate need for cigarettes and the dire consequences of giving in to his addiction, Dick must decide just how important another drag really is.
Guns
Stephen King
In a pulls-no-punches essay intended to provoke rational discussion, Stephen King sets down his thoughts about gun violence in America. Anger and grief in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School are palpable in this urgent piece of writing, but no less remarkable are King’s keen thoughtfulness and composure as he explores the contours of the gun-control issue and constructs his argument for what can and should be done.
The Stand: American Nightmares
Stephen King
The deadly super flu Captain Trips has devastated the country and now the few survivors must pick up the pieces and go on. Larry Underwood seeks escape from New York City. Lloyd contemplates an extremely unsavory dinner option in jail, and Stu Redman makes a desperate bid for freedom from his interrogators. Most ominous of all, the strange being called Randall Flagg continues his dread journey across the devastated landscape of America. Collects The Stand: American Nightmare #1-5.
Coffey's Hands (The Green Mile, #3)
Stephen King
Welcome back to E Block, the deadliest place this side of the electric chair, where assaults are a daily grind and miracles are about to happen. Paul Edgecombe has become increasingly curious about John Coffey, the brutal killer of two girls. But Coffey is about to reveal something extraordinary, and life on the Green Mile may never be the same again.
Nothing you have read can prepare you for Stephen King's boldest exercise in terror, a multi-part serial novel that begins on Death Row and burrows inward to the most horrific secrets of the heart. Put yourself in Stephen King's hands, and feel the grip get tighter and tighter.
(back cover)
The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix (The Green Mile, #4)
Stephen King
Time has run out for one of the inmates at Cold Mountain penitentiary. Eduard Delacroix is set to take that final walk down the Green Mile. But first he must say good-bye--to the guards, to his fellow inmates, and to a strange creature that forever changed his life. Little does he know of the terrible fate that awaits him, and of a devilish plan of revenge.
Nothing you have ever read can prepare you for Stephen King's boldest exercise in terror, a multi-part serial novel that begins on Death Row and burrows inward to the most horrific secrets of the heart. Put yourself in Stephen King's hands, and feel the grip get tighter and tighter. --back cover
Creepshow
Stephen King
Stories in comic strip form tell of a murdered man returning from the grave, a bizarre meteor, a monster that devours people, a husband's terrible revenge, and a plague of cockroaches. Graphic adaptation art by Bernie Wrightson.
Contents:
· Father’s Day · gs *
· The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill [adapted from “Weeds”, Cavalier May ’76] · gs *
· The Crate [Gallery, Jul ’79] · gs *
· Something to Tide You Over · gs *
· They’re Creeping Up On You · gs *
One Past Midnight: The Langoliers
Stephen King
The first of a four-part audio series from Stephen King's best-selling book, Four Past Midnight. On a redeye flight from Los Angeles to Boston, only 11 passengers survive—but landing in a dead world makes them wish they hadn't.
6 Audio Cassettes / 8 Hours 41 mins
The Two Dead Girls (The Green Mile, #1)
Stephen King
They were sisters, and the picture-perfect image of innocence. No one understood their brutal deaths, not even the man who killed them. But John Coffey is about to gain a new insight, about his life in prison, and about the one man who will walk him down that green mile . . . toward destiny.
Prepare yourself for Stephen King's boldest exercise in nerve-twisting suspense. A multi-part serial novel that begins on death row and goes on from there to realms of revelation that make death seem sweet. This is Stephen King's most irresistible journey ever.
To be continued . . .
--back cover
Song of Susannah (The Dark Tower, #6)
Stephen King
The Wolves have been defeated, but our tet faces yet another catastrophe. Susannah Dean’s body has been usurped by a demon named Mia who wants to use Susannah’s mortal form to bear a demon child. Stealing Black Thirteen, Mia has traveled through the Unfound Door to 1999 New York where she plans to give birth to her chap, a child born of two mothers and two fathers who will grow up to be Roland’s nemesis. With the help of the time-traveling Manni, Roland and Eddie plan to follow Susannah while Father Callahan and Jake will find Calvin Tower, owner of the vacant lot where a magical rose grows: a rose that must be saved at all costs. But despite our ka-tet’s intentions, ka has its own plans. Jake, Callahan, and Jake’s bumbler companion are transported to New York to follow Susannah, while Eddie and Roland are tumbled into East Stoneham, Maine, where they are greeted by Eddie’s old enemy, the gangster Balazar. But it isn’t just bullets that Roland and Eddie must brave. Soon they will meet their maker, in the form of a young author named Stephen King.
Flight or Fright: 17 Turbulent Tales
Stephen King
Fasten your seatbelts for an anthology of turbulent tales curated by Stephen King and Bev Vincent. This exciting new anthology, perfect for airport or airplane reading, includes an original introduction and story notes for each story by Stephen King, along with brand new stories from Stephen King and Joe Hill.
Stephen King hates to fly. Now he and co-editor Bev Vincent would like to share this fear of flying with you.
Welcome to Flight or Fright, an anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when you're suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube (like—gulp!—a coffin) with hundreds of strangers. All the ways your trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some we'll bet you've never thought of before... but now you will the next time you walk down the jetway and place your fate in the hands of a total stranger.
Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Dan Simmons, and many others, Flight or Fright is, as King says, "ideal airplane reading, especially on stormy descents... Even if you are safe on the ground, you might want to buckle up nice and tight."
The Waste Lands (The Dark Tower, #3)
Stephen King
Several months have passed, and Roland’s two new tet-mates have become proficient gunslingers. Eddie Dean has given up heroin, and Odetta’s two selves have joined, becoming the stronger and more balanced personality of Susannah Dean. But while battling The Pusher in 1977 New York, Roland altered ka by saving the life of Jake Chambers, a boy who—in Roland’s where and when—has already died. Now Roland and Jake exist in different worlds, but they are joined by the same madness: the paradox of double memories. Roland, Susannah, and Eddie must draw Jake into Mid-World then follow the Path of the Beam all the way to the Dark Tower. But nothing is easy in Mid-World. Along the way our tet stumbles into the ruined city of Lud, and are caught between the warring gangs of the Pubes and the Grays. The only way out of Lud is to wake Blaine the Mono, an insane train that has a passion for riddling, and for suicidal journeys.
Insomnia
Stephen King
Ralph Roberts, a sus setenta años y tras la muerte de su mujer, siente que su vida se acaba. ¿Es acaso posible que su reciente viudez, unida a un persistente insomnio, sea la causa de esa nueva sensibilidad visual que, poco a poco, le permite ver el más allá de las personas? A Ralph le preocupa este hecho, pero no menos que el súbito e inexplicable comportamiento, irracional y violento, de algunos de sus vecinos...
Later
Stephen King
The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine - as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave.
Later is Stephen King at his finest, a terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. With echoes of King's classic novel IT, Later is a powerful, haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all the faces it wears.
Dolores Claiborne
Stephen King
Suspected of killing Vera Donovan, her wealthy employer, Dolores Claiborne tells police the story of her life, harkening back to her disintegrating marriage and the suspicious death of her violent husband, Joe St. George, thirty years earlier. Dolores also tells of Vera's physical and mental decline and of her loyalty to an employer who has become emotionally demanding in recent years.
The Colorado Kid
Stephen King
On an island off the coast of Maine, a man is found dead. There's no identification on the body. Only the dogged work of a pair of local newspapermen and a graduate student in forensics turns up any clues. But that's just the beginning of the mystery. Because the more they learn about the man and the baffling circumstances of his death, the less they understand. Was it an impossible crime? Or something stranger still...? No one but Stephen King could tell this story about the darkness at the heart of the unknown and our compulsion to investigate the unexplained. With echoes of Dashiell Hammett's The Maltese Falcon and the work of Graham Greene, one of the world's great storytellers presents a surprising tale that explores the nature of mystery itself...
Cujo
Stephen King
Durante toda su vida Cujo fue un buen perro, un San Bernardo grandote, pacífico, juguetón y amante de los niños. Realmente se trataba de un perro bueno y feliz. Feliz hasta que le sucedió algo, y el cerebro de perro de Cujo se cubrió de una de esas oscuridades que se alimentan de sangre. Ahora, se ha convertido en un perro asesino; doblemente cruel por cuanto la gente no conoce su mutación y aún le ve en su anterior bondad. Heraldo de un pequeño Apocalipsis, Cujo desencadenará sobre un pueblo modélico un huracán de pánico y de muerte.
Uno de los grandes clásicos de Stephen King, el gran maestro actual de la literatura de terror.
Jerusalem's Lot
Stephen King
The Shawshank Redemption: Different Seasons
Stephen King
Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman star in The Shawshank Redemption, now a major motion picture from Columbia based on the novella Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption in Different Seasons by Stephen King. A prisoner exacts a revenge and escape so meticulous, so brilliant, that no one suspects his plan. . . .
A Face in the Crowd
Stephen King
The writing team that delivered the bestselling Faithful, about the 2004 Red Sox championship season, takes readers to the ballpark again, and to a world beyond, in an eBook original to be published on August 21, 2012.Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn’t be at the ballgame, shouldn’t be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers’s past, all of them occupying that seat behind home plate. Until one day Dean Evers sees someone even eerier….
Coffey on the Mile (The Green Mile, #6)
Stephen King
This is the sixth volume of a serial novel by Stephen King, set on Death Row of a Southern American prison.
UR
Stephen King
Reeling from a painful break-up, English instructor and avid book lover Wesley Smith is haunted by his ex-girlfriend's parting shot: "Why can't you just read off the computer like everyone else?" He buys an e-book reader out of spite, but soon finds he can use the device to glimpse realities he had never before imagined, discovering literary riches beyond his wildest dreams...and all-too-human tragedies that surpass his most terrible nightmares.
Carrie / 'Salem's Lot / The Shining
Stephen King
Stephen King is a unique and powerful writer without equal for millions of horror fans. His incredible narrative drive ensnares the reader in a web of everyday surroundings, believable situations and recognizable characters that are eventually caught up in a terrifying noose of monumental evil. Three of King's earlier classics are here together in one volume, complete and unabridged and chilling: the explosive adolescent powers of Carried; the slow, insidious corruption of a small American town by a terrorizing vampire; and the malicious machinations of the Overlook Hotel and the gift of the "shine."
Apt Pupil
Stephen King
Todd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher: Mr. Dussander. Todd knows all about Dussander's dark past. The torture. The death. The decades-old manhunt Dussander has escaped to this day. Yet Todd doesn't want to turn him in. Todd wants to know more. Much more. He is about to learn the real meaning of power—and the seductive lure of evil.
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Stephen King
Andy Dufresne, a banker, was convicted of killing his wife and her lover and sent to Shawshank Prison. He maintains his innocence over the decades he spends at Shawshank during which time he forms a friendship with "Red", a fellow inmate.
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The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Stephen King
In this collection, Stephen King once again assembles a generous array of unforgettable, tantalizing tales. There are thrilling connections between these works - themes of morality, the afterlife, guilt, and what we would do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past. Magnificent, eerie, and utterly compelling, these tales are a fine gift to readers everywhere.
Duma Key
Stephen King
From the Flap:
NO MORE THAN A DARK PENCIL LINE ON A BLANK PAGE. A HORIZON LINE, MAYBE, BUT ALSO A SLOT FOR BLACKNESS TO POUR THROUGH . . .
A terrible construction site accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. A marriage that produced two lovely daughters suddenly ends, and Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived the injuries that could have killed him. He wants out. His psychologist, Dr. Kamen, suggests a "geographic cure," a new life distant from the Twin Cities and the building business Edgar grew from scratch. And Kamen suggests something else.
"Edgar does anything make you happy?"
"I used to sketch."
"Take it up again. You need hedges . . .
hedges against the night."
Edgar leaves Minnesota for a rented house on Duma Key, a stunningly beautiful, eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico and the tidal rattling of shells on the beach call out to him, and Edgar draws. A visit from Ilse, the daughter he dotes on, starts his movement out of solitude. He meets a kindred spirit in Wireman, a man reluctant to reveal his own wounds, and then Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman whose roots are tangled deep in Duma Key. Now Edgar paints, sometimes feverishly, his exploding talent both a wonder and a weapon. Many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth's past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating.
The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory and the nature of the supernatural--Stephen King gives us a novel as fascinating as it is gripping and terrifying.
Skeleton Crew
Stephen King
Librarian's Note: Alternate-cover edition for ISBN 0751504386
In a bumper collection of truly chilling tales, we meet Gramma - who only wanted to hug little George, even after she was dead; The Raft - a primeval sea creature with an insatiable appetite; The Monkey - an innocent-looking toy with sinister powers; the unspeakable horror of The Mist. And there is a gruesome host of other stories, each with the distinctive blend of unimaginable terror and realism that typifies King's writing.
The Mist
Stephen King
It's a hot, lazy day, perfect for a cookout, until you see those strange dark clouds. Suddenly a violent storm sweeps across the lake and ends as abruptly and unexpectedly as it had begun. Then comes the mist... creeping slowly, inexorably into town, where it settles and waits, trapping you in the supermarket with dozens of others, cut off from your families and the world.
The mist is alive, seething with unearthly sounds and movements. What unleashed this terror? Was it the Arrowhead Project—the top secret government operation that everyone has noticed but no one quite understands?
And what happens when the provisions have run out and you're forced to make your escape, edging blindly through the dim light?
Christine
Stephen King
Christine est belle, racée, séduisante.
Elle aime les sensations fortes, les virées nocturnes et le rock n'roll des années héroïques. Depuis qu'elle connaît Arnie, elle est amoureuse. Signe particulier : Christine est une Plymouth « Fury », sortie en 1958 des ateliers automobiles de Detroit.
Une seule rivale en travers de sa route : Leigh, la petite amie d'Arnie…
Ce roman légendaire de Stephen King, rythmé par la musique de Chuck Berry et de Janis Joplin, a déjà pris place parmi les classiques de l'épouvante.
The Talisman (The Talisman, #1)
Stephen King
Two of the world's bestselling authors have combined their unique talents in an unforgettable epic of fantasy, adventure, odyssey - and spine-tingling terror.
You are about to take a journey... a terrifying trip across America where young Jack Sawyer is searching for the Talisman, the only thing that can save his dying mother. His quest takes him into the menacing Territories where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape... a journey into the dark heart of horror.
’Salem’s Lot
Stephen King
Librarian's Note: Alternate-cover edition for ISBN 0450031063
Thousands of miles away from the small township of 'Salem's Lot, two terrified people, a man and a boy, still share the secrets of those clapboard houses and tree-lined streets. They must return to 'Salem's Lot for a final confrontation with the unspeakable evil that lives on in the town.
The Green Mile
Stephen King
At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, condemned killers such as 'Billy the Kid' Wharton and the possessed Eduard Delacroix await death strapped in 'Old Sparky'. But good or evil, innocent or guilty, prisoner or guard, none has ever seen the brutal likes of the new prisoner, John Coffey, sentenced to death for raping and murdering two young girls. Is Coffey a devil in human form? Or is he a far, far different kind of being?
There are more wonders in heaven and hell than anyone at Cold Mountain can imagine and one of those wonders might just have stepped in amongst them.
It
Stephen King
Welcome to Derry, Maine ...
It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real ...
They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But none of them can withstand the force that has drawn them back to Derry to face the nightmare without an end, and the evil without a name.
The Shining (The Shining, #1)
Stephen King
Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote...and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.
The Eyes of the Dragon
Stephen King
Once, in a kingdom called Delain, there was a king with two sons…
Thus begins one of the most unique tales that master storyteller Stephen King has ever written—a sprawling fantasy of dark magic and the struggle for absolute power that utterly transforms the destinies of two brothers born into royalty. Through this enthralling masterpiece of mythical adventure, intrigue, and terror, you will thrill to this unforgettable narrative filled with relentless, wicked enchantment, and the most terrible of secrets…
The Drawing of the Three (The Dark Tower, #2)
Stephen King
While pursuing his quest for the Dark Tower through a world that is a nightmarishly distorted mirror image of our own, Roland, the last gunslinger, encounters three mysterious doorways on the beach. Each one enters into the life of a different person living in contemporary New York.
Here he links forces with the defiant young Eddie Dean and the beautiful, brilliant, and brave Odetta Holmes, in a savage struggle against underworld evil and otherworldly enemies.
Once again, Stephen King has masterfully interwoven dark, evocative fantasy and icy realism.
Children of the Corn
Stephen King
Driving through the cornfields in rural Nebraska, Burt and Vicky run over a young boy—only to discover that they may not be responsible for his death. Out in the corn, something is watching them, and help is nowhere to be found.
From the unrivaled master of horror and the supernatural, Stephen King. “Children of the Corn,” first collected in the extraordinary collection Night Shift in 1973 and then adapted into a horror film franchise of the same name, is a terrifying and unforgettable classic of the genre.
The Talisman and Black House
Stephen King
Stephen King and Peter Straub. LIMITED/SIGNED BY STRAUB AND BERRY. The Talisman and Black House. Hampton Falls: Donald M. Grant, 2003. First edition of the limited collection. Limited to 3,500 numbered and signed sets. Signed by Straub and the illustrator, Rick Berry on the limitation page. Publisher's binding, dust jackets, and slipcase.
Donald M. Grant, Publisher, is proud to announce the publication of a new limited edition of THE TALISMAN and of its sequel, BLACK HOUSE by authors Stephen King and Peter Straub. Both books have 11 new full color plates, numerous black and white devices and are also designed by award winning artist Rick Berry. The bindings of both books are black leatherette stamped with two colors of foil and are available only as a set in a single foil stamped slipcase. The set is limited to 3,500 numbered copies. THE TALISMAN in each set is signed by author Peter Straub and artist Rick Berry. retail price is $150.00.
Six Scary Stories
Stephen King
Six Scary Stories selected and introduced by Stephen King Number 1 bestselling horror author Stephen King introduces and presents six gripping and chilling stories in this captivating anthology! Stephen King discovered these stories when he judged a competition run by Hodder & Stoughton and the Guardian to celebrate publication of his own collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. He was so impressed with the entries that he recommended they be published together in one book, which Cemetery Dance Publications and Hodder & Stoughton are pleased to report has become a reality. The six stories WILD SWIMMING by Elodie Harper EAU-DE-ERIC by Manuela Saragosa THE SPOTS by Paul Bassett Davies THE UNPICKING by Michael Button LA MORT DE L'AMANT by Stuart Johnstone THE BEAR TRAP by Neil Hudson Reader the stories will make you think twice before cuddling up to your old soft toy, dipping your toe into the water or counting the spots on a leopard…
The Lawnmower Man: Stories from Night Shift
Stephen King
Five classic tales of terror from Stephen King's bone-chilling and bestselling collection, Night Shift. 4 cassettes.
Contains "The Lawnmower Man," "The Ledge," "Sometimes They Come Back," "Quitters, Inc.," and "The Mangler."
Dark Tower Boxed Set
Stephen King
Set in a world of ominous landscape and macabre menace, The Dark Tower features one of Stephen King’s most powerful creations—The Gunslinger, a haunting figure who embodies the qualities of the lone hero through the ages, from ancient myth to frontier Western legend. As Roland crosses a desert of damnation in a macabre world that is a twisted image of our own, he moves ever closer to the Dark Tower of his dreams—and nightmares.
The Gingerbread Girl
Stephen King
In the emotional aftermath of her baby's sudden death, Em starts running. Soon she runs from her husband, to the airport, down to the Florida Gulf and out to the loneliest stretch of Vermillion Key, where her father has offered the use of a conch shack he has kept there for years. Em keeps up her running -- barefoot on the beach, sneakers on the road -- and sees virtually no one. This is doing her all kinds of good, until one day she makes the mistake of looking into the driveway of a man named Pickering. Pickering also enjoys the privacy of Vermillion Key, but the young women he brings there suffer the consequences. Will Em be next?
2 Audio CDs / 2 Hours
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Blood and Smoke
Stephen King
BLOOD AND SMOKE : THREE SHORT STORIES FROM THE MASTER OF MODERN FICTION AVAILABLE ONLY AS AN AUDIOBOOK
Three Stories Includes:
Lunch at the Gotham Cafe
1408
In the Deathroom
Stephen King has forced us to confront our greatest fears. He has guided us through the depths of our imagination to places we never would have ventured alone. Now, in Blood and Smoke, he takes us inside a world of yearning and paranoia, isolation and addiction. It is the world of the smoker.In this audio-only collection, the now politically incorrect habit plays a key role in the fates of three different men in three unabridged stories of unfiltered suspense.In, "Lunch at the Gotham Cafe," Steve Davis is suffering through intense withdrawal -- from both nicotine and his wife. His desperation for a cigarette and for his ex are almost too much to bear, but that's nothing compared to the horrors that await him at a trendy Manhattan restaurant.In, "1408," Mike Enslin, bestselling author of true ghost stories, decides to spend the night in New York City's most haunted hotel room. But he must live to write about it without the help of his ex best-friends, his trusty smokes.And in, "In the Deathroom," a man named Fletcher is held captive in a South American stronghold. His captors will use any tortuous means necessary to extract the information they want from him. His only hope lies with his last request -- one last cigarette, please.A cartonfull of chills and thrills, Blood and Smoke is classic Stephen King. The most mesmerizing storyteller of our time is at his inventive and compelling best.
Read by the Author
Although, Blood and Smoke has only been published as an audiobook, the stories themselves can be found in Stephen King's publication of, "Everything's Eventual."
4 Audio CDs / 3 Hours 30 mins (Approx)
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Selections from Skeleton Crew
Stephen King
Four selections from the 1985 bestseller feature four of Stephen King's most gruesome and diabolical stories including "The Raft."
Riding the Bullet
Stephen King
A Stephen King ghost story in the grand tradition, Riding the Bullet is the ultimate warning about the dangers of hitchhiking. A college student's mother is dying in a Maine hospital. When he hitches a ride to see her, the driver is not who he appears to be. Soon the journey veers off into a dark landscape that could only be drawn by Stephen King.
2 Cassettes / 2 Hours
The Mouse on the Mile (The Green Mile, #2)
Stephen King
Cold Mountain Penitentiary has been home to many troubled souls. E Block, where the electric chair waits for those who must pay the ultimate price, has been home to the most troubled of all. And here, not all the evil is behind bars. Sometimes it carries a gun and wears a badge.
Cold Mountain is a place of the damned, but it can also be a place where salvation comes from the most unlikely source.
Nothing you have read can prepare you for Stephen King's boldest experiment in terror, a multi-part serial novel that begins on Death Row and burrows inward to the most horrific secrets of the human heart.
It's just a mouse, you say.
But in the hands of Stephen King, nothing is what it seems.
A Good Marriage
Stephen King
What happens when, on a perfectly ordinary evening, all the things you believed in and took for granted are turned upside down?
When her husband of more than 20 years is away on one of his business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable and she discovers the stranger inside her husband. It's a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitively ends a good marriage.
Listening Length: 3 hours and 33 minutes
The Body
Stephen King
Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King’s timeless novella “The Body”—originally published in his 1982 short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted into the 1986 film classic Stand by Me—is now available as a stand-alone publication.It’s 1960 in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. Ray Brower, a boy from a nearby town, has disappeared, and twelve-year-old Gordie Lachance and his three friends set out on a quest to find his body along the railroad tracks. During the course of their journey, Gordie, Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp, and Vern Tessio come to terms with death and the harsh truths of growing up in a small factory town that doesn’t offer much in the way of a future. A timeless exploration of the loneliness and isolation of young adulthood, Stephen King’s The Body is an iconic, unforgettable, coming-of-age story.
In the Tall Grass
Stephen King
Mile 81 meets N. in this e-book collaboration between Stephen King and Joe Hill.
In the Tall Grass begins with a sister and brother who pull off to the side of the road after hearing a young boy crying for help from beyond the tall grass. Within minutes they are disoriented, in deeper than seems possible, and they’ve lost one another. The boy’s cries are more and more desperate. What follows is a terrifying, entertaining, and masterfully told tale, as only Stephen King and Joe Hill can deliver.
In the Tall Grass was originally published in two parts in the June/July and August 2012 issues of Esquire magazine. This is their second collaboration since the novella Throttle, published in 2009.
Mile 81
Stephen King
At Mile 81 on the Maine Turnpike is a boarded up rest stop on a highway in Maine. It's a place where high school kids drink and get into the kind of trouble high school kids have always gotten into. It's the place where Pete Simmons goes when his older brother, who's supposed to be looking out for him, heads off to the gravel pit to play "paratroopers over the side." Pete, armed only with the magnifying glass he got for his tenth birthday, finds a discarded bottle of vodka in the boarded up burger shack and drinks enough to pass out.
Not much later, a mud-covered station wagon (which is strange because there hadn't been any rain in New England for over a week) veers into the Mile 81 rest area, ignoring the sign that says "closed, no services." The driver's door opens but nobody gets out.
Doug Clayton, an insurance man from Bangor, is driving his Prius to a conference in Portland. On the backseat are his briefcase and suitcase and in the passenger bucket is a King James Bible, what Doug calls "the ultimate insurance manual," but it isn't going to save Doug when he decides to be the Good Samaritan and help the guy in the broken down wagon. He pulls up behind it, puts on his four-ways, and then notices that the wagon has no plates.
Ten minutes later, Julianne Vernon, pulling a horse trailer, spots the Prius and the wagon, and pulls over. Julianne finds Doug Clayton's cracked cell phone near the wagon door—and gets too close herself. By the time Pete Simmons wakes up from his vodka nap, there are a half a dozen cars at the Mile 81 rest stop. Two kids—Rachel and Blake Lussier—and one horse named Deedee are the only living left. Unless you maybe count the wagon...
Danse Macabre
Stephen King
"Danse Macabre" is a unique combination of fantasy and autobiography, of classic horror writing honed to an unforgettable edge; an analysis of horror, terror and the supernatural in films, television and books by the bestselling master of the genre — Stephen King.
Ranging across the whole spectrum of horror in popular culture and going back to the seminal classics of Count Dracula and Frankenstein, Stephen King describes in his ideas how horror works on many levels, and how he brings it to bear in his own inimitable novels.
Cycle of the Werewolf
Stephen King
The first scream came from the snowbound railwayman who felt the fangs ripping at his throat. The next month there was a scream of ecstatic agony from the woman attacked in her snug bedroom.
Now scenes of unbelieving horror come each time the full moon shines on the isolated Maine town of Tarker Mills. No one knows who will be attacked next. But one thing is sure.
When the moon grows fat, a paralyzing fear sweeps through Tarker Mills. For snarls that sound like human words can be heard whining through the wind. And all around are the footprints of a monster whose hunger cannot be sated... Cycle of the Werewolf.
Just After Sunset
Stephen King
Just after sunset, as darkness grips the imagination, is the time when you feel the unexpected creep into the everyday. As familiar journeys take a different turn, ordinary objects assume extraordinary powers.
A blind intruder visits a dying man - and saves his life, with a kiss.
A woman receives a phone call from her husband. Her LATE husband.
In the emotional aftermath of her baby's sudden death, Emily starts running. And running. Her curiosity leads her right into the hands of a murderer... and soon her legs are her only hope for survival.
Enter a world of masterful suspense, dark comedy and thrilling twists which will keep you riveted from the fist page.
Black House (The Talisman, #2)
Stephen King
Abandoned by his friends as they cycle through the Wisconsin town of French Landing, ten-year-old Ty Marshall spots a crow hopping towards him down the sidewalk. Then it calls his name. Fascinated, Ty gets off his bike for a closer look - and is dragged into the shadows.
Is Ty destined to become the fourth victim of the Fisherman, the serial killer who's stalking this sleepy town? If so, only ex-detective Jack Sawyer may be able to save him. Jack left his old life behind precisely to avoid such madness, but lately he's been visited by strange nightmares and visions. Could the doomed past he thought he'd escaped forever be reaching out for him... from the Black House?
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Stephen King
A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. The Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile, the legend of Castle Rock returns... and grows on you. What does it all mean? What else could it mean? Stephen King is back with a powerful new collection of stories - a vast, many-chambered cave of a volume.
In story after story, the long reach of Stephen King's imagination and the no-holds-barred force of his storytelling will take you to places you've never been before. On a roller-coaster through the macabre and the monstrous, via cutting-edge explorations of good and evil - and onto a heartfelt piece on Little League baseball.
You will lose a good deal of sleep. But Stephen King, writing to beat the devil, will do your dreaming for you...
Four Past Midnight
Stephen King
At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instant of utter stillness when between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade between the ribs, and switch you into a new and terrifying world.
"Four Past Midnight": four heart-stopping accounts of that moment when the familiar world fractures beyond sense, the fragments spinning away from the desperate, clutching reach of sanity...
Full Dark, No Stars
Stephen King
"I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger..." writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up "1922." the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerizing tales from Stephen King. For James, that stranger is awakened when his wife, Arlette, proposes selling off the family homestead and moving to Omaha, setting in motion a gruesome train of murder and madness.
In "Big Driver," a cozy-mystery writer named Tess encounters the stranger along a back road in Massachusetts when she takes a shortcut home after a book-club engagement. Violated and left for dead, Tess plots a revenge that will bring her face-to-face with another stranger: the one inside herself.
"Fair Extension," the shortest of these tales, is perhaps the nastiest and certainly the funniest. Making a deal with the devil not only saves Dave Streeter from a fatal cancer but provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment.
When her husband of more than twenty years is away on one of his business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable and she discovers the stranger inside her husband. It's a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitely ends a good marriage.
Like Different Seasons and Four Past Midnight, which generated such enduring films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me, Full Dark, No Stars proves Stephen King a master of the long story form.
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Contains:
1922
Big Driver
A Fair Extension
A Good Marriage
Desperation
Stephen King
Alternate Cover Edition ISBN 0451188462 (ISBN13: 9780451188465)
There's a place along Interstate 50 that some call the loneliest place on Earth. It's known as Desperation, Nevada.
It's not a very nice place to live. It's an even worse place to die.
Let the battle against evil begin.
Welcome to ... Desperation
The Dark Half
Stephen King
Thad Beaumont would like to say he is innocent. He'd like to say he has nothing to do with the series of monstrous murders that keep coming closer to his home. But how can Thad disown the ultimate embodiment of evil that goes by the name he gave it-and signs its crimes with Thad's bloody fingerprints?
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Alternate cover editions:
New English Library, 1990
New English Library Early Export Edition, 1990
Gerald's Game
Stephen King
A game. A husband-and-wife game. Gerald's Game.
But this time Jessie didn't want to play. Lying there, spreadeagled and handcuffed to the bedstead while he'd loomed and drooled over her, she'd felt angry and humiliated.
So she'd kicked out hard. Aimed to hit him where it hurt.
And now he was dead - a coronary - on the floor.
Leaving Jessie alone and helpless in a lakeside holiday cabin. Miles from nowhere. No-one to hear her screams.
Alone. Except for the voices in her head that begun to chatter and argue and sneer...
The Tommyknockers
Stephen King
Librarian's Note: This is alternate cover edition #2
ISBN 10: 0451156609
ISBN13: 9780451156600
See: Original Record Here
Late Last Night and the Night Before ...
... Tommyknockers, tommyknockers, knocking at the door.
Something was happening in Bobbi Anderson's idyllic small town of Haven, Maine. Something that gave every man, woman, and child in town powers far beyond ordinary mortals. Something that turned the town into a death trap for all outsiders. Something that came from a metal object, buried for millennia, that Bobbi accidentally stumbled across.
It wasn't that Bobbi and the other good folks of Haven had sold their souls to reap the rewards of the most deadly evil this side of hell. It was more like a diabolical takeover...an invasion of body and soul--and mind....
Note: All information herein, such as number of pages, publisher, etc., refer to this alternate cover edition and may or may not coincide with the main entry for this ISBN or any other alternate covers.
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Dreamcatcher
Stephen King
In Derry, Maine, four young boys once stood together and did a brave thing. Something that changed them in ways they hardly understand.
A quarter of a century later, the boys are men who have gone their separate ways. Though they still get together once a year, to go hunting in the north woods of Maine. But this time is different. This time a man comes stumbling into their camp, lost, disoriented and muttering about lights in the sky.
Before long, these old friends will be plunged into the most remarkable events of their lives as they struggle with a terrible creature from another world. Their only chance of survival is locked in their shared past - and in the Dreamcatcher.
Night Shift
Stephen King
A collection of tales to invade and paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by the shadows of the night. As you listen, the clutching fingers of terror brush lightly across the nape of the neck, reach round from behind to clutch and lock themselves, white-knuckled, around the throat.
This is the horror of ordinary people and everyday objects that become strangely altered; a world where nothing is ever quite what it seems, where the familiar and the friendly lure and deceive. A world where madness and blind panic become the only reality.
Listening Length: 10 hours and 33 minutes
Cell
Stephen King
Where were you on October 1st at 3:03 pm?
Graphic artist Clay Riddell was in the heart of Boston on that brilliant autumn afternoon when hell was unleashed before his eyes. Without warning, carnage and chaos reigned. Ordinary people fell victim to the basest, most animalistic destruction.
And the apocalypse began with the ring of a cell phone...
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
Stephen King
On a six-mile hike on the Maine-New Hampshire branch of the Appalachian Trail, nine-year-old Trisha McFarland quickly tires of the constant bickering between her older brother, Pete, and her recently divorced mother. But when she wanders off by herself and then tries to catch up by attempting a shortcut, she becomes lost in a wilderness maze full of peril and terror.
As night falls, Trisha has only her ingenuity as a defense against the elements, and only her courage and faith to withstand her mounting fears. For solace, she tunes her Walkman to broadcasts of Boston Red Sox baseball games and follows the gritty performances of her hero, relief pitcher Tom Gordon. And when her radio's reception begins to fade, Trisha imagines that Tom Gordon is with her - protecting her from an all-too-real enemy who has left a trail of slaughtered animals and mangled trees in the dense, dark woods...
Needful Things
Stephen King
Leland Gaunt opens a new shop in Castle Rock called Needful Things. Anyone who enters his store finds the object of his or her lifelong dreams and desires: a prized baseball card, a healing amulet. In addition to a token payment, Gaunt requests that each person perform a little "deed," usually a seemingly innocent prank played on someone else from town. These practical jokes cascade out of control and soon the entire town is doing battle with itself. Only Sheriff Alan Pangborn suspects that Gaunt is behind the population's increasingly violent behavior.
Carrie
Stephen King
A modern classic, Carrie introduced a distinctive new voice in American fiction -- Stephen King. The story of misunderstood high school girl Carrie White, her extraordinary telekinetic powers, and her violent rampage of revenge, remains one of the most barrier-breaking and shocking novels of all time.
Make a date with terror and live the nightmare that is...Carrie
--back cover
Pet Sematary
Stephen King
'This is an alternate Cover Edition for ASIN: B00K3NEE56. When the Creeds move into a beautiful old house in rural Maine, it all seems too good to be true: physician father, beautiful wife, charming little daughter, adorable infant son-and now an idyllic home. As a family, they've got it all...right down to the friendly car. But the nearby woods hide a blood-chilling truth-more terrifying than death itself-and hideously more powerful. The Creeds are going to learn that sometimes dead is better.
Different Seasons
Stephen King
Includes the stories “The Body” and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine
A “hypnotic” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas—including the inspirations behind the films Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption—from Stephen King, bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters.
This gripping collection begins with “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” in which an unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge—the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption.
Next is “Apt Pupil,” the inspiration for the film of the same name about top high school student Todd Bowden and his obsession with the dark and deadly past of an older man in town.
In “The Body,” four rambunctious young boys plunge through the façade of a small town and come face-to-face with life, death, and intimations of their own mortality. This novella became the movie Stand By Me.
Finally, a disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death in “The Breathing Method.”
“The wondrous readability of his work, as well as the instant sense of communication with his characters, are what make Stephen King the consummate storyteller that he is,” hailed the Houston Chronicle about Different Seasons.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
Stephen King
"Long live the King" hailed Entertainment Weekly upon the publication of Stephen King's On Writing. Part memoir, part master class by one of the bestselling authors of all time, this superb volume is a revealing and practical view of the writer's craft, comprising the basic tools of the trade every writer must have. King's advice is grounded in his vivid memories from childhood through his emergence as a writer, from his struggling early career to his widely reported near-fatal accident in 1999 -- and how the inextricable link between writing and living spurred his recovery. Brilliantly structured, friendly and inspiring, On Writing will empower and entertain everyone who reads it -- fans, writers, and anyone who loves a great story well told.
(back cover)
The Dead Zone
Stephen King
Johnny, the small boy who skated at breakneck speed into an accident that for one horrifying moment plunged him into The Dead Zone.
Johnny Smith, the small-town schoolteacher who spun the wheel of fortune and won a four-and-a-half-year trip into The Dead Zone.
John Smith, who awakened from an interminable coma with an accursed power—the power to see the future and the terrible fate awaiting mankind in The Dead Zone.
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Under the Dome
Stephen King
Under the Dome is the story of the small town of Chester's Mill, Maine which is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. No one can get in and no one can get out.
When food, electricity and water run short, the normal rules of society are changed. A new and more sinister social order develops, Dale Barbara, a young Iraq veteran, teams up with a handful of intrepid citizens to fight against the corruption that is sweeping through the town and to try to discover the source of the Dome before it is too late...
The Dark Tower (The Dark Tower, #7)
Stephen King
The seventh and final installment of Stephen King's The Dark Tower saga is perhaps the most anticipated book in the author's long career. King began this epic tale about the last gunslinger in the world more than 20 years ago; now he draws its suspenseful story to a close, snapping together the last pieces of his action puzzle and drawing Roland Deschain ever closer to his ultimate goal.
Alternate cover edition for ISBN-10: 1416524525; ISBN-13: 9781416524526
Wolves of the Calla (The Dark Tower, #5)
Stephen King
Roland and his tet have just returned to the path of the Beam when they discover that they are being followed by a group of inexperienced trackers. The trackers are from the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis, and they desperately need the help of gunslingers. Once every generation, a band of masked riders known as the Wolves gallop out of the dark land of Thunderclap to steal one half of all the twins born in the Callas. When the children are returned, they are roont, or mentally and physically ruined. In less than a month, the Wolves will raid again. In exchange for Roland’s aid, Father Callahan—a priest originally from our world—offers to give Roland a powerful but evil seeing sphere, a sinister globe called Black Thirteen which he has hidden below the floorboards of his church. Not only must Roland and his tet discover a way to defeat the invincible Wolves, but they must also return to New York so that they can save our world’s incarnation of the Dark Tower from the machinations of the evil Sombra Corporation.
Wizard and Glass (The Dark Tower, #4)
Stephen King
Roland, Eddie, Susannah, Jake, and Jake’s pet bumbler survive Blaine the Mono’s final crash, only to find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka, Kansas, one that has been ravaged by the superflu virus. While following the deserted I-70 toward a distant glass palace, they hear the atonal squalling of a thinny, a place where the fabric of existence has almost entirely worn away. While camping near the edge of the thinny, Roland tells his ka-tet a story about another thinny, one that he encountered when he was little more than a boy. Over the course of one long magical night, Roland transports us to the Mid-World of long-ago and a seaside town called Hambry, where Roland fell in love with a girl named Susan Delgado, and where he and his old tet-mates Alain and Cuthbert battled the forces of John Farson, the harrier who—with a little help from a seeing sphere called Maerlyn’s Grapefruit—ignited Mid-World’s final war.
The Gunslinger (The Dark Tower, #1)
Stephen King
In the first book of this series, Stephen King introduces readers to one of his most enigmatic heroes, Roland of Gilead, The Last Gunslinger.
He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which frighteningly mirrors our own, Roland pursues The Man in Black, encounters an alluring woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the Kid from Earth called Jake. Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike, The Gunslinger leaves readers eagerly awaiting the next chapter.
If It Bleeds
Stephen King
Readers adore Stephen King’s novels, and his novellas are their own dark treat, briefer but just as impactful and enduring as his longer fiction. Many of his novellas have been made into iconic films, including “The Body” (Stand By Me) and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” (Shawshank Redemption).
Four brilliant new tales in If It Bleeds are sure to prove as iconic as their predecessors. Once again, King’s remarkable range is on full display. In the title story, reader favorite Holly Gibney (from the Mr. Mercedes trilogy and The Outsider) must face her fears, and possibly another outsider—this time on her own. In “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone” an intergenerational friendship has a disturbing afterlife. “The Life of Chuck” explores, beautifully, how each of us contains multitudes. And in “Rat,” a struggling writer must contend with the darker side of ambition.
If these novellas show King’s range, they also prove that certain themes endure. One of King’s great concerns is evil, and in If It Bleeds, there’s plenty of it. There is also evil’s opposite, which in King’s fiction often manifests as friendship. Holly is reminded that friendship is not only life-affirming but can be life-saving. Young Craig befriends Mr. Harrigan, and the sweetness of this late-in-life connection is its own reward.
Everything's Eventual
Stephen King
In this eerie, enchanting compilation, Stephen King takes readers down a road less travelled (for good reason) in the blockbuster e-book "Riding the Bullet." Terror becomes deja vu all over again when you get "That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French." "LT's Theory of Pets" will make you stop and think before giving a dog to a loved one. And there are eleven more stories that will keep you awake until dawn.
Nothing is quite as it seems. Expect the unexpected in this veritable treasure trove of enthralling, witty, dark tales that could only come from the imagination of the greatest storyteller of our time.
Mr. Mercedes (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1)
Stephen King
In the predawn hours, in a distressed American city, hundreds of unemployed men and women line up for the opening of a job fair. They are tired and cold and desperate. Emerging from the fog, invisible until it is too late, a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed; fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes.
Months later, an ex-cop named Bill Hodges, still haunted by the unsolved crime, contemplates suicide. When he gets a crazed letter from "the perk," claiming credit for the murders, Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vacant retirement, fearing another even more diabolical attack and hell-bent on preventing it.
Brady Hartfield lives with his alcoholic mother in the house where he was born. He loved the feel of death under the wheels of the Mercedes, and he wants that rush again. Only Bill Hodges, with a couple of eccentric and mismatched allies, can apprehend the killer before he strikes again. And they have no time to lose, because Brady's next mission, if it succeeds, will kill or maim thousands.
Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil from the master of suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is chilling and unforgettable.
--front flap
Elevation
Stephen King
Castle Rock is a small town, where word gets around quickly. That's why Scott Carey wants to confide only in his friend Doctor Bob Ellis about his strange condition he's losing weight without getting thinner, and the scales register the same whether he is in his clothes or out of them, no matter how heavy they are.
Scott also has new neighbors who have opened a "fine dining experience" in town, although it's an experience being shunned by the locals: Deirdre McComb and her wife Missy Donaldson don't exactly conform to a lifestyle the community approves of. And now Scott seems trapped in a feud with the couple over their dogs dropping their business on his lawn. Missy may be warm and friendly, but Deirdre is as cold as ice.
As the town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12K run, Scott begins to understand the prejudices the women face, and tries to help. Unlikely alliances form, and the mystery of Scott's affliction brings out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.
From the master storyteller Stephen King comes this compelling tale about finding common ground despite differences, a magical story with deep resonance for our time.
Holly
Stephen King
Holly Gibney, one of Stephen King’s most compelling and ingeniously resourceful characters, returns in this thrilling novel to solve the gruesome truth behind multiple disappearances in a midwestern town.
“Sometimes the universe throws you a rope.” — BILL HODGES
Stephen King’s Holly marks the triumphant return of beloved King character Holly Gibney. Readers have witnessed Holly’s gradual transformation from a shy (but also brave and ethical) recluse in Mr. Mercedes to Bill Hodges’s partner in Finders Keepers to a full-fledged, smart, and occasionally tough private detective in The Outsider. In King’s new novel, Holly is on her own, and up against a pair of unimaginably depraved and brilliantly disguised adversaries.
When Penny Dahl calls the Finders Keepers detective agency hoping for help locating her missing daughter, Holly is reluctant to accept the case. Her partner, Pete, has Covid. Her (very complicated) mother has just died. And Holly is meant to be on leave. But something in Penny Dahl’s desperate voice makes it impossible for Holly to turn her down.
Mere blocks from where Bonnie Dahl disappeared live Professors Rodney and Emily Harris. They are the picture of bourgeois respectability: married octogenarians, devoted to each other, and semi-retired lifelong academics. But they are harboring an unholy secret in the basement of their well-kept, book-lined home, one that may be related to Bonnie’s disappearance. And it will prove nearly impossible to discover what they are up to: they are savvy, they are patient, and they are ruthless.
Holly must summon all her formidable talents to outthink and outmaneuver the shockingly twisted professors in this chilling new masterwork from Stephen King.
The Sun Dog
Stephen King
#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King’s novella The Sun Dog, published in his award-winning 1990 story collection Four Past Midnight, now available for the first time as a standalone publication.The dog is loose again. It is not sleeping. It is not lazy. It’s coming for you.Kevin Delavan wants only one thing for his fifteenth birthday: a Polaroid Sun 660. There’s something wrong with his gift, though. No matter where Kevin Delevan aims the camera, it produces a photograph of an enormous, vicious dog. In each successive picture, the menacing creature draws nearer to the flat surface of the Polaroid film as if it intends to break through. When old Pop Merrill, the town’s sharpest trader, gets wind of this phenomenon, he envisions a way to profit from it. But the Sun Dog, a beast that shouldn’t exist at all, turns out to be a very dangerous investment.
The Dark Tower #1-3
Stephen King
Titles include The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger, The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three and The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands.
The Jaunt
Stephen King
"The Jaunt" is a horror short story by Stephen King first published in The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1981, and collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew.
The story takes place early in the 24th century, when the technology for teleportation, referred to as "Jaunting", is commonplace, allowing for instantaneous transportation across enormous distances, even to other planets in the solar system. The government, which learned of the Jaunt through its inventor's use of a computer database in his experiments, soon took control of the project, demoting the scientist to a figurehead in the program. After the introduction of the Jaunt to the public in 1991, the country experienced a strong economic boom, and the price of oil declined to such an extent that OPEC disbanded. Due to environmental pollution, water became a more expensive and profitable commodity than oil by 2006.
Ветер сквозь замочную скважину
Stephen King
Миллионы фанатов цикла "Темная башня" вопреки словам Стивена Кинга о том, что легендарная сага закончена, ждали ее продолжения. И не напрасно!
История, являющаяся частью цикла, хронологически расположена между четвертым и пятым романами... Эту историю Роланд Дискейн рассказывает своему недавно собранному второму ка-тету - Сюзанне, Эдди, Джейку - и они узнают о том, что произошло вскоре после гибели матери Роланда.
...Молодой стрелок отправляется расследовать убийства крестьян в далекой провинции - убийства, в которых перепуганные люди в один голос обвиняют таинственного оборотня.
А сопровождает его один из членов первого ка-тета Роланда - Джейми Декарри, о котором ранее было известно совсем немного...
Містер Мерседес (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #1)
Stephen King
Поліцейський Білл Ходжес вийшов на пенсію, але спогади про нерозкритий злочин не дають йому спокою. І одного дня він отримує листа від незнайомця. Це послання саме того злочинця, який, викравши мерседес, кілька років тому вбив і покалічив десятки людей. Тоді Ходжес не зміг вийти на його слід. Ця справа так і залишилася нерозкритою, і докори сумління не давали йому спати. А тепер убивця пише, що наступного разу жертв буде більше. Набагато більше! Білл, забувши про заслужений відпочинок, спокій і безпеку, повертається на роботу. Може, саме цього і домагався злочинець? Але навіщо?...
Finderlohn (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)
Stephen King
Besessen bis zum Mord
John Rothstein hat in den Sechzigern drei berühmte Romane veröffentlicht, seither aber nichts mehr. Morris Bellamy, ein psychopathischer Verehrer, ermordet den Autor aus Wut über dessen »Verrat«. Seine Beute besteht aus einer großen Menge Geld und einer wahren Fundgrube an Notizbüchern, die auch unveröffentlichte Romane enthalten. Bellamy vergräbt vorerst alles – und wandert dummerweise für ein völlig anderes Verbrechen in den Knast. Jahre später stößt der Junge Peter Saubers auf den »Schatz«. Nach seiner Haftentlassung kommt Bellamy dem ahnungslosen Peter auf die Spur und macht Jagd auf ihn. Kann Bill Hodges, den wir als Detective a. D. aus Mr. Mercedes kennen, den Wahnsinnigen stoppen?
Fairy Tale
Stephen King
Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes deep into the well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher—for their world or ours. Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was ten, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself—and his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets Howard Bowditch, a recluse with a big dog in a big house at the top of a big hill. In the backyard is a locked shed from which strange sounds emerge, as if some creature is trying to escape. When Mr. Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie the house, a massive amount of gold, a cassette tape telling a story that is impossible to believe, and a responsibility far too massive for a boy to shoulder. Because within the shed is a portal to another world—one whose denizens are in peril and whose monstrous leaders may destroy their own world, and ours. In this parallel universe, where two moons race across the sky, and the grand towers of a sprawling palace pierce the clouds, there are exiled princesses and princes who suffer horrific punishments; there are dungeons; there are games in which men and women must fight each other to the death for the amusement of the “Fair One.” And there is a magic sundial that can turn back time. A story as old as myth, and as startling and iconic as the rest of King’s work, Fairy Tale is about an ordinary guy forced into the hero’s role by circumstance, and it is both spectacularly suspenseful and satisfying.
Gunslinger
Stephen King
Soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba An impressive work of mythic magnitude that may turn out to be Stephen King s greatest literary achievement ("The Atlanta Journal-Constitution"), "The Gunslinger" is the first volume in the epic Dark Tower Series. A #1 national bestseller, "The Gunslinger" introduces readers to one of Stephen King s most powerful creations, Roland of Gilead: The Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which mirrors our own in frightening ways, Roland tracks The Man in Black, encounters an enticing woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the boy from New York named Jake. Inspired in part by the Robert Browning narrative poem, Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came, "The Gunslinger" is a compelling whirlpool of a story that draws one irretrievable to its center ("Milwaukee Sentinel"). It is brilliant and fresh and will leave you panting for more ("Booklist")."
Never Flinch
Stephen King
From master storyteller Stephen King comes an extraordinary new novel with intertwining storylines—one about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission, and another about a vigilante targeting a feminist celebrity speaker—featuring the beloved Holly Gibney and a dynamic new cast of characters.
When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to “kill thirteen innocents and one guilty” in “an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man,” Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution? As the investigation unfolds, Izzy realizes that the letter writer is deadly serious, and she turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help.
Meanwhile, controversial and outspoken women’s rights activist Kate McKay is embarking on a multi-state lecture tour, drawing packed venues of both fans and detractors. Someone who vehemently opposes Kate’s message of female empowerment is targeting her and disrupting her events. At first, no one is hurt, but the stalker is growing bolder, and Holly is hired to be Kate’s bodyguard—a challenging task with a headstrong employer and a determined adversary driven by wrath and his belief in his own righteousness.
Featuring a riveting cast of characters both old and new, including world-famous gospel singer Sista Bessie and an unforgettable villain addicted to murder, these twinned narratives converge in a chilling and spectacular conclusion—a feat of storytelling only Stephen King could pull off.
Thrilling, wildly fun, and outrageously engrossing, Never Flinch is one of King’s richest and most propulsive novels.
The Langoliers (Four Past Midnight Book 1)
Stephen King
The first of a four-part audio series from Stephen King's best-selling book, Four Past Midnight. On a redeye flight from Los Angeles to Boston, only 11 passengers survive—but landing in a dead world makes them wish they hadn't.
6 Audio Cassettes / 8 Hours 41 mins
Grave Predictions: Tales of Mankind’s Post-Apocalyptic, Dystopian and Disastrous Destiny (Dover Doomsday Classics)
Stephen King
"This is a book of stories intended to describe that hand of mortal destruction in 16 utterly different, yet all apocalyptically stunning ways!" — Harlan Ellison, from the Introduction.
These compelling visions of post-apocalyptic societies and dystopian worlds include short stories by some of the most acclaimed authors of our time. Among the noteworthy contributors and their works are Stephen King's "The End of the Whole Mess," "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury, and Arthur C. Clarke's "No Morning After."
The first-ever apocalyptic fantasy about global warming, "The End of the World," appears here, in translation from Eugene Mouton's 1872 French-language original. "The Pretence," by Ramsey Campbell, questions the nature and structure of everyday life in the aftermath of a doomsday prediction. In addition, thought-provoking stories by Philip K. Dick, Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., Greg Bear, Erica L. Satifka, and others offer an end-of-the-world extravaganza for fans of science fiction, horror, and fantasy.
"These doomsday tales are highly original, thought provoking, and reality questioning. Recommended as a collection for fans of intriguing and eccentric sci-fi!" — Read Well
Ogen van de Draak (Dutch Edition)
Stephen King
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Shining
Stephen King
Ein Hotel in den Bergen von Colorado. Jack Torrance, ein verkrachter Intellektueller mit Psycho-Problemen, bekommt den Job als Haumeister, um den er sich beworben hat. Zusammen mit seiner Frau Wendy und seinem Sohn Danny reist er in den letzten Tagen des Herbstes an. Das Hotel "Overlook" ist ein verrufener Ort. Wer sich ihm ausliefert, verfällt ihm, wird zum ausführenden Organ aller bösen Träume und Wünsche, die sich in ihm manifestieren. Mit Shining gelang Stephen King ein moderner Klassiker des Grauens, ein Buch, das die Ängste unserer Zeit erfasst und jeden Leser in seinen emotionalen Grundfesten erschüttert.
Dodelijk dilemma
Stephen King
Unieke limited edition met bedrukt boekblok en dubbelzijdig omslag. Een van Kings grootste klassiekers over een leraar met een unieke gave.
In Dodelijk dilemma van horrormeester Stephen King raakt de jonge leraar John Smith betrokken bij een vreselijk auto-ongeluk waardoor hij ruim vier jaar in coma komt te liggen.
Johns vriendin en familie hebben alle hoop opgegeven, het leven gaat door. Maar het onvoorstelbare gebeurt: John opent zijn ogen. Ondertussen is de wereld drastisch veranderd. En John merkt dat hij een bijzonder vermogen heeft gekregen: als hij iemand aanraakt, kan hij diens verleden en toekomst zien. John is eigenlijk bang voor zijn gave en wil weer een normaal leven leiden. Maar als hij een ambitieuze politicus ontmoet, krijgt hij de kans om een enorme catastrofe te voorkomen. Moet John zichzelf opofferen om de levens van miljoenen te redden? En wie zal hem ooit geloven?
Deze limited edition bevat prachtig artwork aan binnen- en buitenzijde van het omslag, alsook een bedrukt boekblok.
De marathon
Stephen King
limited edition paperback
Dit boek bevat illustraties op alle drie de zijden van het boekblok, en heeft een dubbelzijdig bedrukt omslag met glanzende folie voorop. Helemaal in stijl van de eerder verschenen limited editions van Misery en De groene mijl. Een must voor de King-liefhebber.
De langste en dodelijkste afvalrace ooit waarbij slechts één de winnaar kan zijn: degene die overleeft…
DE MARATHON: de af te leggen afstand is 700 kilometer.
DE REGELS: Er mag niet langzamer dan 6 km per uur gelopen worden; men moet blijven bewegen; er zal slechts één winnaar zijn. Bij overtreding krijgen de deelnemers drie waarschuwingen. De vierde is de laatste en is definitief. De kogel.
DE DEELNEMERS: honderd zorgvuldig geselecteerde jongeren, onder wie de zestienjarige Ray Garraty. Een gruwelijke afvalrace gaat beginnen…
Het Instituut
Stephen King
‘De koning van het spannende genre.’ VN Detective en Thrillergids'Spannend, snel en gewelddadig, maar met humor.' Noordhollands DagbladVoor de fans van Stranger ThingsMidden in de nacht, in een huis in een rustige straat in een buitenwijk van Minneapolis, worden de ouders van Luke Ellis stilletjes vermoord. Luke zelf wordt in een zwarte SUV geladen en weggereden. Dit alles duurt minder dan twee minuten. Luke wordt wakker in Het Instituut, in een kamer die precies op zijn slaapkamer lijkt, alleen zonder raam. Aan de andere kant van de deur zijn meer deuren, met daarachter meer kinderen, die daar allemaal op dezelfde manier zijn beland als Luke. Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris en de tienjarige Avery Dixon hebben allen speciale krachten, zoals telekinese of telepathie. Zij zitten in Het Voorgebouw. Ooit waren er nog meer kinderen, maar die zijn naar Het Achtergebouw verhuisd. ‘Deze plek is een muizenval,’ zegt Kalisha. ‘Je kunt erin, maar je komt er nooit meer uit.’Het personeel van deze sinistere faciliteit, dat onder leiding staat van de genadeloze mevrouw Sigsby, wil de bovennatuurlijke gaven van de kinderen inzetten voor zijn eigen doeleinden. En deinst nergens voor terug om dat te bereiken. Als je meewerkt, krijg je muntjes voor de automaten. Zo niet, dan wacht een wrede straf. Hoe meer kinderen er naar Het Achtergebouw worden gestuurd, hoe wanhopiger Luke wordt om te ontkomen en hulp te zoeken. Maar er is nog nooit iemand uit Het Instituut ontsnapt…De Nederlandse pers over Stephen King‘Niemand minder dan de horrorgrootmeester.’ NRC Handelsblad'King voert je mee naar de grensen van de horror.' Trouw‘De fantasierijke en tegelijkertijd zo angstaanjagend realistische verhalen van King definiëren wat literatuur hoort te zijn: de oneindige mogelijk tot het scheppen van nieuwe werelden.’ de Volkskrant
De groene mijl
Stephen King
De ultieme limited edition voor fans van Stephen Kings klassieker De groene mijl.
Kings klassieker en wereldwijde bestseller De groene mijl vormde dé inspiratie voor de Oscar-genomineerde film The Green Mile met Tom Hanks in de hoofdrol. Het hartverscheurende verhaal van een man die ten onrechte in de dodencel wacht op de elektrische stoel.
Deze >b>limited edition paperback bevat illustraties op alle drie de zijden van het boekblok, en een dubbelzijdig bedrukt omslag met glanzende folie voorop. Helemaal in stijl van de eerder verschenen limited edition van Misery. Een must voor de King-liefhebber.
1932. John Coffey moet de Cold Mountain-gevangenis in, ter dood veroordeeld voor een misdrijf dat hij niet heeft begaan. Maar er is iets bijzonders met John Coffey aan de hand: hij heeft een bovennatuurlijke gave om mensen te genezen. Hoofdcipier Paul Edgecombe werkt al jaren in de gevangenis als John wordt binnengebracht, en heeft algauw door dat John onschuldig is. Paul probeert met man en macht Johns onschuld te bewijzen, maar de autoriteiten willen dit koste wat kost voorkomen. De elektrische stoel staat John op te wachten. En Paul moet de schakelaar overhalen…
‘Hoe zou het zijn, vroeg ik me af, om die laatste veertig meter naar de elektrische stoel te lopen, wetend dat je daar zult sterven? En hoe zou de man zich voelen die de veroordeelde op de stoel moet vastsjorren, of de man die de schakelaar overhaalt?’
Stephen King
Dit even fascinerende als lugubure uitgangspunt is de aanleiding geweest voor Stephen King om De groene mijl te schrijven.
Dodenwake
Stephen King
Louis en Rachel Creed zijn met hun twee kinderen en hun kat net verhuisd naar een prachtige huis in Maine. Het is maar een korte wandeling over het bospad naar het dierenkerkhof achter het huis. De kinderlijke spelling van het bordje 'Pet Sematary' doet het gelukkige paar glimlachen. Maar wanneer het oeroude kwaad zich ontvouwd, verandert deze glimchlach al snel in een afschuwelijke grijns...
Wisseling van de wacht (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3)
Stephen King
Wisseling van de wacht is de spectaculaire finale van de succesvolle, veelgeprezen Mercedes-trilogie van Stephen King. Eerder verschenen De eerlijke vinder en Mr. Mercedes, genomineerd voor een Edgar Award. In kamer 217 van de Lakes Region-hersenletselkliniek is iets bij bewustzijn gekomen. Iets kwaadaardigs. Brady Hartsfield, de duivelse Mercedes Killer die acht mensen doodreed en er nog veel meer gewond achterliet, ligt al vijf jaar in de kliniek, in vegetatieve toestand. Volgens zijn dokters zal hij nooit herstellen. Maar achter het gestaar en gekwijl is Brady bij kennis en in het bezit van nieuwe, dodelijke krachten, waardoor hij onvoorstelbare schade kan toebrengen zonder dat hij zijn kamer verlaat. Gepensioneerd agent Bill Hodges runt nu een detectivebureau met zijn partner Holly Gibney – de vrouw die Hartsfield het ziekenhuis in sloeg. Als Bill en Holly zich verdiepen in een zelfmoord die gelinkt wordt aan de Mercedes Killer, raken ze betrokken bij hun gevaarlijkste onderzoek ooit. Brady Hartsfield is terug, en zweert niet alleen wraak te nemen op Hodges en zijn vrienden, maar op een volledige stad.
De eerlijke vinder (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #2)
Stephen King
In De eerlijke vinder heeft John Rothstein, een legendarische schrijver van een serie boeken, al decennialang niets gepubliceerd. Morris Bellamy is woedend. Niet alleen omdat Rothstein met schrijven is gestopt, maar ook omdat diens serie niet naar zijn smaak eindigde. Zijn woede gaat zo ver dat hij Rothstein vermoordt. Ook neemt hij een zak met cash weg uit de kluis en een stapel aantekenboekjes met ongepubliceerd materiaal. Die laatste blijken de hoofdprijs te zijn.
Morris verbergt het geld en de aantekenboekjes – en wordt dan gearresteerd voor een andere misdaad. Decennia later vindt ene Peter Saubers de buit. Nu is het deze jongen, en diens familie, die door Bill Hodges, Holly en Jerome gered moeten worden van de inmiddels nog krankzinniger en wraakzuchtiger Morris, die na 35 jaar uit de gevangenis komt.
De bazaar van boze dromen
Stephen King
De bazaar van boze dromen is een bundel met twintig korte verhalen – met o.a. het verhaal The death – waarvan slechts enkele eerder in het Nederlands werden vertaald. Ieder verhaal krijgt een nieuwe introductie van King, waarin hij zowel autobiografisch commentaar op het wanneer, waarom en hoe hij tot schrijven kwam, alsook de oorsprong en motivatie van elk verhaal geeft. De verhalen zullen variëren van een man die hetzelfde leven blijft herleven, dezelfde fouten keer op keer herhalend tot een vuurwerkwedstrijd tussen buren die een explosieve climax bereikt, een columnist die mensen vermoordt door hun necrologie te schrijven en een schrijnend verhaal over het einde van het menselijke ras.
The Dark Man
Stephen King
Stephen King first wrote about the Dark Man in college after he envisioned a faceless man in cowboy boots and jeans and a denim jacket forever walking the roads. Later this dark man would come to be known around the world as one of King's greatest villains, Randall Flagg, but at the time King only had simple questions on his mind: where was this man going? What had he seen and done? What terrible things...?
i have ridden rails...
More than forty years after Stephen King first wrote his breathtaking poem "The Dark Man," Glenn Chadbourne set out to answer those questions in this World's First Edition hardcover featuring more than 70 full-page illustrations from the talented artist behind The Secretary of Dreams.
i have slept in glaring swamps...
This Cemetery Dance Publications hardcover is a true marriage of words and art, with Chadbourne pulling the images from King's imagination and illustrating them in magnificent detail. This incredible blending of King's words with Chadbourne's art creates a unique page turning experience you can return to again and again, always finding new details hidden on every page. You'll discover hidden layers and mysterious secrets for years to come.
i am a dark man...
So who is the Dark Man and why is he traveling the country? The answers are terrifying....
De shining
Stephen King
Jack Torrances nieuwe baan bij het Overlook Hotel is de perfecte kans voor een frisse start. Jack is ingehuurd als huismeester van het sfeervolle oude hotel, en omdat het buiten het seizoen is, heeft hij voldoende tijd om zich te focussen op zijn vrouw Wendy en hun vijfjarige zoon Danny.
Terwijl het gezin door hevige sneeuwstormen afgesloten raakt van de buitenwereld, krijgt Danny last van angstaanjagende visioenen. De chef van het hotel, meneer Hallorann, noemt het een gave - 'het licht' - maar Danny is het liever kwijt dan rijk.
Danny is ook de enige die in de gaten heeft dat er wat aan de hand is in het hotel. Het zou verlaten moeten zijn, maar wie is de dame in kamer 217, en wie zijn de gemaskerde gasten die maar met de lift op en neer blijven gaan?
Gwendy-trilogie
Stephen King
Een ongekend duo: Stephen King & Richard Chizmar schrijven samen nagelbijtende spanning
In Gwendy’s knoppenkist verandert het leven van de twaalfjarige Gwendy Peterson voor altijd wanneer ze van een vreemde man een mysterieuze houten kist krijgt. Die biedt verleidelijke lekkernijen en vintage munten, maar de man waarschuwt haar dat als ze op een van de prachtig gekleurde knoppen van de kist drukt, dood en verderf zullen volgen.
Jaren later, in Gwendy’s magische veer, is Gwendy een succesvolle schrijfster geworden met een veelbelovende toekomst in de politiek. Maar wanneer de knoppenkist plotseling weer in haar leven verschijnt, moet ze beslissen of ze bereid is alles op het spel te zetten voor de verleiding die hij biedt.
En in het spannende slot, Gwendy’s laatste taak, proberen kwade krachten de knoppenkist in hun bezit te krijgen. Het is aan senator Gwendy Peterson om hem koste wat kost voor hen verborgen te houden. Maar waar kan iemand zoiets destructiefs verbergen voor zulke machtige wezens?
Vel over been
Stephen King
Limited edition! Een aangrijpende en onvergetelijke thriller over verloren en nieuwe liefdes, en verschrikkelijke geheimen uit het verleden…
In Vel over been van Stephen King is bestsellerauteur Michael Noonan zichzelf niet meer na de plotselinge dood van zijn vrouw Johanna. Hij krijgt geen letter meer op papier. Overdag doodt hij de tijd met kruiswoordpuzzels, 's nachts wordt hij geplaagd door nachtmerries over Johanna en hun zomerhuis Sarah Laughs in Maine. Ondanks die nachtmerries – of misschien wel juist vanwege de nachtmerries – besluit Michael naar Maine te gaan. Hij is ervan overtuigd dat hij eerst moet ontdekken wat Johanna hem probeert duidelijk te maken over Sarah Laughs, het dorp en zijn vijandige bewoners, voordat hij de draad van zijn leven weer op kan pakken... Nu als limited edition paperback! Dit boek bevat illustraties op alle drie de zijden van het boekblok, en heeft een dubbelzijdig bedrukt omslag. Helemaal in stijl van de eerder verschenen limited editions van Misery, De groene mijl, De marathon en Ogen van de draak. Een must-have voor de King-liefhebber. Verfilmd voor tv door regisseur Mick Garris met o.a. Pierce Brosnan als Michael Noonan.
The Outsider
Stephen King
An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories.
An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad.
As the investigation expands and horrifying answers begin to emerge, King’s propulsive story kicks into high gear, generating strong tension and almost unbearable suspense. Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy, but is he wearing another face? When the answer comes, it will shock you as only Stephen King can.
Schwarz (Der dunkle Turm, #1)
Stephen King
Schwarz - Der Dunkle Turm - bk2090; Heyne Verlag; Stephen King; pocket_book; 2000
Basar der bösen Träume
Stephen King
Hier werden Albträume wahrAbermals legt Stephen King, u. a. Träger des renommierten »O.-Henry-Preises«, eine umfassende und vielseitige Kurzgeschichtensammlung vor. Von den insgesamt 20 Storys wurden bislang erst drei auf Deutsch veröffentlicht. Die Originale erschienen teilweise in Zeitschriften; andere sind bislang gänzlich unveröffentlicht.Nicht immer blanker Horror, aber immer psychologisch packend und manchmal schlicht schmerzhaft wie ein Schlag in die Magengrube – Geschichten, die uns einladen, Stephen Kings Meisterschaft im Erzählen aufs Neue beizuwohnen, oder, wie er selbst in seinem Basar der bösen Träume ausruft: »Hereinspaziert, ich habe die Geschichten eigens für Sie geschrieben. Aber seien Sie vorsichtig. Bestenfalls sind sie bissig und schnappen zu.«
Der Anschlag
Stephen King
Jake Epping lebt ein normales Leben, bis sein Freund Al ihm ein großes Geheimnis enthüllt: Er kennt ein Portal, das ins Jahr 1958 führt. Und Al gewinnt ihn für eine wahnsinnige Mission. Jake soll in die Vergangenheit zurückkehren und das Attentat auf John F. Kennedy vereiteln, um den Gang der Geschichte positiv zu korrigieren. Und so beginnt für Jake ein neues Leben in einer für ihn neuen Welt. Es ist die Welt von Elvis und JFK, von großen amerikanischen Autos und beschwingten Highschool-Tanzveranstaltungen. Es ist die Welt des gequälten Einzelgängers Lee Harvey Oswald, aber auch die der Bibliothekarin Sadie Dunhill, die Jakes große Liebe seines Lebens wird – eines Lebens, das gegen alle normalen Regeln der Zeit verstößt. Und je näher Jake seinem Ziel kommt, den Mord an Kennedy rückgängig zu machen, desto bizarrer wehrt sich die Vergangenheit dagegen – mit aller gnadenlosen Gewalt, die sich auch gegen Jakes neue Liebe richtet ...
Doctor Sleep (The Shining, #2)
Stephen King
Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining) and the very special 12-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.
On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless - mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky 12-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the "steam" that children with the "shining" produce when they are slowly tortured to death.
Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father's legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant "shining" power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes "Doctor Sleep."
Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan's own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra's soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted fans of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.
Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales
Stephen King
Includes the story “The Man in the Black Suit”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the iconic, spine-tingling story collection that includes winners of an O. Henry Prize and other awards, and “Riding the Bullet,” which attracted over half a million online readers and became the most famous short story of the decade, as well as stories first published in The New Yorker, “1408,” made into a movie starring John Cusack.“Riding the Bullet” is the story of Alan Parker, who’s hitchhiking to see his dying mother but takes the wrong ride, farther than he ever intended. In “Lunch at the Gotham Café,” a sparring couple’s contentious lunch turns very, very bloody when the maître d’ gets out of sorts. “1408,” the audio story in print for the first time, is about a successful writer whose specialty is “Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Graveyards,” or “Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Houses,” and though Room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel doesn’t kill him, he won’t be writing about ghosts anymore. And in “That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French,” terror is déjà vu at 16,000 feet. Whether writing about encounters with the dead, the near dead, or about the mundane dreads of life, from quitting smoking to yard sales, Stephen King is at the top of his form in the fourteen “brilliantly creepy” (USA TODAY) tales assembled in Everything’s Eventual. Intense, eerie, and instantly compelling, they announce the stunningly fertile imagination of perhaps the greatest storyteller of our time. Stories include: -Autopsy Room Four -The Man in the Black Suit -All That You Love Will Be Carried Away -The Death of Jack Hamilton -In the Deathroom -The Little Sisters of Eluria -Everything's Eventual -L.T.'s Theory of Pets -The Road Virus Heads North -Lunch at the Gotham Café -That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French -1408 -Riding the Bullet -Luckey Quarter
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Stephen King
From the Flap:
A solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. Flies settle and die on an old pair of sneakers in New York, and the Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile the legend of Castle Rock returns . . . and grows on you. What does it all mean? What else could it mean? First there was Night Shift (1978), then Skeleton Crew (1985), and now Stephen King is back with a third collection of stories--a vast, many-chambered cave of a volume, with passages leading every which way to hell . . . and a few to glory.
The long reach of Stephen King's imagination and the no-holds-barred force of his storytelling have never been so richly demonstrated. There's something here for readers of every stripe and predilection--classic tales of the macabre and the monstrous, cutting-edge explorations of the borderlands between good and evil, brilliant pastiches of Chandler and Conan Doyle, even a teleplay and a non-fiction bonus, a heartfelt piece of Little League baseball that first appeared in The New Yorker.
In story after story, several published here for the first time, he will take you to places you've never been before, places that are both dark and vividly illuminated. Fair warning: You will lose a good deal of sleep. But Stephen King, writing to beat the devil, will do your dreaming for you.
Can you believe? Then come . . .
Dolan's Cadillac --
The End of the Whole Mess --
Suffer the Little Children --
The Night Flier --
Popsy --
It Grows on You --
Chattery Teeth --
Dedication --
The Moving Finger --
Sneakers --
You Know They Got a Hell of a Band --
Home Delivery --
Rainy Season --
My Pretty Pony --
Sorry, Right Number --
The Ten O'Clock People --
Crouch End --
The House on Maple Street --
The Fifth Quarter --
The Doctor's Case --
Umney's Last Case --
Head Down --
Brooklyn August
Two Past Midnight: Secret Window, Secret Garden
Stephen King
The second of a four-part audio series from Stephen King's bestselling book, Four Past Midnight. Recently divorced writer Mort Rainey is alone at Tashmore Lake--that is, until a figure named John Shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger.
Stationary Bike
Stephen King
New on audio from Stephen King...an unabridged novella"as artful as anything he has ever written." (Booklist) Climb aboard Stationary Bike -- a streamlined fever dream of a tale, in which an ordinary household object assumes otherworldly powers and a familiar journey takes a terrifying twist. When commercial artist Richard Sifkitz finally gets around to having that physical he'd been putting off for years, and his cholesterol comes back dangerously high, he does what so many thirty-something, junk food-eating couch potatoes have done before him: he buys a stationary bike, and vows to ride it regularly. Unlike many a mid-life exercise convert, however, Richard actually starts to ride his new stationary bike. A lot. Soon he's spending so much time on his bike that he decides to put his artistic talents to use and paint a mural on the wall opposite his stationary bike. But it turns out that Richard's mural is no ordinary picture -- and soon his stationary bike is taking him places he doesn't want to go...and can't stay away from. A riveting riff on artistic frustration, midlife mortality, and hard-won redemption, Stationary Bike is a thrill ride that could come only from the mind of Stephen King.
LT's Theory of Pets
Stephen King
A Rare Live Stephen King Recording! Stephen King delivers a haunting, heartfelt performance as he shares a story about the bonds between husbands, wives and pets. LT has a theory about pets, particularly his Siamese cat. It had been their cat not just his cat, but that was until he came home one day to a note on the fridge. His wife had left him. The cat stayed behind... Recorded live at London's Royal Festival Hall, LT's Theory of Pets demonstrates yet again that Stephen King is a master storyteller.
Graveyard Shift, and Other Stories from Night Shift
Stephen King
Consummate master of his craft, Stephen King has kept millions awake past midnight shivering at tales that probe the shadows and reveal the dark side. Now listeners can chill to this second dramatic unabridged production of short stories from his best selling book, Night Shift. It brings Stephen King's demonic stories fully to life - and the terror even closer to home.
Dropout drifter Hall has crossed the country doing whatever comes his way. Working the "Graveyard Shift" in a decaying Massachusetts mill under a bullying foreman is just one more leg in his crazy quilt journey, until it leads to a nether realm where the Rat Queen defends her empire. Things are never as they seem, as "The Man Who Loved Flowers" proves one perfect Spring evening on the sidewalks of New York. In "The Last Rung on the Ladder" beautiful Kitty hangs from dizzying heights above a hideous fate and, in "Night Surf," a group of teenagers on a late summer beach watch the world end in a gruesome, viral whimper. The mind-numbing secrets of "Jerusalem's Lot" wait in an ancestral mansion where blood binds the Boone family to a timeless history of unspeakable evil.
Desperation / The Regulators: Box Set
Stephen King
The Regulators is a novel by Stephen King under the pseudonym Richard Bachman. It was published in 1996 at the same time as its "mirror" novel, Desperation. The two novels represent parallel universes relative to one another, and most of the characters present in one novel's world also exist in the other novel's reality, albeit in different circumstances. Additionally, the hardcover editions of each novel, if set side by side, make a complete painting, and on the back of each cover is also a peek at the opposite's cover.
Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques
Stephen King
Photographer f-stop Fitzgerald and Stephen King introduce readers to the gargoyles, the faces we rarely see but are always watching us. The masterful blending of text and photos sweeps readers into a maelstrom of monsters watching from above--a nightmare in the sky. 24 full-color photos, 100 duotones.
Pet Sematary / Carrie / Nightshift
Stephen King
Three of Stephen King's most terrifying works, this set includes Pet Sematary, Carrie and Night Shift.
Three Past Midnight: The Library Policeman
Stephen King
This is the third gripping tale in the four-part audio series from Stephen King's best-selling book Four Past Midnight. Set in Junction City, Iowa, "The Library Policeman" is the story of Sam Peebles, a middle-aged businessman who happens to have some overdue books. It seems a minor offense—but not to Junction City's malevolent monster of a librarian. What follows is spine-tingling suspense as only Stephen King can deliver it.
Under the Dome: Part 1
Stephen King
On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester's Mill, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener's hand is severed as "the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and when -- or if -- it will go away. Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed with a few intrepid citizens -- town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a physician's assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at nothing -- even murder -- to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is the Dome itself. Because time isn't just short. It's running out.
The Dark Tower Series: Books 1-7
Stephen King
時間も空間も変転する異界の地〈中間世界〉。最後の拳銃使いローランドは、宿敵である〈黒衣の男〉を追いつづけていた。タルの町で死から甦った男や妖艶な女説教師らから情報を聞き出し、旅は続く。やがて、別の世界からやってきた少年ジェイクと出会い、少しずつ心を通わせてゆく。だが思いがけない事態が二人を襲う……。本邦初翻訳となる『ダークタワーＩＶ-1/2 鍵穴を吹き抜ける風』も含む、今世紀最高のダーク・ファンタジーシリーズ、堂々の完結。
【電子書籍特典】シリーズ装画を手がけた山田章博氏、鈴木康士氏、田島昭宇氏、米田仁士氏によるラフ画を収録。山田章博氏による『ダークタワーＶＩＩ 暗黒の塔』のカバーラフ「キングバージョン」が見られるのは、全巻合本版のみ！
※本電子書籍は「ダークタワー Ｉ」～「ダークタワー ＶＩＩ」のシリーズ14冊を合わせた合本版です。
وقصص أخرى 1408
Stephen King
مجموعة قصص مترجمة لستيفن كينج
إن غرف الفنادق أماكن مخيفة بطبيعتها حقًا، ألا ترى ذلك؟ أعني، كم شخصًا سبقك إلى النوم في هذا الفراش؟ كم منهم كان مريضًا؟ كم منهم كان يشعر بأنه يفقد عقله؟ كم منهم كان يفكر ربما في قراءة بضع آيات أخيرة من الكتاب المقدس الموضوع في درج الكومود المجاوز للفراش ، قبل أن يشنق نفسه في الخزانة القريبة من التليفزيون؟ على كل حال دعونا ندخل. ها هو مفتاحك... ولربما كنت ترغب في استغراق بعض الوقت لتلاحظ مجموع تلك الأرقام الأربعة البريئة. إن الغرفة 1408 تنتظرنا في نهاية الرواق.
The Man in the Black Suit: 4 Dark Tales
Stephen King
THE MAN IN THE BLACK SUIT
FOUR UNABRIDGED DARK TALES FROM STEPHEN KING
The Man in the Black Suit read by John Cullum
"...the face of the man in the black suit grows ever clearer, ever closer, and I remember every word he said. I don't want to think of him, but I can't help it, and sometimes at night my old heart beats so hard and so fast I think it will tear itself right clear of my chest."
A haunting recollection of a mysterious boyhood event, The Man in Black Suit read by John Cullum leads off this masterful collection from Stephen King.
Other dark tales include: All That You Love Will Be Carried Away read by Peter Gerety, in which a man checks into a Lincoln, Nebraska Motel 6 to find the meaning in his life; That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French read by Becky Ann Baker presents the ultimate case of déjà vu; and The Death of Jack Hamilton read by Arliss Howard -- a blistering tale of Depression-era outlaws on the run. Whether writing about encounters with the dead, the near dead, or about the mundane dreads of life, Stephen King's The Man In The Black Suit: Four Dark Tales is intense, eerie and instantly compelling.
The Gwendy Collection: Gwendy's Button Box / Gwendy's Magic Feather / Gwendy's Final Task
Stephen King
The complete collection of the New York Times bestselling trilogy from Stephen King and Richard Chizmar!
In Gwendy's Button Box, twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson's life is forever changed when she is given a mysterious wooden box by a stranger for safekeeping. It offers enticing treats and vintage coins, but he warns her that if she presses any of the box's beautifully colored buttons, death and destruction will follow.
Years later, in Gwendy's Magic Feather, she's a successful novelist with a promising future in politics. But when the button box suddenly reappears in her life, she must decide if she is willing to risk everything for its temptations.
And in the thrilling conclusion Gwendy's Final Task, evil forces seek to possess the button box and it is up to Senator Gwendy Peterson to keep it from them at all costs. But where can one hide something so destructive from such powerful entities?
Gwendy’s Button Box
Stephen King
The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told... until now.
There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside.
At the top of the stairs, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. From a bit farther away comes the chink of an aluminum bat hitting a baseball as the Senior League kids practice for the Labor Day charity game.
One day, a stranger calls to Gwendy: "Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me."
On a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat like for a suit, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat...
Journey back to Castle Rock again in this chilling new novella by Stephen King, bestselling author of The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, and Richard Chizmar, award-winning author of A Long December.
Puls
Stephen King
Clayton Riddell ist geschäftlich in Boston, hat schon Geschenke für seine Familie besorgt und möchte sich vor der Heimfahrt gerade bei einem Straßenhändler ein Eis kaufen, als die Welt untergeht. Geschäftsleute, Schüler, Busfahrer, alle Menschen, die in diesem Moment ein Handy am Ohr haben, laufen wie auf einen geheimen Befehl hin Amok, fallen übereinander her, schlachten sich gegenseitig ab, stürzen sich ins Verderben. Irgendwie können Clay, ein kleiner Mann mit Schnurrbart und ein junges Mädchen, das beinahe von ihrer Mutter umgebracht worden wäre, sich in ein Hotel retten. Sie sind völlig abgeschnitten von der Außenwelt. Clay will unbedingt herausfinden, wie es um seine Frau und vor allem um seinen Sohn Johnny steht, der gerade in der Schule war, als der mörderische Irrsinn losging. Zu ihm muss Clay Kontakt aufnehmen, bevor ein anderer es per Handy tut. Die Suche nach Johnny wird zur Schreckensmission durch eine apokalyptische Welt.
Battleground
Stephen King
Renshaw is a professional hit-man, who returns from his assassination of a toy-maker to find a package delivered to his penthouse apartment. The package contains a G.I. Joe Vietnam Footlocker, sent to him by the mother of the toy-maker he had recently killed. When he opens the package, he finds that the toy soldiers are alive with working copies (albeit miniature) of weapons, jeeps, and helicopters. To Renshaw's surprise, the tiny soldiers begin to attack him
Skeleton Crew: The Raft
Stephen King
The Raft is a horror short story by Stephen King first published as a booklet included with Gallery in November 1982, and collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew.
Night Surf
Stephen King
Published in 'Night Shift'.
O Cemitério
Stephen King
Louis Creed, um jovem médico de Chicago, acredita que encontrou seu lugar em uma pequena cidade do Maine. A boa casa, o trabalho na universidade e a felicidade da esposa e dos filhos lhe trazem a certeza de que fez a melhor escolha.
Num dos primeiros passeios pela região, conhecem um cemitério no bosque próximo à sua casa. Ali, gerações de crianças enterraram seus animais de estimação. Mas, para além dos pequenos túmulos, há um outro cemitério. Uma terra maligna que atrai pessoas com promessas sedutoras. Um universo dominado por forças estranhas capazes de tornar real o que sempre pareceu impossível.
A princípio, Louis Creed se diverte com as histórias fantasmagóricas do vizinho Crandall. No entanto, quando o gato de sua filha Eillen morre atropelado e, subitamente, retorna à vida, ele percebe que há coisas que nem mesmo a sua ciência pode explicar. Que mistérios esconde o cemitério dos bichos? Terá o homem o direito de interferir no mundo dos mortos?
Em busca das respostas, Louis Creed é levado por uma trama sobrenatural em que o limite entre a vida e a morte é inexistente. E, quando descobre a verdade, percebe que ela é muito pior que seus mais terríveis pesadelos. Pior que a própria morte – e infinitamente mais poderosa.
Laurie
Stephen King
Short story about a widower and an unwanted dog, foisted on him by his sister.
Talismanul (The Talisman, #1)
Stephen King
Doi scriitori excepționali și-au combinat talentul și inspirația într-o epopee dark fantasy de neuitat.
Tânărul Jack Sawyer încearcă să găsească un cristal fermecat, singurul lucru care-i poate salva mama de la moarte. Căutarea Talismanului îl duce în Teritorii dominate de violență, iar aventura se transformă într-o călătorie în inima întunecată a ororii.
„Minunată și uluitoare… O călătorie care rivalizează cu cele mai importante cărți de aventură scrise vreodată.“ – New York Daily News
„Doi dintre cei mai importanți scriitori de horror ai lumii și-au propus să scrie împreună un roman fantasy. Rezultatul este Talismanul, care nu este doar o poveste bună despre un copil capabil să înfrunte pericole dintr-o altă lume pentru a-și salva mama, ci și o experiență literară intensă“. – Marian Coman, redactor-șef Armada
Mai târziu
Stephen King
Uneori, maturizarea înseamnă să-ți înfrunți demonii.
Jamie Conklin este singurul copil al unei mame singure și nu-și dorește decât o copilărie normală. Dar el nu e un copil oarecare. S-a născut cu o abilitate nenaturală pe care mama îl convinge să o țină secretă. Dar prețul pentru capacitatea de a vedea ceea ce nu vede nimeni altcineva îl va costa mai mult decât își imaginează – când un detectiv îl atrage în căutarea unu criminal care amenință să facă rău și de dincolo de mormânt.
O poveste despre inocența pierdută și dilemele care ne debusolează ideile despre bine și rău.
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Ventana Secreta, Jardin Secreto (Spanish Edition)
Stephen King
Mort Rainey es un escritor recién divorciado y en su soledad es víctim de la depresión. De pronto aparece una misteriosa figura...se trata de John Shooter, escritor también, que lo acusa de plagiarle sus ideas. Y lo más espeluznante, que efectivamente las historias de ambos se parecen. ¿Quien es ese John Shooter cuya sombra lo persigue y lo acosa?
Un saco de huesos
Stephen King
Cuatro años después de la repentina muerte de su esposa Jo, el novelista Mike Noonan sigue presa de una terrible depresión y espantosas pesadillas. Busca refugio en su casa de veraneo, pero en ese lugar un hombre poderoso no tiene escrúpulos en manipular a la comunidad para conseguir sus siniestros propósitos. Mike se involucra en el enfrentamiento y se ve atrapado en el misterio de la casa, ahora escenario de visitas fantasmales y obsesiones cada vez más abominables...
Sólo el gran maestro del terror podía haber escrito esta embrujada historia de amor donde ni siquiera la muerte es capaz de separar a los amantes...
El umbral de la noche
Stephen King
El gran gusano hediondo se ha enseñoreado de la aldea abandonada y no permitirá que nadie acabe con sus misas negras. La máquina planchadora ha probado la sangre de una virgen y quiere más, mucho más, y su macabro deseo no se detendrá ante nada. Los amplios maizales imponen a los chicos sus sanguinarios ritos... El umbral de la noche nos transporta a un mundo de terrores imposibles pero que están a la vuelta de la esquina, en un maizal, en un pueblo abandonado, en una lavandería, debajo de la cama o tras la puerta de ese armario que ni siquiera rechina...
The Bachman Books: Four Early Novels
Stephen King
For years readers of these four novels wrote to "Richard Bachman," asking if the author was really Stephen King writing under a psudonym. Now the secret is out--and so are these four spellbinding tales of future shock and suspense, available for the first time in one volume.
(back cover)
Contains:
Rage
The Long Walk
Roadwork
The Running Man
Bem-vindos a Joyland
Stephen King
Por detrás do brilho das luzes, escondem-se as trevas… Devin Jones, estudante universitário, aceitou o trabalho de verão em Joyland na esperança de esquecer a rapariga que lhe partiu o coração. Mas acaba por se deparar com algo muito mais terrível: o legado de um homicídio perverso, o destino de uma criança moribunda e verdades obscuras acerca da vida, e do que se lhe segue, que irão mudar para sempre a sua vida.
Uma história intensa de amor e perda, acerca de crescer e de envelhecer - e daqueles que não chegam a ter tempo para uma coisa nem para outra por serem ceifados pela morte antes disso. Com todo o impacto emocional das grandes obras de Stehen King JOYLAND é ao mesmo tempo um policial, uma história de terror e um romance de formação que deixará o leitor profundamente comovido.
You Like It Darker
Stephen King
From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER.
“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.
Brennen muss Salem
Stephen King
Das Meisterwerk, das neue Maßstäbe in der Horrorliteratur gesetzt hat
Ben Mears kehrt nach Salem’s Lot zurück und interessiert sich dort für das Marsten-Haus. Von diesem Haus geht eine unheimliche Kraft aus, und bald zeigt sich, wer in Salem’s Lot sein Unwesen treibt: ein Vampir. Ben wagt es mit einigen Helfern – darunter ein alter Mann, eine junge Frau und ein Kind –, den Kampf gegen die Macht des Bösen aufzunehmen. Doch dieses Wagnis kostet furchtbare Opfer.
Stephen King's 5 Hardcover Collection Series (5 Stephen King's Books for "The Collections", Night Shift; Skeleton Crew; Different Seasons; Four Past Midnight; Nightmares & Dreamscapes)
Stephen King
A Cúpula - Livro I
Stephen King
Num bonito dia de outono, um dia perfeitamente normal, uma pequena cidade é súbita e inexplicavelmente isolada do resto do mundo por uma força invisível. Quando chocam contra ela, os aviões despenham-se, os carros explodem, as pessoas ficam feridas. As famílias são separadas e o pânico instala-se. Ninguém consegue compreender que barreira é aquela, de onde vem ou quando (se é que algum dia) desaparecerá.
Agora, um grupo de cidadãos intrépidos, liderado por um veterano da guerra do Iraque, toma as rédeas do poder no interior da cúpula. Mas o seu principal inimigo é a própria redoma. E o tempo está a esgotar-se…
Uporište II deo
Stephen King
Smak sveta nastupa u nanosekundi, sa računarskom greškom u tajnoj vojnoj laboratoriji i milion slučajnih kontakata koji su samo karike u lančanom pismu smrti. Nakon toga svet ostaje bez svih institucija i devedeset procenata stanovnika. Najgori košmari zla otelotvoreni su u čoveku smrtonosnog osmeha i neobjašnjivih moći.
Uspavane Lepotice
Stephen King
SAMO SE USUDITE DA IH PROBUDITE...
U budućnosti koja je toliko stvarna i bliska, da može biti čak i sadašnjost, nešto se čudno dešava ženama širom sveta. Padaju kao žrtve uspavljujućeg virusa, koji ih obavija opnom od gaze, sličnom čauri. Ako se probude, ako neko iscepa gazu, one pobesne.
Virus se širi ženskim zatvorom u Dulingu, gradiću u Zapadnoj Virdžiniji. Pogađa sve zatvorenice izuzev jedne: zagonetne Ivi, koja kao da je imuna na blagoslov ili kletvu ove bolesti. Da li je Ivi samo neka medicinska anomalija koju treba izučavati ili je zapravo demon koga treba ubiti?
Vođeni primalnim instinktima, napušteni muškarci okreću se jedni protiv drugih, dok se gradski šerif Lila Norkros bori da ostane budna i reši misteriju.
Ali vreme prolazi. Žene iz Dulinga samo što nisu otvorile oči u sasvim novom svetu...
„Krajnje uverljivo... sjajno oslikani likovi.“ Dejli mejl
Never Look Behind You
Stephen King
"Never Look Behind You" is a one-page short-story included in the 1960 self-published magazine People, Places and Things.
The Stranger
Stephen King
Salem
Stephen King
Après une histoire d'amour malheureuse, Ben Mears, écrivain à succès, revient dans sa ville natale pour écrire son prochain roman. En passant devant une vieille maison abandonnée, Marsten House, il envisage de s'installer. Mais le vieux manoir vient d'être vendu à un mystérieux monsieur Straker. Dans le parc, Ben rencontre une belle jeune femme, Susan Norton. Il s'installe dans une chambre en ville et se met à écrire, sans pouvoir se dégager d'un étrange sentiment que les choses ne sont pas tout à fait à leur place. Quand le petit Ralphie Glick disparaît et que son frère sombre dans un coma inexplicable, le regard de Ben se tourne de nouveau vers Marsten House et ses étranges habitants, Straker et Barlow. Mais il ne parvient pas à retrouver confiance, et l'horreur se poursuit.
O Intruso
Stephen King
Um rapaz de onze anos é encontrado morto. Todas as evidências apontam para que o assassino seja Terry Maitland, um dos cidadãos mais queridos de Flint City, professor de inglês, marido exemplar e pai de duas meninas. O detetive Ralph Anderson dá-lhe voz de prisão. Maitland tem um álibi forte, estava noutra cidade quando o crime foi cometido, mas os indícios de ADN encontrados no local confirmam que é ele o culpado. Aos olhos da justiça e da opinião pública, Terry Maitland é um assassino e o caso está resolvido.
Mas o detetive Anderson não está satisfeito. Maitland parece ser uma boa pessoa, um cidadão exemplar, terá duas faces? E como era possível estar simultaneamente em dois lugares?
Por ser um romance de Stephen King, quando conhecemos a resposta, arrependemo-nos de ter formulado a pergunta.
Escrever: memórias de um ofício
Stephen King
Em 1999, Stephen King começou a escrever sobre o seu ofício e a sua vida. A meio do ano, um acidente muito noticiado ameaçara a sua sobrevivência e, nos meses de recuperação, o nexo entre a escrita e a vida tornou-se mais crucial do que nunca para o escritor. O resultado é uma obra clara, útil e reveladora.
Escrever é, assim, um relato fascinante que, partindo da experiência específica do autor, proporcionará aos leitores uma nova perspectiva sobre a formação de um escritor, com conselhos práticos e inspiradores sobre todas as fases, desde o desenvolvimento da intriga e a criação das personagens até aos hábitos profissionais e à fuga ao trabalho. Publicado originalmente no New Yorker e vivamente aclamado, Escrever culmina com um testemunho comovente do modo como a necessidade irresistível de escrever estimulou a recuperação de Stephen King e o trouxe de volta à vida. Brilhantemente estruturado e cativante, este livro ensinará - e divertirá - todos os que o lerem.
Stephen King escreveu mais de trinta livros, todos best-sellers internacionais. Muitos foram adaptados ao cinema - como Carrie, Misery ou Shining - tornando-se filmes de terror de culto. Escrever - Memórias de um Ofício é o seu primeiro livro de não ficção.
La hora del vampiro
Stephen King
Recién enviudado, el autor de éxito Ben Mears decide volver a su ciudad natal de Salem's Lot. Allí escribirá un libro sobre Marsten House, una mansión antiguamente habitada por un asesino de niños, donde vivió una terrorífica experiencia cuando era joven. Dos hombres de negocios han adquirido la casa abandonada y, misteriosamente, ya ha muerto un niño y desaparecido su hermano. Un pesadilla indescriptible está a punto de desatarse en la apacible ciudad de Maine.
Rattlesnakes
Stephen King
King said: "I just wrote a long story called 'Rattlesnakes.' And it involves, at one part, twins who are only four years old… falling into a rattlesnake pit. And the snakes get ’em. It’s a terrible scene... This novella that I’ve just written, 'Rattlesnakes'… is actually a sequel to Cujo."
The Boogeyman
Stephen King
A young man is traumatized by memories of terrible events in his childhood bedroom. Years later he returns home to face his fears
À Espera de um Milagre
Stephen King
Uma trama de mistério e terror, ambientada nos anos 30, em plena Depressão americana, num cenário de desespero e sufoco: a Penitenciária de Cold Mountain. Stephen King foi buscar no lado mais sombrio de sua imaginação a história assombrosa de John Coffey, condenado à morte, e seu encontro fatal com o carcereiro Paul Edgecombe.
La bambina che amava Tom Gordon
Stephen King
Il mondo aveva i denti e in qualsiasi momento ti poteva morsicare. Questo Trisha McFarland scoprì a nove anni. Alle dieci di una mattina di giugno era sul sedile posteriore della Dodge Caravan di sua madre con addosso la sua maglietta blu dei Red Sox (quella che ha 36 Gordon sulla schiena) a giocare con Mona, la sua bambola. Alle dieci e mezzo era persa nel bosco. Alle undici cercava di non essere terrorizzata, cercava di non pensare: 'Questa è una cosa seria, questa è una cosa molto seria'. Cercava di non pensare che certe volte a perdersi nel bosco ci si poteva fare anche molto male. Certe volte si moriva.
Charlie
Stephen King
Dès l'enfance, le terrible pouvoir de la petite Charlie s'est révélé : qu'un objet, un animal, un être humain provoque en elle la moindre crainte, la moindre tension... et il se trouve aussitôt livré aux flammes ! Aujourd'hui la douce et jolie Charlie a sept ans et le cauchemar demeure. Certes, elle sait à présent que son pouvoir est un mal qu'elle doit combattre sans relâche pour en être un jour libérée, délivrée. Alors, de toutes ses forces, Charlie lutte, mais la pulsion souvent l'emporte et déferle. Indomptable, criminelle. Et l'enfant cède au désespoir... Comment ses parents pourraient-ils lui avouer l'atroce vérité – cette imprudence fatale qu'ils ont commise avant sa naissance ? A quel destin Charlie est-elle vouée ?
Le Singe, suivi de Le chenal
Stephen King
Último Turno (Trilogia Bill Hodges, #3)
Stephen King
This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9788556510181.
Brady Hartsfield, o diabólico Assassino do Mercedes, está há cinco anos em estado vegetativo em uma clínica de traumatismo cerebral. Segundo os médicos, qualquer coisa perto de uma recuperação completa é improvável. Mas sob o olhar fixo e a imobilidade, Brady está acordado, e possui agora poderes capazes de criar o caos sem que sequer precise deixar a cama de hospital.
O detetive aposentado Bill Hodges agora trabalha em uma agência de investigação com Holly Gibney, a mulher que desferiu o golpe em Brady. Quando os dois são chamados a uma cena de suicídio que tem ligação com o Massacre do Mercedes, logo se veem envolvidos no que pode ser seu caso mais perigoso até então.
Brady está de volta e, desta vez, não planeja se vingar apenas de seus inimigos, mas atingir toda uma cidade. Em Último turno, Stephen King leva a trilogia a uma conclusão sublime e aterrorizante, combinando a narrativa policial de Mr. Mercedes e Achados e perdidos com o suspense sobrenatural que é sua marca registrada.
Sob a Redoma
Stephen King
This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9788581051130.
Na trama, em um dia como outro qualquer em Chester’s Mill, no Maine, a pequena cidade é subitamente isolada do resto do mundo por um campo de força invisível. Aviões explodem quando tentam atravessá-lo e pessoas trabalhando em cidades vizinhas são separadas de suas famílias. Ninguém consegue entender o que é esta barreira, de onde ela veio e quando — ou se — ela irá desaparecer.
Os moradores de Chester’s Mill percebem que terão de lutar por sua sobrevivência. Pessoas morrem, aparelhos eletrônicos entram em pane ao se aproximar da redoma e a situação fica ainda mais grave quando a cidade se vê exposta às graves consequências ecológicas da barreira. Para piorar a situação, James “Big Jim” Rennie, político dissimulado e um dos três membros do conselho executivo da cidade, usa a redoma como um meio de dominar a cidade.
Enquanto isso, o veterano da guerra do Iraque, Dale Barbara, é reincorporado ao serviço militar e promovido à posição de coronel. Big Jim, insatisfeito com a perda de autoridade que tal manobra poderia significar, encoraja um sentimento local de pânico para aumentar seu poder de influência. O veterano se une a um grupo de moradores para manter a situação sob controle e impedir que o caos se instaure. Junto a ele estão a proprietária do jornal local, uma enfermeira, uma vereadora e três crianças destemidas.
No entanto, Big Jim está disposto até a matar para continuar no poder, apoiado por seu filho, que guarda a sete chaves um segredo. Mas os efeitos da redoma e das manobras políticas de Jim Rennie não são as únicas preocupações dos habitantes. O isolamento expõe os medos e as ambições de cada um, até os sentimentos mais reprimidos. Assim, enquanto correm contra o pouco tempo que têm para descobrir a origem da redoma e uma forma de desfazê-la, ainda terão de combater a crueldade humana em sua forma mais primitiva.
La milla verde
Stephen King
Octubre de 1932, penitenciaría de Cold Mountain. Los condenados a muerte aguardan el momento de ser conducidos a la silla eléctrica. Los crímenes abominables que han cometido les convierten en carnaza de un sistema legal que se alimenta de un círculo de locura, muerte y venganza. Y en esa antesala del infierno Stephen King traza una escalofriante radiografía del horror en estado puro.
Cementerio de animales
Stephen King
Louis lo había comprobado: el gato estaba muerto, y por eso lo había enterrado. Aun así, incomprensiblemente, el gato había vuelto a casa.
Apocalipsis
Stephen King
Los supervivientes tienen sueños comunes, en los que aparecen una anciana y un hombre joven. La mujer anciana los incita a viajar a Nebraska para combatir a Randall Flagg, un abominable personaje que encarna las fuerzas del mal y posee un arsenal nuclear.
Las tierras baldías (La torre oscura, #3)
Stephen King
Roland, Eddie y Susannah forman una banda cada vez más unida y más preparada los tres han asumido su misión de salvar la torre oscura y Roland les entrena para ser pistoleros. Cuando se les unen el joven Jake y su mascota, Acho, el katet está completo y listo para emprender su viaje más peligroso una misión suicida en el país de Lud de la que solo podrán salir en un tren que, como la esfinge de Edipo, tiene una afición macabra por las adivinanzas si no dan con la respuesta correcta su destino será la muerte.
Mago y cristal (La torre oscura, #4)
Stephen King
La cuarta entrega de la saga del pistolero, donde Roland relata un trágico secreto antes de continuar el camino hacia la torre. Stephen King continúa el relato del pistolero y el ka-tet, quienes logran escapar de un destino fúnebre y llegan a otro mundo. Ahí Roland les cuenta una historia de amor y aventura acerca de una mujer llamada Susan Delgado. Y es en ese mismo lugar donde serán víctimas de un antiguo misterio, magia y malicia suprema.
Área 81
Stephen King
Área 81, es un área de servicio abandonada y cerrada desde hace tiempo. Pete Simmons, un curioso niño de 10 años, decide ir con su bici hasta esta área abandonada donde sabe que los chicos mayores van para fumar, colocarse y montárselo con sus chicas. Y allí se encuentra una botella de vodka medio llena que decide probar. Pete acaba emborrachándose y cuando se despierta, descubre un coche aparcado allí, un coche sin matrícula y cubierto de barro. La puerta está medio abierta, pero no se ve a nadie dentro...
Un coche que, sin duda, recordará a los que ya aparecieron en anteriores novelas como Christine o Buick 8. Un guiño a sus lectores que han clasificado esta novela corta como "una delicia, un clásico, una novela impactante, terrorífica..."
El talismán (El talismán, #1)
Stephen King
Un ventoso dia otoñal, un chico de doce años está en una playa del gris océano Atlántico, al lado del silenciado parque de atracciones y el apagado pueblo de Alhambra. Jack ha llegado aquí empujado por las circunstancias; su padre ha fallecido,su madre está agonizando y nada tiene ya sentido. Pero para Jack todo está a punto de cambiar: ha sido elegido para emprender un viaje a traves de los misteriosos Territorios...
El fugitivo
Stephen King
A mediados del siglo XXI, un concurso televisivo cuyo principal atractivo es la muerte de los participantes bate récords de audiencia. Ben Richards, padre de una niña enferma y sumido en la más profunda miseria, decide concursar atraído por los extraordinarios premios, aun a sabiendas de que no sobrevivirá. Sometido a una implacable persecución, se plantea un único objetivo: resistir tantos días como sea posible para aumentar el premio y asegurar la subsistencia de su familia.
Las cuatro estaciones II: otoño e invierno
Stephen King
Al igual que en los dos primeros relatos ?primavera y verano? que completan esta serie, Stephen King explora con escalofriante lucidez los niveles más profundos de la mente del ser humano. Esa barrera invisible donde se traspasan los límites de la razón,
Conto de Fadas
Stephen King
Romance inédito do mestre do terror e suspense, Stephen King, Conto de fadas é uma história fascinante e assustadora sobre um garoto que descobre um novo mundo, onde Bem e Mal estão em guerra.
Aos dezessete anos de idade, Charlie Reade parece ser um garoto comum: pratica esportes, é um filho atencioso e aluno de desempenho razoável. Suas lembranças, entretanto, não são feitas apenas de momentos felizes. Após perder a mãe em um grave acidente quando tinha apenas dez anos, Charlie precisou aprender a cuidar de si e do pai, que, enlutado com a perda da esposa, buscou refúgio na bebida.
Certo dia, ao pedalar pela rua de casa, Charlie atende um pedido de socorro vindo do quintal de um dos vizinhos: Howard Bowditch. O homem recluso e rabugento, que amedrontava as crianças do bairro, cai de uma escada e se machuca gravemente. O chamado por ajuda veio de Radar, a fiel pastor alemão , tão idosa quanto seu dono.
Enquanto Bowditch se recupera, Charlie passa a ajudar o vizinho com tarefas domésticas e com o cuidado de Radar, e assim o rapaz faz duas grandes amizades. Quando Howard morre, Charlie se depara com uma fita cassete que revela um segredo inimaginável: um portal para outro mundo.
Si ça saigne
Stephen King
Les journalistes le savent : si ça saigne, l’info se vend. Et l’explosion d’une bombe au collège Albert Macready est du pain bénit dans le monde des news en continu. Holly Gibney, de l’agence de détectives Finders Keepers, travaille sur sa dernière enquête lorsqu’elle apprend l’effroyable nouvelle en allumant la télévision. Elle ne sait pas pourquoi, mais le journaliste qui couvre les événements attire son attention…
Quatre nouvelles magistrales, dont cette suite inédite au thriller L’Outsider, qui illustrent une fois de plus l’étendue du talent de Stephen King.
L’auteur reste un grand conteur. Il a l’art de développer chaque personnage, chaque vie humaine, même la plus ordinaire, jusqu’à en faire un monde. Cécile Mury, Télérama.
On retrouve sa plume inégalable. Hubert Artus, Le Parisien week-end.
Las cuatro estaciones I: Primavera y verano (Las cuatro estaciones, #1)
Stephen King
A los veinte años le internaron en prisión, y ahora se encarga de conseguir a los otros internos todo lo que le soliciten, sea lo que sea. En 1949 Andy Dufresne, ex vicepresidente de un banco y ahora condenado a cadena perpetua por el asesinato de su esposa y el amante de ésta, le pide a Rita Hayworth...
Un niño reconoce en un vecino suyo a un conocido nazi y usa la información para, con refinada perversidad, abusar del anciano y conseguir sus «satánicos» objetivos.
Con Esperanza, primavera eterna y Verano de corrupción, convertidos en sendas películas (especialmente reconocida ha sido la primera, Cadena perpetua), Stephen King accede a los niveles más profundos —y los más inquietantes— de la mente humana.
Doctor sueño (El resplandor, #2)
Stephen King
Ahora Danny Torrance, aquel niño aterrorizado del Hotel Overlook, es un adulto alcohólico atormentado por los fantasmas de su infancia. Un día se siente atraído por una ciudad de New Hampshire, donde encontrará trabajo en una residencia de ancianos y donde se apuntará a las reuniones de Alcohólicos Anónimos. En ese lugar le llega la visión de Abra Stone, una niña que necesita su ayuda. La persigue una tribu de seres paranormales que vive del resplandor de los niños especiales. Parecen personas mayores y totalmente normales que viajan por el país en sus autocaravanas, pero su misión es capturar, torturar y consumir a estos niños. Se alimentan de ellos para vivir y el resplandor de Abra tiene tanta fuerza que les podría mantener vivos durante mucho tiempo.
Danny sabe que sin su ayuda Abra nunca conseguiría escaparse de ellos; juntos emprenderán una lucha épica, una batalla sangrienta entre el Bien y el Mal, para intentar salvarla a ella y a los demás niños que sacrifican.
The Breathing Method
Stephen King
From the world's bestselling novelist comes the third tale in the Different Seasons collection. In this masterful horror story, thirteen men gather in their gentlemen's club to hear the story of "The Breathing Method." And they will be forever transfigured by this terrifying story of a woman who was determined to give birth at all costs. The Breathing Method is one of four novellas in a collection that includes The Shawshank Redemption and Apt Pupil.
Dark Forces: New Stories of Suspense and Supernatural Horror
Stephen King
Contents
The Late Shift by Dennis Etchison
The Enemy by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Dark Angel by Edward Bryant
The Crest of Thirty-six by Davis Grubb
Mark Ingestre: The Customer’s Tale by Robert Aickman
Where the Summer Ends by Karl Edward Wagner
The Bingo Master by Joyce Carol Oates
Children of the Kingdom by T. E. D. Klein
The Detective of Dreams by Gene Wolfe
Vengeance Is. By Theodore Sturgeon
The Brood by Ramsey Campbell
The Whistling Well by Clifford D. Simak
The Peculiar Demesne by Russell Kirk
Where the Stones Grow by Lisa Tuttle
The Night Before Christmas by Robert Bloch
The Stupid Joke by Edward Gorey
A Touch of Petulance by Ray Bradbury
Lindsay and the Red City Blues by Joe Haldeman
A Garden of Blackred Roses by Charles L. Grant
Owls Hoot in the Daytime by Manly Wade Wellman
Where There’s a Will by Richard Matheson and Richard Christian Matheson
Traps by Gahan Wilson
The Mist by Stephen King
Sobre a escrita: a arte em memórias
Stephen King
Eleito pela Time Magazine um dos 100 melhores livros de não ficção de todos os tempose vencedor dos prêmios BRAM STOKER e LOCUS na categoria Melhor Não Ficção, Sobre a escrita — A arte em memórias é uma obra extraordinária de um dos autores mais bem-sucedidos de todos os tempos, uma verdadeira aula sobre a arte das letras.
O livro também não deixa de lado as memórias e experiências do mestre do terror: desde a infância até o batalhado início da carreira literária, o alcoolismo, o acidente quase fatal em 1999 e como a vontade de escrever e de viver ajudou em sua recuperação.
Com uma visão prática e interessante da profissão de escritor, incluindo as ferramentas básicas que todo aspirante a autor deve possuir, Stephen King baseia seus conselhos em memórias vívidas da infância e nas experiências do início da carreira: os livros e filmes que o influenciaram na juventude; seu processo criativo de transformar uma nova ideia em um novo livro; os acontecimentos que inspiraram seu primeiro sucesso: Carrie, a estranha. Pela primeira vez, eis uma autobiografia íntima, um retrato da vida familiar de King.
E, junto a tudo isso, o autor oferece uma aula incrível sobre o ato de escrever, citando exemplos de suas próprias obras e de best-sellers da literatura para guiar seus aprendizes. Usando exemplos que vão de H. P. Lovecraft a Ernest Hemingway, de John Grisham a J. R. R. Tolkien, um dos maiores autores de todos os tempos ensina como aplicar suas ferramentas criativas para construir personagens e desenvolver tramas, bem como as melhores maneiras de entrar em contato com profissionais do mercado editorial.
Ao mesmo tempo um álbum de memórias e uma aula apaixonante, Sobre a escrita irradia energia e emoção no assunto predileto de King: literatura. A leitura perfeita para fãs, escritores e qualquer um que goste de uma história bem-contada.
Misery: Louca obsessão
Stephen King
"Paul Sheldon descobriu três coisas quase simultaneamente, uns dez dias após emergir da nuvem escura.
A primeira foi que Annie Wilkes tinha bastante analgésico. A segunda, que ela era viciada em analgésicos.
A terceira foi que Annie Wilkes era perigosamente louca."
Paul Sheldon é um famoso escritor reconhecido pela série de best-sellers protagonizados por Misery Chastain. No dia em que termina de escrever um novo manuscrito, decide sair para comemorar, apesar da forte nevasca. Após derrapar e sofrer um grave acidente de carro, Paul é resgatado pela enfermeira aposentada Annie Wilkes, que surge em seu caminho.
A simpática senhora é também uma leitora voraz que se autointitula a fã número um do autor. No entanto, o desfecho do último livro com a personagem Misery desperta na enfermeira seu lado mais sádico e psicótico. Profundamente abalada, Annie o isola em um quarto e inicia uma série de torturas e ameaças, que só chegará ao fim quando ele reescrever a narrativa com o final que ela considera apropriado. Ferido e debilitado, em Misery – Louca obsessão, Paul Sheldon terá que usar toda a criatividade para salvar a própria vida e, talvez, escapar deste pesadelo.
22.11.63
Stephen King
Jake Epping ha trentacinque anni, è professore di inglese al liceo di Lisbon Falls, nel Maine, e arrotonda lo stipendio insegnando anche alla scuola serale. Vive solo, ma ha parecchi amici sui quali contare, e il migliore è Al, che gestisce la tavola calda. È proprio lui a rivelare a Jake il segreto che cambierà il suo destino: il negozio in realtà è un passaggio spaziotemporale che conduce al 1958. Al coinvolge Jake in una missione folle - e follemente possibile: impedire l'assassinio di Kennedy. Comincia così la nuova esistenza di Jake nel mondo di Elvis, James Dean e JFK, delle automobili interminabili e del twist, dove convivono un'anima inquieta di nome Lee Harvey Oswald e la bella bibliotecaria Sadie Dunhill. Che diventa per Jake l'amore della vita. Una vita che sovverte tutte le regole del tempo conosciute. E forse anche quelle della Storia.
...e as pedras choveram do céu
Stephen King
Não é que fosse diferente das outras. Um pouco estranha, sim. E antipática. Talvez por isso, na objecto da chacota e do riso de toda a turma. Ou talvez a sua antipatia fosse antes o resultado de se ver sempre constituída em alvo da troça de todas...
Mas, quanto ao resto não. Carrie era uma moça normal. Como todas as outras. E mais como todas as outras seria se não fosse aquela "incrível" mulher que era sua mãe.
Mas isso não explica tudo. Sobretudo, não explica que naquela noite, "a noite do baile", uma cidade inteira tenha sido arrasada por Carrie, sem que ela precisasse de mexer sequer um dedo...
Um romance palpitante, que se lê de um fôlego e que nos coloca perante os mistérios do espírito humano e dos seus estranhos poderes. Uma porta aberta sobre um mundo desconhecido e inexplorado.
Ficção científica? E talvez não. Sobretudo se tivermos em conta as recentes achegas da psicologia e casos reais da actualidade.
Colorado Kid
Stephen King
En una isla de las costas de Maine, un hombre es encontrado muerto. No hay identificación de su cuerpo. Solo el esforzado trabajo de un par de periodistas locales y de un graduado en medicina forense logra descubrir algunas pistas para, después de un año, "Saber quién es el muerto. Pero es aquí donde comienza el misterio. Porque cuanto más descubren del hombre y de las extrañas circunstancias de su muerte, menos comprenden. ¿Se trata de un crimen imposible? ¿O algo aún más extraño...?
Con ecos de El halcón maltés de Dashiell Hammet y de la obra de Graham Greene, Stephen King presenta un relato sorprendente y conmovedor, cuyo tema es nada menos que la naturaleza del propio misterio.
Everything's Eventual: 5 Dark Tales
Stephen King
"Everything's Eventual" features Dinky Earnshaw -- a 19-year-old pizza boy -- who gets hired by a mysterious stranger for a unique and totally "eventual" (awesome) job. Read by Justin Long.
In "Autopsy Room Four," the last thing Howard Cottrell remembers is entering the woods to find his golf ball. He wakes up as he is being rolled into an autopsy room. Read by Oliver Platt.
In "The Little Sisters of Eluria" Roland is a gunslinger in a deserted town when he gets ambushed. Read by Boyd Gaines.
In "Luckey Quarter" Darlene is a single mom struggling to raise two kids on her income as a chambermaid in Reno. When Room 322 leaves her a quarter for a tip, Darlene lets that quarter take her for a ride. Read by Judith Ivey.
"The Road Virus Heads North" tracks an author who buys a creepy painting at a yard sale which was painted by a metal-head neighbor just before he committed suicide. Read by Jay O. Sanders.
Intense, eerie, and instantly compelling, these five stories announce the stunningly fertile imagination of perhaps the greatest storyteller of our time.
A Incendiária
Stephen King
Uma criança com o poder mais extraordinário e incontrolável de todos os tempos. Um poder capaz de destruir o mundo.
Após anos esgotado no Brasil, A incendiária volta às livrarias como parte da Biblioteca Stephen King, coleção de clássicos do mestre do terror em edição especial, com capa dura e conteúdo extra. No livro, Andy e Vicky eram apenas universitários precisando de uma grana extra quando se voluntariaram para um experimento científico comandado por uma organização governamental clandestina conhecida como “a Oficina”. As consequências foram o surgimento de estranhos poderes psíquicos — que assumiram efeitos ainda mais perigosos quando os dois se apaixonaram e tiveram uma filha.
Desde pequena, Charlie demonstra ter herdado um poder absoluto e incontrolável. Pirocinética, a garota é capaz de criar fogo com a mente. Agora o governo está à caça da garotinha, tentando capturá-la e utilizar seu poder como arma militar. Impotentes e cada vez mais acuados, pai e filha percorrem o país em uma fuga desesperada, e percebem que o poder de Charlie pode ser sua única chance de escapar.
Bag of Bones
Stephen King
Four years after the sudden death of his wife, forty-year-old bestselling novelist Mike Noonan is still grieving. Unable to write, and plagued by vivid nightmares set at the western Maine summerhouse he calls Sara Laughs, Mike reluctantly returns to the lakeside getaway. There, he finds his beloved Yankee town held in the grip of a powerful millionaire, Max Devore, whose vindictive purpose is to take his three-year-old granddaughter, Kyra, away from her widowed young mother, Mattie. As Mike is drawn into Mattie and Kyra's struggle, as he falls in love with both of them, he is also drawn into the mystery of Sara Laughs, now the site of ghostly visitations and escalating terrors. What are the forces that have been unleashed here — and what do they want of Mike Noonan?
O Iluminado (O Iluminado, #1)
Stephen King
O romance, magistralmente levado ao cinema por Stanley Kubrick, continua apaixonando (e aterrorizando) novas gerações de leitores.
A luta assustadora entre dois mundos.
Um menino e o desejo assassino de poderosas forças malignas.
Uma família refém do mal.
Nesta guerra sem testemunhas, vencerá o mais forte.
Em O Iluminado, Stephen King conta a história de Danny Torrance, um menino em tudo extraordinário, capaz de ouvir pensamentos, transportar-se no tempo e olhar o passado e o futuro. Danny - para o bem ou para o mal? - é um iluminado.
Quando Jack Torrance consegue o emprego de zelador no velho hotel, todos os problemas da família parecem estar solucionados. Não mais o desemprego e as noites de bebedeiras. Não mais o sofrimento da esposa, Wendy. Tranquilidade e ar puro para o pequeno Danny livrar-se de vez das convulsões que assustam a família. Só que o Overlook, antigo palco de festas sofisticadas, noitadas de sexo e bebida, grandes negócios e paixões avassaladoras, é uma chaga aberta de ressentimento e desejo de vingança. Algo resiste nos longos corredores sombrios do hotel: algo terrivelmente poderoso e assustadoramente mau.
A luta assustadora entre dois mundos. Um menino e a ânsia assassina de poderosas forças malignas. Uma família refém do mal. Tudo isso está presente em O Iluminado, em uma guerra sem testemunhas onde só vencerá o mais forte.
Com Sangue (Holly Gibney, #2)
Stephen King
Do mestre do terror, uma nova coleção de contos que levará os leitores a momentos aterrorizantes da vida… e da morte.
Brilhante em narrativas curtas, King já escreveu alguns contos que viraram sucesso em todo o mundo, como as histórias que inspiraram os filmes Conta comigo e Um sonho de liberdade. Neste livro, assim como em Quatro estações e Escuridão total sem estrelas, ele cria uma coleção única e emocionante, demonstrando mais uma vez por que é considerado um dos maiores contadores de histórias de todos os tempos.
Este é um livro sobre amor, amizade, talento e justiça… em suas formas mais deturpadas. Em Com sangue, Stephen King reúne quatro contos com protagonistas inteligentes e complexos, que têm sua vida comum transformada por algum elemento inexplicável.
Tudo é Eventual
Stephen King
Stephen King traz 14 histórias de suspense, surpresas e terror. Primeira reunião de contos de Stephen King desde 'Pesadelos e Paisagens Noturnas', na obra destacam-se contos como "Andando na bala", que narra a história de Alan Parker, um jovem universitário que precisa viajar urgentemente para visitar a mãe hospitalizada. Ao aceitar aquela carona no meio da noite, Alan só pensou que precisava chegar logo a seu destino. No meio do caminho, percebe que aquele estranho motorista poderia ter outros planos para aquela viagem... No entanto, já era tarde demais.
A Metade Sombria
Stephen King
Após anos esgotado no Brasil, A metade sombria volta às livrarias como parte da Biblioteca Stephen King, coleção de clássicos do mestre do terror em edição especial com capa dura e conteúdo extra. Compre na pré-venda e ganhe um kit de marcadores exclusivos da Coleção Biblioteca Stephen King. Criar George Stark foi fácil. Se livrar dele, nem tanto. Há anos, Thad Beaumont vem escrevendo, sob o pseudônimo George Stark, thrillers violentos que pagam as contas da família, mas não são considerados “livros sérios” pelo escritor. Quando um jornalista ameaça expor o segredo, Thad decide abrir o jogo primeiro, e dá um fim público ao pseudônimo. Beaumont volta a escrever sob o próprio nome, e seu alter ego ameaçador está definitivamente enterrado. Tudo vai bem. Até que uma série de assassinatos tem início, e todas as pistas apontam para Thad. Ele gostaria de poder dizer que é inocente, que não participou dos atos monstruosos acontecendo ao seu redor. Mas a verdade é que George Stark não ficou feliz de ser dispensado tão facilmente, e está de volta para perseguir os responsáveis por sua morte.
O Bazar dos Sonhos Ruins
Stephen King
"Mestre das histórias curtas, o que Stephen King oferece neste livro é uma coleção generosa de contos – muitos deles inéditos no Brasil. E, antes de cada história, o autor faz pequenos comentários autobiográficos, revelando quando, onde, por que e como veio a escrever (ou reescrever) cada uma delas. Temas eletrizantes interligam os contos; moralidade, vida após a morte, culpa, os erros que consertaríamos se pudéssemos voltar no tempo... Muitos deles são protagonizados por personagens no fim da vida, relembrando seus crimes e pecados. Outros falam de pessoas descobrindo superpoderes – como o colunista, em “Obituários”, que consegue matar pessoas ao escrever sobre suas mortes; ou o velho juiz em “A duna”, que ainda criança descobre uma pequena ilha onde nomes surgem misteriosamente na areia – nome de pessoas que logo morrem em acidentes bizarros. Em “Moralidade”, King narra a vida de um casal que vai se despedaçando quando os dois mergulham no que, a princípio, parece um vantajoso pacto com o Diabo."
Ao cair da noite
Stephen King
Em 'Ao Cair da Noite', de Stephen King, os mortos estão por toda parte, seja ouvindo música country em 'Willa', ou ligando para casa de um celular, como no conto 'The New York Times a Preços Promocionais Imperdíveis'. Em 'A Bicicleta Ergométrica', uma rotina de exercícios pode levar um homem a uma viagem inspiradora - e no fim das contas aterrorizante. Em 'As coisas que eles deixaram para trás', os pertences de mortos do 11 de Setembro - uns óculos escuros em forma de coração, um taco de baseball, um cogumelo de cerâmica - começam a perseguir um sobrevivente atormentado pela culpa. No conto 'N.', o transtorno obsessivo-compulsivo de um indivíduo em contar um círculo de pedras é a única coisa que mantém a humanidade protegida do desconhecido. Em 'Mudo', um ressentido vendedor de livros ambulante dá carona para um mudo, sem saber que o homem silencioso no banco do carona escuta bem até demais. 'Ao Cair da Noite' traz, no total, 13 contos de terror.
The Monkey
Stephen King
1 cassette (100 minutes). Read by David Purdham.
Hal didn't know where it had come from, but every time the moth-eaten monkey with the strange yellow eyes clashed his cymbals, jang, jang, jang...somebody died. An irresistible urge had made him turn the key, but that was before he knew what it could do. He thought he had gotten rid of the evil thing once and for all. But the monkey had other plans for Hal.
Brume
Stephen King
Eclate une tempête et la réalité se fissure ! Avant-goût d'apocalypse.. . De la brume surgit une horreur blême, créature monstrueuse aux pieds cornés qui attaque un supermarché... Défi de la nature déchaînée ou fantaisie inquiétante de l'imagination ? Glacé de peur, David croit rêver. Et à tout prendre, il vaudrait mieux que sa stéréo mentale soit déréglée... Mais il est des voix pour murmurer le nom de Shaymore et du projet Pointe-de-flèche... Et s'ils avaient ouvert un trou donnant directement dans une autre dimension ? Ils ? Les ennemis. Ne sont-ïls pas partout ? A nos trousses. Ombres diligentes, messaggers anonymes, prêts à nous faire la peau... Fadaises ? Délire paranoïaque parlait ? Chacune de ces nouvelles révèle l'envers hallucinant d'un décor qui nous est familier.
Nuit noire étoiles mortes (French Edition)
Stephen King
Ne cherchez jamais à connaître cet Autre qui sommeille en vous Dans la lignée de Différentes saisons, un King démoniaque où les mariages se disloquent sous le poids de secrets plus noirs que les ténèbres, où lavidité et la culpabilité distillent goutte à goutte leurs venins, où la seule certitude est que le pire reste encore à venir.1922. Un fermier du Nebraska assassine sa femme avec la complicité de leur fils pour lempêcher de vendre sa propriété à un éleveur de porcs. Le début dune véritable descente aux enfers dans un univers de violence et de paranoïa. Big driver. Un auteur de polar se fait violer sauvagement au bord dune route. Rendue à moitié folle par lagression, elle décide de se venger elle-même de lhomme et de son effrayante complice Fair extension. Un homme atteint dun cancer, fait un pacte faustien avec un inconnu : en échange dun peu de vie, il vend un ami denfance dont il a toujours été jaloux pour souffrir (ô combien !) à sa place Un mariage parfait. Une femme découvre par hasard quelle vit depuis plus de vingt ans aux côtés dun tueur en série. Que va-t-il se passer maintenant quil sait quelle sait « Quatre nouvelles aussi puissantes que dérangeantes, chacune dans son genre. » Neil Gaiman Stephen King : plus de 50 romans, tous best-sellers et plus de 200 nouvelles. Un mythe vivant de la littérature américaine (National Book Foundation Medal en 2003 pour sa contribution aux lettres américaines, Grand Master du Prix Edgar Allan Poe en 2007), « lEdgar Poe du XXe siècle ».
Ça, Tome 2
Stephen King
Tout avait commencé juste avant les vacances d'été quand le petit Browers avait gravé ses initiales au couteau sur le ventre de son copain Ben Hascom. Tout s'était terminé deux mois plus tard dans les égouts par la poursuite infernale d'une créature étrange, incarnation même du mal. Mais aujourd'hui tout recommence. Les enfants terrorisés sont devenus des adultes. Le présent retrouve le passé, le destin reprend ses droits, l'horreur ressurgit. Chacun retrouvera dans ce roman à la construction saisissante ses propres souvenirs, ses angoisses et ses terreurs d'enfant, la peur de grandir dans un monde de violence.
Ça, Tome 1
Stephen King
La terreur s'incarna pour la première fois dans un bateau en papier journal dévalant un caniveau gonflé d'eau de pluie. Un petit garçon courait gaiement à côté. Il s'appelait George et avait six ans... Pris dans un tourbillon, l'esquif disparut dans une bouche d'égout. L'enfant mit un genou à terre, se pencha...
Des yeux jaunes le regardaient, des yeux comme ceux qu'il avait imaginés le guettant dans la cave... « Salut, Georgie ! » fit une voix... Un clown se dressait dans l'égout. Sa main noueuse comme une patte de rapace tenait un lot de ballons colorés... George tendit le bras... Dans la rue, les gens ne virent qu'un gamin en ciré jaune qui hurlait et se tordait dans le caniveau...
Oeil de salamandre, Queue de dragon, Main de gloire, quoi que ce fût, c'était là de nouveau... ÇA ! L'ordure aux cent têtes...
Después
Stephen King
En ocasiones, para crecer debes vencer a tus demonios.
EL REY DEL TERROR REGRESA CON UNA NUEVA E INOLVIDABLE NOVELA.
Jamie Conklin, el único hijo de una madre soltera, solo quiere tener una infancia normal. Sin embargo, desde que nació tiene una habilidad sobrenatural que su madre le insta a mantener en secreto: puede hacer hablar a los muertos. Cuando una detective del Departamento de Policía de Nueva York le arrastra a la persecución de un asesino que amenaza con seguir atacando incluso desde su tumba, Jamie no tardará en descubrir que el precio a pagar por su poder tal vez sea demasiado alto.
Después es Stephen King en estado puro, una novela inquietante y emotiva sobre la inocencia perdida y las pruebas que debemos superar para diferenciar el bien del mal. Deudora del gran clásico del autor It (Eso), Después es un relato poderoso, terrorífico e inolvidable sobre la necesidad de plantarle cara al mal en todas sus formas.
La crítica ha dicho...
«Es mitad historia de detectives, mitad thriller... Emocionante y auténtica.»
The New York Times
«La escritura de Stephen King en Después es limpia, directa y evocadora, como siempre lo ha sido. El argumento, basado en un crimen, es impelente, y algunas frases quitan el aliento... Estáis en las manos de un narrador magistral.»
Washington Post
«¿Tienes ganas de escalofríos y emoción, pero no dispones de tiempo para leer un clásico de King? Este libro te irá perfecto para antes de irte a la cama. Aunque tampoco es que vayas a poder dormir.»
Kirkus
«Sangriento e inquietante, este escalofriante thriller tiene bastantes secretos y sorpresas para hacer que los lectores no suelten la lectura hasta su intensa conclusión. Es todo un regalo para los fans de Stephen King.»
Publishers Weekly
«Una lectura entretenida y ligera que cuenta con la magistral habilidad que ha convertido a Stephen King en una leyenda literaria.»
AARP Magazine
«Un relato muy satisfactorio sobre tanto los demonios que podemos ver como aquellos que acechan en la oscuridad.»
Foreword Reviews
«Después es un ejemplo más del poder de Stephen King para contar una historia que es a la vez sencilla e irresistible. Tenéis que añadir esta entretenida novela a vuestra lista de lecturas de 2021.»
New York Journal of Books
«Una prueba más que añadir a la lista de proezas narrativas de Stephen King.»
Bookbub
«Un nuevo clásico para los fans de Stephen King. Una emocionante novela policíaca.»
Associated Press
The Graveyard Shift: Stories from Night Shift
Stephen King
Consummate master of his craft, Stephen King has kept millions awake past midnight shivering at tales that probe the shadows and reveal the dark side. Now listeners can chill to this second dramatic unabridged production of short stories from his best selling book, Night Shift. It brings Stephen King's demonic stories fully to life - and the terror even closer to home.
Dropout drifter Hall has crossed the country doing whatever comes his way. Working the "Graveyard Shift" in a decaying Massachusetts mill under a bullying foreman is just one more leg in his crazy quilt journey, until it leads to a nether realm where the Rat Queen defends her empire. Things are never as they seem, as "The Man Who Loved Flowers" proves one perfect Spring evening on the sidewalks of New York. In "The Last Rung on the Ladder" beautiful Kitty hangs from dizzying heights above a hideous fate and, in "Night Surf," a group of teenagers on a late summer beach watch the world end in a gruesome, viral whimper. The mind-numbing secrets of "Jerusalem's Lot" wait in an ancestral mansion where blood binds the Boone family to a timeless history of unspeakable evil.
Buick 8. Un coche perverso
Stephen King
Pensilvania, 1979. Llega un extraño a una gasolinera. Conduce un Buick Roadmaster 1954, que está en perfecto estado. El conductor va al baño y nunca más aparece. La policía se hace cargo del coche, que ahora no funciona y lo guarda detrás de la comisaría. Y aquí empieza una historia escalofriante, la historia de un vehículo perverso y malicioso, con vida propia. Los policías continúan con su trabajo, pero el coche interviene de vez en cuando contra ellos: a veces sus radios y teléfonos no les funcionan. A veces el coche comienza a moverse y producir relámpagos; a veces el maletero se abre y escupe objetos indescriptibles... y hasta parece el responsable de varias muertes, entre ellas la del policía Wilcox. Años más tarde, en el otoño de 2001, el hijo del policía fallecido empieza a trabajar en la comisaría y decide que ha de saber la verdad del Buick 8.
L'ordinateur des dieux / Word Processor of the Gods
Stephen King
Une nouvelle particulièrement percutante par le plus célèbre auteur de littérature fantastique d'aujourd'hui. Richard Hagstrom, professeur d'anglais et écrivain raté, a du mal à se faire une place entre une épouse dominatrice et un fils qui le méprise. Il est toujours amoureux de Belinda, la femme que son frère a épousée, et il adore leur fils Ion, un petit génie de l'électronique. Après que son frère, conduisant en état d'ivresse, a entraîné la mort de Belinda et Ion, Richard reçoit un cadeau posthume de ce dernier : un appareil de traitement de texte bricolé à partir de pièces disparates. Il découvre alors que cette machine lui donne un droit de vie ou de mort sur les personnes dont il tape le nom.
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L'ombra dello scorpione [The Stand]
Stephen King
Un thriller epico, un classico pubblicato per la prima volta nel 1978 e ambientato in un futuro prossimo (ormai presente) nel quale l’umanità è martoriata da una epidemia globale senza precedenti. La visione apocalittica di Stephen King ci restituisce un mondo completamente trasformato dal virus, con città vuote e spettrali percorse da poche persone allo sbando. L’ombra dello scorpione è ancor più affascinante e spaventoso oggi di quando è stato pubblicato per la prima volta. È il morbo sfuggito a un segretissimo laboratorio a seminare morte in tutto il mondo: il novantanove per cento della popolazione della terra non sopravvive all’apocalittica epidemia. I pochi sopravvissuti si trovano intrappolati in uno scontro più grande di loro, quella lotta eterna tra forze della natura nella quale si può solo decidere di perseguire il Bene e appoggiarsi alle fragili spalle di Mother Abagail, la veggente ultracentenaria, o seguire le orme dello spaventoso Randall Flagg, il Senza Volto, il Signore delle Tenebre. L’umanità di fronte alla pandemia sbanda tra paura e voglia di sopravvivere a qualsiasi costo: emergono i lati più oscuri dell’animo umano ma anche il coraggio di affrontare le tenebre.
Survivor Type
Stephen King
Survivor Type is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the 1982 horror anthology Terrors, edited by Charles L. Grant, and collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew.
This is a graphic adaptation of the short story, adapted and illustrated by Max Miller.
The Talisman (Volume 1): The Road of Trials
Stephen King
The spellbinding saga of The Talisman is now a stunning graphic novel, vividly illustrated by artist Tony Shasteen. Here’s a bold new look at the classic tale of treachery and betrayal that could only have sprung from the imaginations of master storytellers Stephen King and Peter Straub.
In a run-down amusement park on a desolate beach in New Hampshire, thirteen-year-old Jack Sawyer is about to learn some hard truths—about his father’s death, about why he and his mother are on the run from his sinister uncle Morgan, and about the real nature of the mysterious realm Jack once called the Daydreams. Now, with help from his newfound friend Speedy Parker, this young man will reclaim his identity as Travellin Jack and make his first foray back into the Territories to retrieve the magical Talisman, an object of immense cosmic significance. Yet even more important to Jack, the Talisman holds the key to saving his mother’s life. In the Terrorities, where monsters lurk, evil watches, and an unbelievably precious prize awaits, Jack embarks upon a desperate quest to fulfill a destiny he never sought but cannot escape.
The Talisman: The Road of Trials comprises Issues 0 through 5 of the thrilling comic book series and features original, never-before-seen material, including interviews and early sketches. Be warned: Once you’ve seen the Talisman, nothing will ever be the same.
Uporište III deo
Stephen King
Trenutak konačnog obračuna se bliži, krug se zatvara. Preživeli okupljeni oko sila dobra i zla moraju se upustiti u presudni sukob kako bi odredili sudbinu čovečanstva.
U završnici jednog od najboljih i najgrandioznijih romana Stivena Kinga, sledbenici Majke Ebigejl posle njene smrti i pogibije Nika Androsa polaze na dug put pročišćenja kroz pustoš Amerike uništene virusom supergripa, naoružani samo sopstvenim strpljenjem i verom u to da zlo ne može pobediti, kako bi se suočili sa Mračnjakom u Las Vegasu.
Jasno im je da polaze u gotovo sigurnu smrt, ali isto tako i da je to jedini način da održe makar trunku nade za budućnost preživelih u Koloradu.
Četiri čoveka i jedan pas s jedne strane, a Rendal Fleg – polučovek-poludemon, majstor laži i magičnih trikova okružen preživelim zločincima i bezumnicima – s druge, moraju zauzeti poslednje uporište i u kataklizmičkom sukobu dovesti do pobede jednog od dva večito suprotstavljena principa – svetlosti i tame ljudske duše...
La niebla
Stephen King
En la ciudad de Bridgton, Maine, una gran tormenta eléctrica ha traído consigo una espesa niebla que reduce la visibilidad. A pesar de esto, David y su hijo Billy deciden ir al supermercado dejando a la esposa y madre Stephanie en casa. Mientras hacen sus compras, David y los demás personajes terminan atrapados dentro mientras una niebla blanca y espesa cubre todo afuera, convirtiendo al supermercado en el último bastión de la humanidad al invadir la tierra un enemigo inimaginable...
Morality
Stephen King
Chad, an aspiring writer who is teaching school until he lands a publishing contract, and his wife, Nora, who is working as a home nurse for a retired minister are, like most people these days, struggling financially. Nora is approached by her employer with a proposition that could make their dream of a home in Vermont a reality. But will it be worth the moral consequences?
Morality is a novella by Stephen King published in the July, 2009 issue of Esquire. It was then included as a bonus story in Blockade Billy, a novella published on May 25, 2010, and later collected and re-introduced in the November 3, 2015 anthology The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
'Salem's Lot (Movie Tie-in)
Stephen King
#1 BESTSELLER - Soon to be a new major motion picture - Writer Ben Mears has returned to his childhood home of Jerusalem's Lot in hopes that exploring the history of the Marsten House, an old mansion long the subject of rumor and speculation, will help him cast out his personal devils and provide inspiration for his new book.
Writer Ben Mears has returned to his hometown of Jerusalem's Lot with the hope that moving into a delapidated mansion, long the subject of town lore, might help him get a handle on his life and provide inspiration for a new book. But when two young boys venture into the woods and only one comes out alive, Mears begins to realize that there may be something sinister at work.
In time, he comes to understand that his hometown is under siege from forces of darkness far beyond his wildest imagination. And only he, with a small group of allies, can hope to contain the evil that is tearing the town apart.
A volte ritornano
Stephen King
"Nei miei racconti incontrerete esseri notturni di ogni genere: vampiri, amanti dei demoni, una cosa che vive nell'armadio, ogni sorta di altri terrori. Nessuno di essi è reale. L'essere che, sotto il letto, aspetta di afferrarmi la caviglia non è reale. Lo so. E so anche che se sto bene attento a tenere i piedi sotto le coperte, non riuscirà mai ad afferrarmi la caviglia." L'intento di Stephen King in questi venti racconti è chiaro: parlare di paura, di come si arriva all'orlo della follia... e forse al di là del baratro.
Stagioni diverse
Stephen King
"Stagioni diverse" è una delle opere più note e amate di Stephen King, una raccolta di quattro racconti legati dallo scorrere delle stagioni, un viaggio narrativo che spazia liberamente tra generi e suggestioni e che lascia nel lettore un segno indelebile. Il viaggio comincia con la primavera di Rita Hayworth e la redenzione di Shawshank, in cui un condannato per omicidio che si dichiara innocente è in cerca di una strabiliante vendetta. Con Un allievo modello si scivola nell'estate in cui si consuma l'ossessione di un adolescente per un uomo dal passato misterioso, un ex nazista sfuggito alla giustizia. L'estate cede il passo all'autunno ne Il corpo, dove quattro ragazzini di Castle Rock sono alle prese con il ritrovamento del cadavere di un loro coetaneo e con la perdita dell'innocenza. Infine, Il metodo di respirazione racconta la storia di una nascita surreale alla vigilia di Natale. Quattro storie indimenticabili, tre delle quali hanno ispirato famosi registi per i film Le ali della libertà, L'allievo, Standy by Me - Ricordo di un'estate. Quattro classici della narrativa contemporanea che vengono riproposti ora in una nuova versione, completamente ritradotta e aggiornata nella veste grafica.
Scheletri
Stephen King
1. La nebbia (The Mist)
2. Tigri! (Here There Be Tygers)
3. La scimmia (The Monkey)
4. Caino scatenato (Cain Rose Up)
5. La scorciatoia della signora Todd (Mrs. Todd's Shortcut)
6. Il viaggio (The Jaunt)
7. Marcia nuziale (The Wedding Gig)
8. Ode del paranoide (Paranoid: A Chant)
9. La zattera (The Raft)
10. Il word processore degli dei (Word Processor of the God)
11. L'uomo che non voleva stringere la mano (The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands)
12. Sabbiature (Beachworld)
13. L'immagine della Falciatrice (The Reaper's Image)
14. Nona (Nona)
15. Per Owen (For Owen)
16. L'arte di sopravvivere (Survivor Type)
17. Il camion dello zio Otto (Uncle Otto's Truck)
18. Consegne mattutine - Lattaio nr. 1 (Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1))
19. Quattroruote: La storia dei bei lavanderini - Lattaio nr. 2 (Big Wheels: A Tale of The Laundry Game (Milkman #2))
20. La nonna (Gramma)
21. La ballata della pallottola flessibile (The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet)
22. Il braccio (The Reach)
Pet Sematary: A Novel
Stephen King
The house looked right, felt right, to Dr Louis Creed.
Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago.
Only the occasional big truck out on the two-lane highway, grinding up through the gears, hammering down the long gradients, growled out an intrusive note of threat.
But behind the house and away from the road: that was safe. Just a carefully clear path up into the woods where generations of local children have processed with the solemn innocence of the young, taking with them their dear departed pets for burial.
A sad place maybe, but safe. Surely a safe place. Not a place to seep into your dreams, to wake you, sweating with fear and foreboding...
Stephen King Goes to the Movies: Featuring Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
Stephen King
For the first time in one volume, each with a fascinating introduction, come the stories of Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, Hearts in Atlantis (Low Men in Yellow Coats), 1408, The Mangler and Children of the Corn.
These five classic tales were turned into successful international films starring some of the world`s most famous actors from Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins in The Shawshank Redemption through Anthony Hopkins in Hearts in Atlantis to John Cusack in 1408.
Now you can read and re-read and own the originals.
La historia de Lisey
Stephen King
Cuando muere el famoso autor Scott Landon, su esposa Lisey tendrá que defenderse de un fan dispuesto a torturarla.
Hacía casi dos años que Lisey Debusher Landon había perdido a su marido Scott, después de veinticinco años de matrimonio y de una intimidad tan profunda que a veces les daba miedo. Scott había sido un escritor muy premiado y de gran éxito, además de un hombre muy complicado. Al principio de su relación, Lisey tuvo que aprender mucho de él acerca de libros, sangre y dálivas.
Más adelante supo que había un lugar donde Scott se refugiaba, un lugar que cerraba sus heridas y lo aterrorizaba a la vez que le inspiraba todas las ideas que necesitaba para vivir pero que también podría devorarlo. Ahora le toca a Lisey enfrentarse con los demonios de Scott. Le toca a Lisey viajar a Boo-ya Moon. Lo que había empezado con la decisión de la viuda de ordenar los papeles de su marido famoso se convierte en un viaje casi mortal hacia la oscuridad que él habitó...
La historia de Lisey, probablemente la más personal y más intensa de Stephen King, explora los orígenes de la creatividad, la tentación de la locura y el lenguaje secreto del amor.
Doctor Sueño
Stephen King
Una novela que entusiasmará a los millones de lectores de El resplandor y que encantará a todos aquellos que conozcan a Danny Torrance por primera vez.
Stephen King vuelve al mundo de El resplandor, una de sus novelas más queridas y emblemáticas. Ahora Danny Torrance, aquel niño aterrorizado del Hotel Overlook, es un adulto alcohólico y sin residencia fija que va de ciudad en ciudad atormentado por sus visiones y por los fantasmas de su infancia, que ha aprendido a controlar pero no a eliminar de su mente.
Un día se siente atraído por una ciudad de New Hampshire, donde encontrará trabajo en una residencia de ancianos y donde se apuntará a las reuniones de Alcohólicos Anónimos. En ese lugar le llega la visión de Abra Stone, una niña que necesita su ayuda. La persigue una tribu de seres paranormales que vive del resplandor de los niños especiales. Parecen personas mayores y totalmente normales que viajan por el país en sus autocaravanas, pero su misión es capturar, torturar y consumir a estos niños. Se alimentan de ellos para vivir y el resplandor de Abra tiene tanta fuerza que los podría mantener vivos durante mucho tiempo.
Danny sabe que sin su ayuda Abra nunca conseguirá escapar de ellos; juntos emprenderán una lucha épica, una batalla sangrienta entre el Bien y el Mal, para intentar salvarla a ella y a los demás niños que sacrifican.
Una novela icónica en la obra de Stephen King.
La crítica ha dicho...
«Una lectura apasionante e inquietante que ofrece una conclusión satisfactoria a la historia de Danny Torrance.»
Publishers Weekly
Strawberry Spring
Stephen King
Based on the short story by Stephen King, Strawberry Spring is a scripted podcast set against the backdrop of the sixties revolution on the campus of New Sharon College. We follow a generation of students who don't trust authority, the futile efforts of the local police, and a young, determined reporter as he chases the bloody trail of Springheel Jack, an unrelenting, modern-day Jack the Ripper. After vanishing and leaving his murders unsolved, Jack is back - along with a new Strawberry Spring, a weather pattern with an unusual fog bank that rolls in every eight years. Using the fog to hide his tracks, he taunts New Sharon with fresh kills, each murder more violent than the last. The 8-episode season stars Garrett Hedlund, Milo Ventimiglia, Sydney Sweeney, Herizen Guardiola, Al Madrigal, Ken Marino, and Brec Bassinger.
The Lawnmower Man
Stephen King
"The Lawnmower Man" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the May 1975 issue of Cavalier and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift.
One summer, Harold Parkette is in need of a new lawn mowing service. The summer before, a neighbor's cat was accidentally killed when another neighbor's dog chased it under the mower. Harold has been putting off hiring new help for the summer, but when he sees an ad for a mowing service he calls. A van reading "Pastoral Greenery" soon pulls up to Parkette's home. The man working for the service, a hairy, pot-bellied fellow, is shown the overgrown back lawn and is hired. Harold is enjoying a rest as he reads the paper, wondering about the lawnmower man mentioning Circe, when he hears the lawnmower outside. Startled, he races to the back porch and sees the lawnmower running by itself and the naked lawnmower man following it on all fours and eating the grass. The lawnmower seemingly deliberately chases and kills a mole and Harold faints.
When Harold revives, the lawnmower man explains that this new method, introduced by his boss, grants substantial benefits, and that he makes sacrificial victims of customers who cannot appreciate the process. Parkette, though unnerved, allows the lawnmower man to return to work. As soon as the man is out of sight, Harold desperately calls the police, but is interrupted by the lawnmower man, who reveals his boss's name: Pan. The lawnmower briefly chases Harold through his living room before brutally slaughtering him.
When the police arrive, they conclude that Parkette was murdered and dismembered by a schizophrenic sex maniac. As they leave, the scent of freshly cut grass hangs strongly in the air.
Different Seasons: Four Novellas
Stephen King
Includes the stories “The Body” and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine A “hypnotic” (The New York Times Book Review) collection of four novellas—including the inspirations behind the films Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption—from Stephen King, bound together by the changing of seasons, each taking on the theme of a journey with strikingly different tones and characters.This gripping collection begins with “Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption,” in which an unjustly imprisoned convict seeks a strange and startling revenge—the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption. Next is “Apt Pupil,” the inspiration for the film of the same name about top high school student Todd Bowden and his obsession with the dark and deadly past of an older man in town. In “The Body,” four rambunctious young boys plunge through the façade of a small town and come face-to-face with life, death, and intimations of their own mortality. This novella became the movie Stand By Me. Finally, a disgraced woman is determined to triumph over death in “The Breathing Method.” “The wondrous readability of his work, as well as the instant sense of communication with his characters, are what make Stephen King the consummate storyteller that he is,” hailed the Houston Chronicle about Different Seasons.
Lisey's verhaal
Stephen King
In Lisey’s verhaal, de bestseller van meesterverteller Stephen King, komt Lisey terecht in de duistere wereld waar de demonen van haar overleden man nog niet verdwenen zijn… Lisey Landon verloor twee jaar geleden haar man, na vijfentwintig huwelijksjaren van een wonderbaarlijke, maar soms benauwende, intimiteit. Scott was een gevierd bestsellerauteur en een gecompliceerd mens, een man met evenveel talenten als geheimen. Al voor ze trouwden leerde Lisey van hem over boeken en bloed. Later begreep ze meer: dat Scott zich soms terugtrok op een plek die hem zowel beangstigde als heelde, waarin hij zich kon verliezen of juist de ideeën kreeg die hij nodig had om te leven. Wanneer Lisey eindelijk begint aan het opruimen van Scotts werkkamer, komt ze terecht in de duistere wereld waarin zijn demonen leefden… ‘Zijn gave om verhalen te vertellen is fenomenaal.’ Lee Child
La Ligne verte
Stephen King
At Cold Mountain Penitentiary, along the lonely stretch of cells known as the Green Mile, condemned killers such as 'Billy the Kid' Wharton and the possessed Eduard Delacroix await death strapped in 'Old Sparky'. But good or evil, innocent or guilty, prisoner or guard, none has ever seen the brutal likes of the new prisoner, John Coffey, sentenced to death for raping and murdering two young girls. Is Coffey a devil in human form? Or is he a far, far different kind of being?
There are more wonders in heaven and hell than anyone at Cold Mountain can imagine and one of those wonders might just have stepped in amongst them.
Insónia
Stephen King
Ralph Roberts enviuvou recentemente e além de estar dominado pela dor da perda, começou a debater-se com outro problema... não tem dormido bem ultimamente, na verdade, quase não dorme!
Para se distrair e tentar encontrar o sono, instala-se numa cadeira à janela para observar quem passa e os vizinhos. Subitamente compreende que coisas estranhas estão a acontecer à sua volta, experimentando sensações que não acredita serem alucinações.
Vê o seu sempre amável vizinho a espancar brutalmente a mulher, ao mesmo tempo que grita palavras incoerentes como "centuriões" e "Rei Vermelho"... e quem serão aqueles estranhos pequenos médicos carecas que entram todos os dias no lar de idosos? O Bem e o Mal estão prestes a confrontar-se num combate sem tréguas... Ralph Roberts não vai voltar a adormecer... e o leitor se ler o livro até ao fim irá voltar a dormir?
O Jogo de Gerald
Stephen King
Nesse dia quente de Outubro, na sua isolada casa de férias no Maine, Gerald Burlingame jogou pela última vez. A mulher, Jessie, ao ouvir o estalido do segundo par de algemas que lhe prendia os pulsos à cabeceira da cama, pressente que o marido se preparava para ultrapassar as regras do jogo. Zangada e humilhada, defende-se com um pontapé nos testículos, que acaba por ser fatal. Gerald morre, por efeito de uma crise cardíaca. Em luta contra o pânico, Jessie fica presa, no quarto da casa à beira do lago, a milhas de distância da povoação mais próxima. Não estará, porém só, ao longo das vinte oito horas da que é, por certo, a mais intensa situação de suspense da história da literatura. Nesse período infindável, Jessie Burlingame, enfrentará todos os fantasmas que sempre a apavoraram. As sombras reais e irreais que se acumulavam na obscuridade do quarto, a porta das traseiras, aberta, que bate a um ritmo enervante. Vozes que efectivamente ouve, murmuram ou gritam, sarcásticas: No escuro, as mulherzinhas sózinhas são como as portas abertas... E se gritam por socorro, quem sabe o que de terrível lhes pode acontecer?! Stephen King sabe. E demonstra-o em O Jogo de Gerald, onde penetra até ao fundo das mais recônditas camadas do medo e da coragem de uma mulher. O maior dos mestres do terror porá violentamente à prova os nervos de Jessie. E também dos seus, leitor...
Terror a Bordo: 17 Histórias Turbulentas
Stephen King
Apertem os cintos para esta antologia de contos turbulentos, com curadoria do mestre do terror e autor best-seller mundial, Stephen King, e do colunista da famosa revista de terror Cemetery Dance, Bev Vincent. Stephen King odeia voar.
E agora, junto com seu coeditor Bev Vincent, ele está pronto para compartilhar esse medo com você.
Bem-vindos a Terror a bordo, uma antologia sobre tudo que pode dar terrivelmente errado quando se está a 20 mil pés de altura, cortando os céus a 800 km/h, preso em uma caixa de metal com centenas de desconhecidos.
Aqui você vai encontrar todas as maneiras como sua agradável viagem pelos ares pode se transformar em um pesadelo, incluindo algumas formas que você nunca imaginou… mas que vai imaginar da próxima vez em que estiver atravessando a ponte de embarque e entregando sua vida nas mãos de um estranho.
Incluindo histórias inéditas de Joe Hill e Stephen King, além de catorze contos clássicos e um poema de mestres como Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Dan Simmons e muitos outros, Terror a bordo é, nas palavras de Stephen King, “perfeito para ler em aviões, principalmente durante aterrisagens turbulentas”. Capa comum : 288 páginas
ISBN-10 : 8556510825
ISBN-13 : 978-8556510822
Dimensões do produto : 22.8 x 15.8 x 1.8 cm
Editora : Suma; 1ª Edição (17 fevereiro 2020)
: Português
Novembro de 63
Stephen King
A vida pode mudar num instante, e dar uma guinada extraordinária. É o que acontece com Jake Epping, um professor de inglês de uma cidade do Maine. Enquanto corrigia as redações dos seus alunos do supletivo, Jake se depara com um texto brutal e fascinante, escrito pelo faxineiro Harry Dunning. Cinquenta anos atrás, Harry sobreviveu à noite em que seu pai massacrou toda a família com uma marreta. Jake fica em choque... mas um segredo ainda mais bizarro surge quando Al, dono da lanchonete da cidade, recruta Jake para assumir a missão que se tornou sua obsessão: deter o assassinato de John Kennedy. Al mostra a Jake como isso pode ser possível: entrando por um portal na despensa da lanchonete, assim chegando ao ano de 1958, o tempo de Eisenhower e Elvis, carrões vermelhos, meias soquete e fumaça de cigarro. Após interferir no massacre da família Dunning, Jake inicia uma nova vida na calorosa cidadezinha de Jodie, no Texas. Mas todas as curvas dessa estrada levam ao solitário e problemático Lee Harvey Oswald. O curso da história está prestes a ser desviado... com consequências imprevisíveis. Em Novembro de 63, livro inédito de Stephen King, a viagem no tempo nunca foi tão plausível... e aterrorizante.
Depois
Stephen King
Um livro que demonstra todo o talento de Stephen King, Depois é assustador e emocionante, e fala dos desafios de crescer e aprender a distinguir o certo do errado. Uma história poderosa, perturbadora e inesquecível sobre o preço de encarar o mal, não importa sob qual forma ele se esconda.
James Conklin não é uma criança comum: ele vê gente morta. Com que frequência? Jamie não sabe bem; afinal, os mortos em geral se parecem muito com os vivos. Exceto pelo fato de que eles ficam para sempre nas roupas em que morreram, e são incapazes de mentir.
Sua mãe implora para que ele mantenha essa habilidade em segredo, o que não é problema na maior parte do tempo. Pelo menos até Liz Dutton, a companheira de sua mãe e detetive do Departamento de Polícia de Nova York, aparecer na saída da escola e anunciar que precisa de ajuda.
É assim que Jamie embarca em uma corrida para desvendar o último segredo de um falecido terrorista, e começa a jornada mais assustadora de sua vida.
Gwendy et la boîte à boutons (Gwendy Peterson, #1)
Stephen King
The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told... until now.
There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside.
At the top of the stairs, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. From a bit farther away comes the chink of an aluminum bat hitting a baseball as the Senior League kids practice for the Labor Day charity game.
One day, a stranger calls to Gwendy: "Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me."
On a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat like for a suit, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat...
Journey back to Castle Rock again in this chilling new novella by Stephen King, bestselling author of The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, and Richard Chizmar, award-winning author of A Long December.
Ça - 1
Stephen King
Tout avait commencé juste avant les vacances d'été quand le petit Browers avait gravé ses initiales au couteau sur le ventre de son copain Ben Hascom. Tout s'était terminé deux mois plus tard dans les égouts par la poursuite infernale d'une créature étrange, incarnation même du mal. Mais aujourd'hui tout recommence. Les enfants terrorisés sont devenus des adultes. Le présent retrouve le passé, le destin reprend ses droits, l'horreur ressurgit. Chacun retrouvera dans ce roman à la construction saisissante ses propres souvenirs, ses angoisses et ses terreurs d'enfant, la peur de grandir dans un monde de violence.
Achtbaan
Stephen King
Alan Parker lift door Maine naar het ziekenhuis waarin zijn moeder is opgenomen. Onderweg wordt Alan opgepikt door een afschuwelijke oude man en dan door een nog veel gruwelijker wezen: een dode chauffeur die hem dwingt tot een verschrikkelijke keuze.
Achtbaan is het eerste dat Stephen King na zijn ongeluk schreef. Het was ook zijn eerste e-boek (Riding the Bullet), wat in Nederland en Vlaanderen voorpaginanieuws was. De enorme publiciteit voor King heeft zijn naamsbekendheid alleen maar groter gemaakt.
De Satanskinderen en andere verhalen
Stephen King
De Satanskinderen (Children of the Corn), Ratten (Graveyard shift), De boeman (The Boogeyman), Doodtij (Nightsurf), De rozige lente (Strawberry spring), De richel (The Ledge), De patiënte van kamer 312 (The Woman in the Room), Een afzakkertje (One for the road), Twee maal twee is vier (Grey Matter), Soms keren ze terug (Sometimes they come back), De mangel (The Mangler), Ik ben de toegang (I am the doorway), Pastorale (Lawnmowerman), Afspraak met Norma (The man who loved flowers)
Three Novels (Carrie / The Shining / 'Salem's Lot)
Stephen King
One of the best-selling authors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Stephen King has made a career out of thrilling readers with his dark and disturbing masterpieces of the macabre. Stephen King: Three Novels brings together King's first three published novels for a trilogy of terror unparalleled in modern fiction.
Carrie is the story of Carrie White, an outcast and alienated high-school student who discovers that she possesses formidable paranormal powers. While Carrie struggles privately to understand the full scope of her wild talents, her classmates escalate their cruel taunts, provoking her in dangerous ways that no one could dream of in their worst nightmares.
In Salem's Lot, writer Ben Mears returns to his hometown in Maine to write a book on the local Marsten House, the site of an unsettling childhood experience that has haunted him ever since. The Marsten House has recently been purchased by an unseen new owner, and when the townspeople begin disappearing--and then reappearing as bloodthirsty monsters--Ben realizes that house is a locus of evil that has attracted a master member of the Undead.
The Shining takes place at the sinister Overlook Hotel, a retreat in Colorado that has catered for decades to the wealthy and absorbed the malignant spirit of horrors that have happened on its premises. When recovering alcoholic Jack Torrance arrives there one snowbound winter to serve as the hotel's new caretaker, little does he know that the evil place will exert its insidious influence to liberate his personal demons and add to its legacy of terror.
Stephen King: Three Novels is one of Barnes & Noble's Collectible Editions classics. Each volume features authoritative texts by the world's greatest authors in an exquisitely designed foil-stamped binding, with distinctive colored edging and an attractive ribbon bookmark. Decorative, durable, and collectible, these books offer hours of pleasure to readers young and old and are an indispensable cornerstone for any home library.
Alles is eventueel
Stephen King
Verwacht het onverwachte in de bestseller Alles is eventueel, een verzameling boeiende, geestige en duistere verhalen van meesterverteller Stephen King.
Het verhaal "1408' is een van de engste King-verhalen, over een schrijver die na een nacht in kamer 1408 nooit meer over spoken zal schrijven. "De man in het zwarte pak', over een ontmoeting met de duivel, won de World Fantasy Award én de O. Henry Prize. In "De doodskamer' begint een journalist te beseffen dat hij de martelkamer niet levend zal verlaten…
The Long Road Home (The Dark Tower, #2)
Stephen King
It's the return of the best-selling comic book series, inspired by Stephen King's epic The Dark Tower! Gunslinger Roland Deschain has seen the death of someone very close to him. And the Big Coffin Hunters who burned her at the stake are now in pursuit of Roland and his ka-tet Cuthbert and Alain. The friends are forced to flee into the desert with the deadly posse in hot pursuit....and Roland is in a coma! Thus begins the opening chapter starring the Gunslinger whose quest for the Dark Tower will shake the foundation of reality itself!
This set features all five First Printing issues of the Marvel The Dark Tower The Long Road Home comic book series, each sealed in plastic with an acid-free backing board for complete protection.
Issues come housed in an exclusive foil-embossed slipcase. Foil embossing on the spine and side panel in two colors!
El hombre del traje negro
Stephen King
Gary, el protagonista de esta historia, recuerda con miedo, cuando siendo niño tuvo un encuentro con un hombre de ojos anaranjados y vestido con un traje negro de tres piezas que le causó horror y le dijó cosas terribles.
Esta experiencia le marcará toda la vida y ya en el ocaso de la misma la recordará con el temor de volver a reencontrarse con él. La aceptación del miedoy cómo vivir haciéndole frente es uno de los temas centrales de este sorberbio relato que fue ganador, en 1995, del prestigio premio O.Henry en Estados Unidos.
El superviviente
Stephen King
The Stand: Complete and Uncut
Stephen King
First came the days of the plague. Then came the dreams. Dark dreams that warned of the coming of the dark man. The apostate of death, his worn-down boot heels tramping the night roads. The warlord of the charnel house and Prince of Evil. His time is at hand. His empire grows in the west and the Apocalypse looms.
For hundreds of thousands of fans who read The Stand in its original version and wanted more, this new edition is Stephen King's gift. And those who are listening to The Stand for the first time will discover a triumphant and eerily plausible work of the imagination that takes on the issues that will determine our survival.
Das Institut
Stephen King
In einer ruhigen Vorortsiedlung von Minneapolis ermorden zwielichtige Eindringlinge lautlos die Eltern von Luke Ellis und verfrachten den betäubten Zwölfjährigen in einen schwarzen SUV. Die ganze Operation dauert keine zwei Minuten. Luke wacht weit entfernt im Institut wieder auf, in einem Zimmer, das wie seines aussieht, nur dass es keine Fenster hat. Und das Institut in Maine beherbergt weitere Kinder, die wie Luke paranormal veranlagt sind: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris und den zehnjährigen Avery. Sie befinden sich in der Vorderhälfte des Instituts. Luke erfährt, dass andere vor ihnen nach einer Testreihe in der »Hinterhälfte« verschwanden. Und nie zurückkehrten. Je mehr von Lukes neuen Freunden ausquartiert werden, desto verzweifelter wird sein Gedanke an Flucht, damit er Hilfe holen kann. Noch nie zuvor ist jemand aus dem streng abgeschirmten Institut entkommen.
Jessie
Stephen King
Par curiosité, par amusement, par amour peut-être, Jessie s'est longtemps prêtée aux bizarreries sexuelles de Gerald, son mari. Puis un jour, elle s'est rebellée. Débattue. Avec une violence qu'elle ne soupçonnait pas. Et à présent la voilà nue, enchaînée à un lit, dans une maison perdue, loin de tout. Un cadavre à ses pieds... Un mauvais rêve ?
Non.
L'horreur ne fait que commencer. Et jamais le maître de l'épouvante ne nous a encore emmenés aussi loin dans la terrifiante exploration de nos phobies et de nos cauchemars...
The Shinning
Stephen King
Jack Torrance's new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he'll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote...and more sinister. And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old.
Coeurs perdus en Atlantide
Stephen King
« Même s'il est difficile de le croire, les sixties ne sont pas imaginaires : ces années-là ont bel et bien existé. »
1960 : Enfant triste et rêveur, entre un père disparu et une mère en proie à des soucis d'argent, Bobby fait la connaissance d'un étrange voisin, qui se dit traqué par de mystérieuses crapules en manteau jaune.
1966 : A l'université, Pete mène joyeuse vie entre la musique, la contestation et les parties de cartes, sur fond de guerre au Vietnam. 1983 : Willie, vétéran de la guerre, gagne sa vie en jouant les aveugles, une cécité qui est aussi une forme de provocation.
Des destins différents qui se croisent autour d'une femme, Carol. Tous l'ont aimée. Bobby la retrouvera. L'Atlantide ? C'est l'Amérique de leur jeunesse, au long de ces sixties devenues légendaires mais qui, nous rappelle l'auteur, ont bel et bien existé...
Fine turno (Bill Hodges Trilogy, #3)
Stephen King
In un gelido lunedì di gennaio, Bill Hodges si è alzato presto per andare dal medico. Il dolore lo assilla da un po' e ha deciso di sapere da dove viene. Ma evidentemente non è ancora arrivato il momento: mentre aspetta pazientemente il suo turno, infatti, Bill riceve la telefonata di un vecchio collega che chiede il suo aiuto, e quello della socia Holly Gibney. Ha pensato a loro perché l'apparente caso di omicidio-suicidio che si è trovato per le mani ha qualcosa di sconvolgente: le due vittime sono Martine Stover e sua madre. Martine era rimasta completamente paralizzata nel massacro della Mercedes del 2009. Il killer, Brady Hartsfield, sembra voler finire il lavoro iniziato sette anni prima dalla camera 217 dell'ospedale dove tutti pensavano che sopravvivesse in stato vegetativo. Mentre invece la diabolica mente dell'Assassino della Mercedes non solo è vigile, ma ha acquisito poteri inimmaginabili, tanto distruttivi da mettere in pericolo l'intera città. Ancora una volta, Bill Hodges e Holly Gibney devono trovare un modo per fermare il mostro dotato di forza sovrannaturale. E a Hodges non basteranno l'intelligenza e il cuore. In gioco, c'è la sua anima. Dopo Mr. Mercedes e Chi perde paga, King ha scritto l'atteso capitolo conclusivo della sua trilogia poliziesca, nella quale l'autore, come ci ha ormai abituato, combina il suo impareggiabile senso della suspense con uno sguardo lucidissimo sulla fragilità umana. Dalla trilogia di Bill Hodges sarà tratta una miniserie TV diretta da Jack Bender, il regista di Lost e Under the Dome.
On Writing. Autobiografia di un mestiere
Stephen King
Alla domanda: "Che cos'è 'On Writing'?" Stephen King ha risposto: "È il romanzo della mia vita, non perché la mia vita sia un romanzo, ma perché la mia vita è scrivere". Ecco perché questo libro è l'autobiografia di un mestiere in cui la storia personale e professionale del Re si fondono totalmente. Il brillante "Curriculum vitae" d'apertura ripercorre gli anni della formazione, in un collage di ricordi che dall'infanzia arrivano al primo, grande successo con "Carrie"; "Cassetta degli attrezzi" è un'acuta e disincantata elencazione dei ferri del mestiere - quali sono, a che cosa servono, come mantenerli efficienti e sempre pronti all'uso; "Sulla scrittura", la parte più interessante per gli addetti ai lavori, illustra le fasi del processo creativo fino all'approdo editoriale; e infine "Sulla vita", ricco di pathos, racconta come King abbia visto la morte da vicino, dopo lo spaventoso incidente in cui è stato coinvolto, e come, grazie alla scrittura, sia ritornato alla vita. Diario, confessione, chiacchierata... "On Writing" abbraccia e supera tutti i generi e, per l'aspirante scrittore, è uno strumento utile, ricco di esempi e riferimenti pratici, capace di affrontare senza fumosità un argomento difficile; per il lettore affezionato è un must in cui potrà ritrovare, nella loro dimensione reale, un'infinità di situazioni, storie e personaggi che hanno ispirato i romanzi di King.
Il miglio verde
Stephen King
Nel penitenziario di Cold Mountain, lungo lo stretto corridoio di celle noto come "Il Miglio Verde", i detenuti come lo psicopatico "Billy the Kid" Wharton o il demoniaco Eduard Delacroix aspettano di morire sulla sedia elettrica, sorvegliati a vista dalle guardie. Ma nessuno riesce a decifrare l'enigmatico sguardo di John Coffey, un nero gigantesco condannato a morte per aver violentato e ucciso due bambine. Chi è Coffey? Un mostro dalle sembianze umane o un essere diverso da tutti gli altri?
Un saco de huesos 2
Stephen King
Cuatro años después de la repentina muerte de su esposa Jo, el novelista Mike Noonan sigue presa de una terrible depresión y espantosas pesadillas.
Busca refugio en su casa de veraneo, pero en ese lugar un hombre poderoso no tiene escrúpulos en manipular a la comunidad para conseguir sus siniestros propósitos. Mike se involucra en el enfrentamiento y se ve atrapado en el misterio de la casa, ahora escenario de visitas fantasmales y obsesiones cada vez más abominables...
"Un Saco de Huesos" es la novela más emocionante e inolvidable de Stephen King: una historia sobre el sufrimiento y el vínculo eterno de un hombre con un amor malogrado, sobre un nuevo amor amenazado por secretos del pasado y una inocente niña atrapada en el fuego cruzado de fuerzas naturales y sobrenaturales.
Un saco de huesos 1
Stephen King
Cuatro años después de la repentina muerte de su esposa Jo, el novelista Mike Noonan sigue presa de una terrible depresión y espantosas pesadillas.
Busca refugio en su casa de veraneo, pero en ese lugar un hombre poderoso no tiene escrúpulos en manipular a la comunidad para conseguir sus siniestros propósitos. Mike se involucra en el enfrentamiento y se ve atrapado en el misterio de la casa, ahora escenario de visitas fantasmales y obsesiones cada vez más abominables...
"Un Saco de Huesos" es la novela más emocionante e inolvidable de Stephen King: una historia sobre el sufrimiento y el vínculo eterno de un hombre con un amor malogrado, sobre un nuevo amor amenazado por secretos del pasado y una inocente niña atrapada en el fuego cruzado de fuerzas naturales y sobrenaturales.
Las cuatro después de medianoche
Stephen King
At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instant of utter stillness when between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade between the ribs, and switch you into a new and terrifying world.
"Four Past Midnight": four heart-stopping accounts of that moment when the familiar world fractures beyond sense, the fragments spinning away from the desperate, clutching reach of sanity...
It (Eso), Parte II
Stephen King
¿Quién o qué mutila y mata a los niños de un pequeño pueblo norteamericano? ¿Por qué llega cíclicamente el horror a Derry en forma de un payaso siniestro que va sembrando la destrucción a su paso? Esto es lo que se proponen averiguar los protagonistas de esta novela.
Tras veintisiete años de tranquilidad y lejanía una antigua promesa infantil les hace volver al lugar en el que vivieron su infancia y juventud como una terrible pesadilla. Regresan a Derry para enfrentarse con su pasado y enterrar definitivamente la amenaza que los amargó durante su niñez. Saben que pueden morir, pero son conscientes de que no conocerán la paz hasta que aquella cosa sea destruida para siempre.
It es una de las novelas más ambiciosas de Stephen King, donde ha logrado perfeccionar de un modo muy personal las claves del género de terror.
En la hierba alta
Stephen King
Dos hermanos que viajan en coche por la Ruta 73 deciden parar a descansar un rato cuando, de repente, oyen unos gritos de auxilio de un niño perdido entre la hierba alta que crece junto a la carretera.
Cal y Becky DeMuth son dos hermanos que mantienen una relación casi telepática, pues sus vidas han montado en el mismo tándem desde su nacimiento.
Cuando Becky se queda embarazada, decide marcharse a San Diego a casa de sus tíos hasta que nazca el bebé. La unión entre los hermanos es tan fuerte que Cal deja sus estudios para acompañarla y cruzar con ella el país en coche. Incluso planean juntos el futuro del niño.
Pero la casualidad intercede en el transcurso del viaje. Al mediodía realizan un alto en el camino junto a un campo de hierba altísima: Cal apaga la radio para tener un momento de calma, y Becky abre las ventanillas, sofocada por el calor. De haber sido de otra manera, nunca habrían oído la voz de auxilio de aquel niño atrapado en la espesura.
Deciden adentrarse en el campo y tomar sendas distintas para encontrar al niño cuanto antes. Por primera vez en su vida, los hermanos quedarán separados, aunque sea tan solo por unos metros de hierba. Sin embargo, nunca habían estado tan lejos.
Una historia terrorífica narrada con la maestría insuperable de Stephen King.
El retrato de Rose Madder
Stephen King
Era como si el cuadro la hubiera llamado, obligándola a detenerse. Y al leer la inscripción del dorso, Rose Madder, supo que tenía que ser suyo, el adorno perfecto para su recién estrenado hogar de mujer libre. Porque tras años de maltratos, por fin Rosie Daniels había abandonado a su marido y emprendido una nueva vida en otra ciudad. Pero es imposible no dejar pistas, y Norman, el brutal policía con quien se había casado, inicia la caza sistemática e implacable de su mujer. Cada vez está más y más cerca, y Rosie advierte, no sin temor, que su única aliada es esa figura pintada en el cuadro, que la invita a pasar a su lado de la realidad.
Las cuatro después de la medianoche
Stephen King
At midnight comes the point of balance. Of danger. The instant of utter stillness when between two beats of the heart, an alternative reality can slip through, like a blade between the ribs, and switch you into a new and terrifying world.
"Four Past Midnight": four heart-stopping accounts of that moment when the familiar world fractures beyond sense, the fragments spinning away from the desperate, clutching reach of sanity...
La Cadillac de Dolan
Stephen King
Dolan fréquente les restaurants chics de Los Angeles, les beautés en vison et en robe à paillettes. Il roule dans une Cadillac blindée, du même gris argenté que sa chevelure. Il est riche et puissant. Mais, pour lui, le compte à rebours a commencé... Grand maître américain du fantastique et de l'épouvante, connu dans le monde entier pour ses romans et ses adaptations cinématographiques, Stephen King a aussi écrit des short stories où s'exercent son art du suspense et de l'intrigue. Avec La Cadillac de Dolan, il construit autour du thème de la vengeance un récit efficace et froid, qui, séquence après séquence, fait progresser les personnages vers leur fin. C'est pour les élèves l'occasion de redécouvrir - en classe - un de leurs auteurs favoris, et d'aborder son oeuvre d'un point de vue analytique et critique. Niveau 3 : recommandé pour les classes de troisième (enseignement général), seconde professionnelle, et terminale BEP.
Después del anochecer
Stephen King
Una colección de trece relatos impactantes y escalofriantes. En su primer libro de cuentos desde Todo es eventual (Plaza & Janés, 2006), Stephen King nos lleva por mundos fascinantes y terribles donde todo puede ocurrir. Misterios sin resolver, asesinatos y venganzas, accidentes y muertos que creen estar vivos, horribles experimentos farmacéuticos, una mujer que no para de correr para olvidar, una niña que cura enfermedades terminales... Con excepción de «El gato del infierno», escrita en los años setenta, King escribió estos relatos después de su famoso roce con la muerte, y la crítica los ha calificado como los mejores.
Casa Negra
Stephen King
Hace veinte años, un chico llamado Jack Sawyer viajó a los Territorios, un mundo paralelo, para salvar a su madre. Ahora Jack, ex detective de homicidios, decide comprarse una casa en un pueblo tranquilo de Wisconsin. No conserva recuerdo alguno de sus aventuras en los Territorios, pero se vio obligado a dejar la policía de Los Ángeles cuando un suceso casual le despertó un inexplicable malestar. Cuando se produce una serie de horripilantes asesinatos en Wisconsin, el jefe de la policía local pide a Jack que lo ayude en su investigación. Jack se ve arrastrado de nuevo a los Territorios y hacia su propio pasado. Solamente allí podrá encontrar la fuerza necesaria para entrar en la Casa Negra y enfrentarse a los espantosos y viles seres del mal que ésta cobija.
QUIEN PIERDE PAGA
Stephen King
Wake up, genius.
The genius is John Rothstein, an iconic author who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn’t published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel.
Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked away for another crime. Decades later, a boy named Pete Saubers finds the treasure, and now it is Pete and his family that Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, and Jerome Robinson must rescue from the ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris when he’s released from prison after thirty-five years.
La sangre manda
Stephen King
Cuatro novelas cortas sobre las fuerzas ocultas que nos acechan.
Una colección única que incluye una impactante secuela de El visitante.
La sangre vende. Así reza la máxima periodística que hará que Holly Gibney, la detective a la que Bill Hodges legó su agencia Finders Keepers, se interese por la matanza en el instituto Albert Macready y acabe enganchada a las noticias. Algo no encaja y el fantasma de la coartada perfecta del terrorífico visitante será el detonante en su primer caso en solitario.
Si bien Holly no tendrá ayuda en la secuela del exitoso noir paranormal del rey del terror, en este libro la acompañan tres historias más. En la primera, un niño tiene como guardaespaldas al fantasma de un millonario excéntrico. En la segunda, el mundo se acaba: hay múltiples terremotos, internet ha caído y la peste está mermando a la Humanidad mientras ciudades de todas partes se llenan de enigmáticos carteles. Y, en la última, un escritor se instala en una cabaña aislada para escribir una novela, y acaba enfrentándose a sus propios demonios.
Cuatro relatos largos en los que el legendario narrador de cuentos y autor superventas, sorprende nuevamente a los lectores y les conduce a lugares intrigantes a la vez que aterradores.
La chica que amaba a Tom Gordon
Stephen King
Una historia que toca la fibra de nuestras emociones más básicas.
La chica que amaba a Tom Gordon explora nuestro más profundo terror a lo desconocido.
"El mundo tenía dientes y podía morderte en cualquier momento, Trisha McFarland lo descubrió cuando tenía nueve años. A las diez de una mañana de principios de junio estaba sentada en el asiento trasero del Dodge Caravan de su madre, vestida con una sudadera azul de los Red Sox (la que llevaba "36 Gordon" estampado en la espalda), y jugaba con su muñeca. A las diez y media se había perdido en el bosque. A las once intentaba contener su terror, no pensar: Esto va en serio, esto va muy en serio. Intentaba no pensar que, en ocasiones, cuando la gente se perdía en el bosque salía gravemente dañada. A veces incluso moría."
El juego de Gerald
Stephen King
En una cabaña aislada, desnuda y esposada a la cabecera de la cama, Jessie asiste inerte al macabro desenlace del juego erótico de Gerald, el hombre con quien ha convivido durante veinte años y que ahora está tendido en el suelo junto al lecho. Acuciada por el hambre y la sed y asediada por los fantasmas del pasado, adquiriere conciencia de que la realidad es aún más pavorosa que la peor de sus pesadillas.
Los ojos del dragón
Stephen King
Stephen King convierte un clásico cuento de hadas en una obra maestra del género de terror. Los ojos del dragón es un apasionante relato de aventuras, con héroes, dragones, príncipes, hechiceros. El joven príncipe Peter, hijo del difunto rey, da la talla de monarca y espera heredar el reino. Pero el mago de la corte dispone que sea ungido el Príncipe Thomas, un muchacho al que manipula de acuerdo con sus siniestros propósitos. Sin embargo, Thomas posee un secreto que nadie ha sido capaz de adivinar.
El visitante
Stephen King
Un niño de once años ha sido brutalmente violado y asesinado. Todas las pruebas apuntan a uno de los ciudadanos más queridos de Flint City: Terry Maitland, entrenador en la liga infantil, profesor de literatura, marido ejemplar y padre de dos niñas.
El detective Ralph Anderson ordena su detención. Maitland tiene una coartada firme que demuestra que estuvo en otra ciudad cuando se cometió el crimen, pero las pruebas de ADN encontradas en el lugar de los hechos confirman que es culpable. Ante la justicia y la opinión pública Terry Maitland es un asesino y el caso está resuelto.
Pero el detective Anderson no está satisfecho. Maitland parece un buen tipo, un ciudadano ejemplar, ¿acaso tiene dos caras? Y ¿cómo es posible que estuviera en dos sitios a la vez?
La respuesta, como no podría ser de otra forma saliendo de la pluma de Stephen King, te hará desear no haber preguntado.
El bazar de los malos sueños
Stephen King
Directo desde la mente de Stephen King, el que te roba el sueño y te asusta de verdad. El bazar de los sueños es una colección 20 relatos magníficos, inquietantes, emocionantes... Un preciado regalo del autor a sus lectores.
«Escribí estos relatos especialmente para ti. Adelante, léelos, pero ten mucho cuidado. Los mejores tienen dientes.» Stephen King
Desde que escribió su primera colección de relatos hace 35 años, Stephen King ha deslumbrado a sus lectores con su maestría para la narrativa breve. En El bazar de los sueños el autor presenta una generosa colección de relatos, algunos inéditos y otros muchos rescatados y revisados en profundidad, que tratan sobre temas como la moralidad, la vida después de la muerte, la culpa, lo que haríamos de otra manera si pudiéramos conocer el futuro o corregir los errores del pasado..., en definitiva, sobre la condición humana, sus límites y recovecos más siniestros.
Además, cada uno de los veinte relatos viene precedido de una introducción en la que Stephen King explica el origen de la historia que estamos a punto de leer y los motivos -en ocasiones personales, autobiográficos- que le llevaron a escribirla.
Nightmares & Dreamscapes, Volume 1
Stephen King
Read by an all-star ensemble
Volume 1 of 3
Stephen King's collection is a virtuoso demonstration of his astonishing narrative talent. Stories of vampires and lurking spirits, of inexplicable evil cloaked in the guise of childish innocence, of ordinary individuals driven to unthinkable extremes by the perversities of fate--they're all here, told with King's inimitable blend of dark humor and heart-clenching suspense. This audio edition, the first in a three part series, contains several unabridged selections from the book--a profusion of Nightmares and Dreamscapes for an eager listening audience.
List of Stories and Readers:
Introduction read by Stephen King
Suffer the Little Children read by Whoopi Goldberg)
Crouch End read (Tim Curry)
Rainy Season (Yeardley Smith)
Dolan's Cadillac (Rob Lowe)
The House on Maple Street (Tabitha King)
Umney's Last Case (Robert B. Parker)
Head Down (Stephen King)
Brooklyn August (Stephen J. Gould)
8 Audio Cassettes / Over 9 Hours 30 Mins
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Duistere krachten
Stephen King
Duistere Krachten bevat ruim twintig verhalen van de meester van de horror in topvorm! Telkens weer zijn het gewone, alledaagse gebeurtenissen die uitlopen op angstaanjagende nachtmerries. Laat u meeslepen naar een wereld waar...
gruwelijke wezens het gemunt hebben op een groep mensen in de supermarkt...
een speelgoedaap veranderd in een werktuig van het kwaad...
een computer op hol slaat...
Le Fléau 2/2
Stephen King
This is the way the world ends: with a nanosecond of computer error in a Defense Department laboratory and a million casual contacts that form the links in a chain letter of death.
And here is the bleak new world of the day after: a world stripped of its institutions and emptied of 99 percent of its people. A world in which a handful of panicky survivors choose sides—or are chosen. A world in which good rides on the frail shoulders of the 108-year-old Mother Abagail—and the worst nightmares of evil are embodied in a man with a lethal smile and unspeakable powers: Randall Flagg, the dark man.
Le Fléau 1/2
Stephen King
Il a suffi que l'ordinateur d'un laboratoire ultra-secret de l'armée américaine fasse une erreur d'une nanoseconde pour que la chaîne de la mort se mette en marche. Le Fléau, inexorablement, se répand sur l'Amérique et, de New York à Los Angeles, transforme un bel été en cauchemar. Avec un taux de contamination de 99,4 %. Dans ce monde d'apocalypse émerge alors une poignée de survivants hallucinés. Ils ne se connaissent pas, pourtant chacun veut rejoindre celle que, dans leurs rêves, ils appellent Mère Abigaël : une vieille Noire de cent huit ans dont dépend leur salut commun. Mais ils savent aussi que sur cette terre dévastée rôde l'Homme sans visage, l'Homme Noir aux étranges pouvoirs, Randall Flagg. L'incarnation des fantasmes les plus diaboliques, destinée à régner sur ce monde nouveau. C'est la fin des Temps, et le dernier combat entre le Bien et le Mal peut commencer.
Erhebung: Roman (German Edition)
Stephen King
Scott nimmt rasend schnell ab. Sein korpulentes Aussehen ändert sich trotzdem nicht. Und noch unheimlicher: Wenn er auf die Waage steigt, zeigt sie jeweils das gleiche Gewicht an, egal wie viel er momentan trägt, ob Kleidung oder gar Hanteln. Scott hat Angst, dass man ihn zum medizinischen Versuchskaninchen macht. Aber er muss es jemand erzählen. Zu Dr. Ellis hat er Vertrauen, aber auch der weiß keinen Rat.
In seiner netten Wohngegend in der Kleinstadt Castle Rock gerät Scott in einen eskalierenden Kleinkrieg. Der Hund der neuen Nachbarn – zwei Lesben – verrichtet sein Geschäft ständig bei ihm im Vorgarten. Die eine Frau ist eigentlich recht freundlich, die andere aber eiskalt. Die beiden haben gerade ein Restaurant eröffnet, von dem sie sich viel erhoffen. Die Einwohner von Castle Rock wollen aber nichts mit Homopaaren zu tun haben, da ist großer Ärger vorprogrammiert. Als Scott endlich kapiert, was Vorurteile in einer Gemeinschaft anrichten, überwindet er den eigenen Groll und tut sich mit den beiden zusammen. Merkwürdige Allianzen, der jährliche Stadtlauf und Scotts mysteriöses Leiden fördern bei sich und anderen eine Menschlichkeit zutage, die zuvor unter einer herzlosen Bequemlichkeit vergraben lag.
Das Monstrum: "Tommyknockers"
Stephen King
Als Roberta Anderson, genannt Bobbi, beim Spaziergang im Wald über ein kleines Stück Metall stolpert, ahnt sie noch nicht, worauf sie gestoßen ist. Doch sie spürt, daß von dem Metall eine seltsame Kraft ausgeht. Und ihr altersschwacher Beagle Peter mag es eindeutig nicht. Bobbi beschließt, es zu vergessen. Aber die Erinnerung an das unheimliche Vibrieren, das sie beim Berühren des Metalls spürte, läßt sie nicht los. Bei dem Versuch, den Gegenstand auszugrabn, stellt sie fest, daß er riesig sein muß. Und was immer es ist: Es verändert nicht nur ihren Hund.
Auch siehe: alternativer Deckel Ausgabe dafür ISBN [ACE]
ACE #1
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Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption:Hope Springs Eternal (Different Seasons, #1)
Stephen King
#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King’s beloved novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption—the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award–nominee The Shawshank Redemption—about an unjustly imprisoned convict who seeks a strangely satisfying revenge, is available as a standalone book.
Suspenseful, mysterious, and heart-wrenching, Stephen King’s extraordinary novella, populated by a cast of unforgettable characters, tells a powerful tale of crushing despair and liberating hope through the eyes of Ellis “Red” Redding. Red’s a guy who can get you whatever you want here in Maine’s corrupt and hard-edged Shawshank State Penitentiary (for a price, of course), but the one thing he doesn’t count on is an unexpected friendship forged with fellow inmate Andy Dufresne—an inscrutable one-time banker perhaps falsely convicted of brutal, calculated murder who will go on to transform everyone’s lives within these prison walls.
Originally published in the 1982 collection Different Seasons, it was adapted into the 1994 film The Shawshank Redemption starring Tim Robbins and Morgan Freeman. Nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, this modern classic has become one of the most beloved films of all time. A mesmerizing work of unjust imprisonment and strangely satisfying revenge, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption remains one of Stephen King’s most beloved and iconic stories.
Cuento de hadas
Stephen King
Charlie Reade parece un estudiante de instituto normal y corriente, pero carga con un gran peso sobre los hombros. Cuando él solo tenía diez años, su madre fue víctima de un atropello y la pena empujó a su padre a la bebida. Aunque era demasiado joven, Charlie tuvo que aprender a cuidarse solo... y también a ocuparse de su padre.
Ahora, con diecisiete años, Charlie encuentra dos amigos inesperados: una perra llamada Radar y Howard Bowditch, su anciano dueño. El señor Bowditch es un ermitaño que vive en una colina enorme, en una casa enorme que tiene un cobertizo cerrado a cal y canto en el patio trasero. A veces, sonidos extraños emergen de él.
Mientras Charlie se encarga de hacer recados para el señor Bowditch, Radar y él se hacen inseparables. Cuando el anciano fallece, le deja al chico una cinta de casete que contiene una historia increíble y el gran secreto que Bowditch ha guardado durante toda su vida: dentro de su cobertizo existe un portal que conduce a otro mundo.
Simetierre
Stephen King
La famille Creed (Louis, médecin, sa femme Eileen, leur fille Rachel, le bébé Gage et leur chat) viennent emménager dans la petite ville de Ludlow, dans une grande maison ancienne. Louis fait la connaissance du vieux Jud Crandall, son voisin d'en face, qui lui montre le quartier et particulièrement un petit cimetière aux animaux avec sa pancarte mal orthographiée créé par les enfants de la ville. Un jour, le chat se fait écraser. Creed décide de l'enterrer avant que les enfants ne découvrent le désastre, et demande de l'aide à Jud. Pendant qu'ils enterrent le chat, le vieil homme lui raconte à demi-mots une légende qui court sur ce cimetière. Puis le chat revient. Vivant. Mais pas tout à fait le même. Et c'est alors qu'un nouveau drame surgit.
Todo es eventual: 14 relatos oscuros
Stephen King
Todo es eventual es la primera colección de relatos de Stephen King tras nueve largos años. Publicados anteriormente en revistas, en Internet, leídos en público por el autor o bien inéditos, son textos sorprendentes, misteriosos, terroríficos. Puede que sea más conocido por el gran público por sus novelas, pero como cuentista sin duda también ocupa un lugar más que destacado, no sólo dentro de la literatura de terror, sino en la narrativa en general. Desde historias de encuentros con muertos y una habitación de hotel con fantasma asesino hasta escenas del realismo más directo y brutal, King nos transporta al mundo de su increíble imaginación.
La zona muerta
Stephen King
Le había bastado con tocar al médico para saberlo: había pasado más de cuatro años en coma. Y se horrorizó. Se horrorizó por los cuatro años perdidos, pero sobre todo por saberlo. Porque un simple apretón de manos era suficiente. Sabía. Sabía a distancia y por anticipado. Supo que ardería el restaurante. Supo quién era el escurridizo asesino. Y sabía tantas cosas... ¡No era justo! ¡No lo era! La jaqueca le martirizaba y parecía que la cabeza le fuera a estallar. Además, quienes querían saber luego le rehuían como si fuera un monstruo. Y la tortura de saber seguía implacable, y el rechazo, y la publicidad, y el horror de tomar una decisión, y sólo con pensarlo la cabeza le dolía atrozmente.
Aquel hombre no sólo era inicuo, sino que iba a convertirse en presidente de los Estados Unidos e iba a hacer saltar el planeta en pedazos. Y él lo sabía. LO SABÍA. Tenía que matarlo. ¿Tenía que hacerlo? ¿Por qué? ¿Por qué el horror de saber? Pero los dados estaban echados: no podía llevar su conocimiento a la zona muerta para convertirse en un ciudadano vulgar, tan vulgar como su nombre, John Smith.
El resplandor
Stephen King
REDRUM. Esa era la palabra que Danny había visto. Y aunque no sabía leer, entendió que era un mensaje de horror el que se había reflejado en aquel espejo. Danny tenía cinco años, y a los cinco años pocos niños saben leer, pocos niños saben que los espejos invierten las imágenes y pocos niños, casi ninguno, saben diferenciar la realidad de sus fantasías. Aunque, claro, Danny tenía pruebas de que sus fantasías, aquellas fantasías relacionadas con "el resplandor", acababan cumpliéndose. REDRUM-MURDER. Y el palo ensangrentado.
Pero su padre necesitaba aquel trabajo. Danny sabía que en la mente de su madre cada vez ocupaba más espacio la idea de divorcio y que su padre pensaba una y otra vez en algo malo, en algo malo y en suicidio. Sí, necesitaba un trabajo, aunque fuera aquél. ¿Aunque fuera aquél? También podía ser que esa fuera la excepción, que no se cumpliera lo que Danny había soñado despierto. Total, era cuidar de un hotel de lujo, de ciento diez habitaciones, que quedaba aislado por la nieve durante al menos seis meses. Así que hasta el deshielo iban a estar los tres solos, ¿solos?, en el inmenso edificio. Y apenas llegaron, lo reconoció. Ya lo había visto. Aquel era el edificio. Aquella era la habitación. Aquel era el espejo. REDRUM-MURDER.
La mitad oscura
Stephen King
¿Quién es el autor del macabro asesinato en la pequeña localidad de Castle Rock? Las pruebas inculpan a un padre de familia, pero cuando están a punto de arrestarlo, un dato cuestiona las evidencias. Este hombre ha escrito novelas con seudónimo, un alter ego ahora innecesario. ¿Puede un ser imaginario cobrar vida propia y obrar por su cuenta?
Docteur Sleep (The Shining, #2)
Stephen King
Danny Torrence, le petit garçon, qui, dans Shining, sortait indemne de l’incendie de l’Overlook Palace, est devenu un adulte. Alcoolique et paumé comme l’était son père, il est maintenant aide-soignant dans un hospice où, grâce aux pouvoirs surnaturels qu’il n’a pas perdus, il apaise la souffrance des mourants. On le surnomme Docteur Sleep. Lorsqu’il rencontre Abra, une fillette de 12 ans pourchassée par un étrange groupe de voyageurs, Danny va retomber dans l’horreur. Commence alors une guerre épique entre le bien et le mal…
Coffret king tommyknockers 3vols
Stephen King
Librarian's Note: This is alternate cover edition #2
ISBN 10: 0451156609
ISBN13: 9780451156600
See: Original Record Here
Late Last Night and the Night Before ...
... Tommyknockers, tommyknockers, knocking at the door.
Something was happening in Bobbi Anderson's idyllic small town of Haven, Maine. Something that gave every man, woman, and child in town powers far beyond ordinary mortals. Something that turned the town into a death trap for all outsiders. Something that came from a metal object, buried for millennia, that Bobbi accidentally stumbled across.
It wasn't that Bobbi and the other good folks of Haven had sold their souls to reap the rewards of the most deadly evil this side of hell. It was more like a diabolical takeover...an invasion of body and soul--and mind....
Note: All information herein, such as number of pages, publisher, etc., refer to this alternate cover edition and may or may not coincide with the main entry for this ISBN or any other alternate covers.
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Ça - 2
Stephen King
De retour, après vingt-sept années, dans leur petite ville de Derry, les membres du « Club des ratés » (ainsi se nommaient-ils eux-mêmes sur les bancs de l'école) doivent affronter leurs plus terrifiants souvenirs, brutalement ressurgis.
ça : nul ne sait nommer autrement la chose inconnue qui semble devoir se réveiller cycliquement dans les entrailles de la ville, pour semer la mort et l'épouvante.
Roman de l'enfance, tableau saisissant de la vie américaine, cette oeuvre ambitieuse est une parabole du Mal enfoui, refoulé, et de la violence de ses réapparitions. C'est enfin, et surtout, une des plus grandes oeuvres de Stephen King, un festival de terreur.
The Stand: Das letzte Gefecht
Stephen King
In einem entvölkerten Amerika versucht eine Handvoll Überlebender die Zivilisation zu retten. Ihr Gegenspieler ist eine mythische Gestalt, die man den Dunklen Mann nennt, die Verkörperung des absolut Bösen. In der Wüste von Nevada kommt es zum Entscheidungskampf um das Schicksal der Menschheit.
"The Stand", Stephen Kings Vision vom letzten Gefecht zwischen Gut und Böse, war bislang nur in einer stark gekürzten Version zugänglich. Die hier veröffentlichte Urfassung zeigt die Größe seines apokalyptischen Entwurfs. Manche nennen diesen Roman sein Meisterwerk!
Das Mädchen
Stephen King
»Die Welt hat Zähne. Und mit denen beißt sie zu, wann immer sie will.«
Die neunjährige Trisha unternimmt mit ihrem Bruder und ihrer Mutter eine Wanderung. Trisha verlässt kurz den Weg - und verläuft sich im Wald. Sie ist allein. Noch niemand hat bemerkt, dass sie verschwunden ist. Keiner ist da, der sie beschützen kann - vor Hunger und Durst, Mückenschwärmen und wilden Tieren, Einsamkeit und Dunkelheit. Aber vor allem nicht vor dem, was sich in den Wäldern aufgemacht hat, die Neunjährige heimzusuchen...
Dr. Sleep (The Shining, #2)
Stephen King
Stephen King wilde wel eens zien wat er van Danny Torrance uit De Shining terecht was gekomen en schreef daarom Dr. Sleep. Danny is een van die mensen die zeggen dat ze nooit als hun vader zullen worden. Maar natuurlijk is de inmiddels veertigjarige Danny net zo verslaafd aan drank als zijn vader Jack ooit was. En wat voor werk zou Danny doen, vroeg King zich af. Hij besluit hem te laten werken in een hospice omdat Danny met zijn gave - de shining- stervenden kan bijstaan als ze de grens van leven naar dood over gaan. Ze noemen hem Dr. Sleep...
The Long Walk
Stephen King
Against the wishes of his mother, sixteen-year-old Ray Garraty is about to compete in the annual grueling match of stamina and wits known as The Long Walk. One hundred boys must keep a steady pace of four miles per hour without ever stopping... with the winner being awarded "The Prize"—anything he wants for the rest of his life. But, as part of this national tournament that sweeps through a dystopian America year after year, there are some harsh rules that Garraty and ninety-nine others must adhere to in order to beat out the rest. There is no finish line—the winner is the last man standing. Contestants cannot receive any outside aid whatsoever. Slow down under the speed limit and you're given a warning. Three warnings and you're out of the game—permanently...
Après
Stephen King
L’auteur bestseller Stephen King revient avec un tout nouveau roman portant sur les secrets que l’on garde enfouis et le coût de les déterrer.”
PARFOIS GRANDIR
VEUT DIRE FAIRE FACE A SES DEMONS
Fils d’une mère seule qui galère, Jamie Conklin veut juste une enfance ordinaire. Mais Jamie n’est pas un enfant comme les autres. Né avec une capacité hors du commun que sa mère a poussé à garder secret, Jamie peut voir ce que personne d’autre ne peut et apprendre ce que personne d’autre ne peut. Mais le coût de son talent est bien plus élevé que ce que Jamie ne peut imaginer, et il le découvre lorsqu’un détective de la police de New York le convainque dans la poursuite d’un tueur qui a menacé de frapper depuis l’au-delà.
LATER est Stephen King à son meilleur, une histoire touchante et terrifiante sur l’innocence perdue et sur ce qui nous emmène à tester notre sens du bien et du mal. Avec des échos au roman “Ça” de Stephen King, “Later” est une exploration puissante, troublante et inoubliable sur ce que cela coute que de faire face au mal sous toutes ses formes.
(Traduction provenant du fansite français de S. King.)
Blodtørst og andre fortællinger
Stephen King
En samling af fire fænomenale fortællinger, der inkluderer den enkeltstående efterfølger til den filmatiserede bestseller Outsideren.
Journalister har et ordsprog: ”Historien gløder, hvis det bløder”. Og historien om en detoneret bombe på Albert Macready mellemskole indeholder store mængder af blod.
Holly Gibney fra detektivbureauet De Der Søger arbejder på en sag om en forsvunden hund (og på sit eget behov for at være mere selvsikker), da hun ser den direkte tv-dækning fra bombeattentatet. Men da hun senere tænder for aftennyhederne, indser hun, at noget ikke stemmer ved den journalist, som var først på gerningsstedet. Sådan begynder Blodtørst, den enkeltstående efterfølger til bestselleren Outsideren, hvor den usædvanlige detektiv Holly skal opklare sin første solo-sag.
Blodtørst er kun én af samlingens i alt fire fortællinger, der også rummer Mr. Harrigans telefon, Chucks liv og Rotten. Alle noveller illustrerer Kings alsidige storytelling med elegance, humor, skræk og åndeløs spænding. En King Classic, både for Kings mange fans og et godt sted at starte, hvis man er ny i det store forfatterskab.
Mais Sombrio
Stephen King
Nesta nova coletânea, Stephen King conduz o leitor por doze histórias inesquecíveis, cinco delas nunca antes publicadas ― incluindo “Cascavéis”, a sequência inédita do aclamado romance Cujo. Com lançamento mundial, os contos de Mais sombrio evidenciam a célebre capacidade do autor de surpreender, assustar e encantar leitores.
Cinquenta anos depois da publicação de seu primeiro romance, Carrie, Stephen King continua a surpreender e encantar a todos com versatilidade e talento impressionantes para contar histórias.
Cada texto desta coletânea nos oferece uma reflexão diferente acerca de temas como o destino, o luto, o sobrenatural e os limites ― frequentemente nebulosos ― entre o conhecido e o desconhecido. Em Mais sombrio, o autor mergulha nas profundezas obscuras da vida, conduzindo o leitor por doze contos inesquecíveis, cinco deles inéditos ― incluindo “Cascavéis”, sequência do romance Cujo.
Repletas de reviravoltas, as histórias de Mais sombrio continuarão marcadas na memória daqueles que se aventurarem por essas páginas, ecoando até muito tempo depois de fechar o livro.
Sombras da Noite
Stephen King
Stephen King reúne aqui 19 de seus mais inquietantes contos — relatos de acontecimentos bizarros e atos impensáveis, surgindo daquela região crepuscular onde ruídos nas paredes e sombras perto da cama prenunciam algo terrível que ronda à solta.
Os cenários são familiares e acima de qualquer suspeita — um colégio, uma fábrica, uma lanchonete rodoviária, uma lavanderia, um milharal. Mas no mundo de Stephen King, qualquer lugar pode servir como território sobrenatural. Só é necessária uma hora propícia da noite e a distração das vitimas.
Alguns desses clássicos inspiraram filmes memoráveis: As Crianças do Milharal (Colheita Maldita), O Homem do Cortador de Grama (O Passageiro do Futuro), A Máquina de Passar Roupa (Mangler: O Grito de Terror) e Às Vezes Eles Voltam.
It: a Coisa
Stephen King
This is an alternate cover edition of ISBN 9788560280940.
Durante as férias de 1958, em uma pacata cidadezinha chamada Derry, um grupo de sete amigos começa a ver coisas estranhas. Um conta que viu um palhaço, outro que viu uma múmia. Finalmente, acabam descobrindo que estavam todos vendo a mesma coisa: um ser sobrenatural e maligno que pode assumir várias formas. É assim que Bill, Beverly, Eddie, Ben, Richie, Mike e Stan enfrentam a Coisa pela primeira vez.
Quase trinta anos depois, o grupo volta a se encontrar. Mike, o único que permaneceu em Derry, dá o sinal ― uma nova onda de terror tomou a pequena cidade. É preciso unir forças novamente. Só eles têm a chave do enigma. Só eles sabem o que se esconde nas entranhas de Derry. Só eles podem vencer a Coisa.
The Institute
Stephen King
In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents—telekinesis and telepathy—who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. They are all in Front Half. Others, Luke learns, graduated to Back Half, “like the roach motel,” Kalisha says. “You check in, but you don’t check out.”
In this most sinister of institutions, the director, Mrs. Sigsby, and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts. There are no scruples here. If you go along, you get tokens for the vending machines. If you don’t, punishment is brutal. As each new victim disappears to Back Half, Luke becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help. But no one has ever escaped from the Institute.
As psychically terrifying as Firestarter, and with the spectacular kid power of It, The Institute is Stephen King's gut-wrenchingly dramatic story of good versus evil in a world where the good guys don't always win.
--front flap
Dans les hautes herbes
Stephen King
Après Gerald's Game et 1922, Netflix propose une nouvelle adaptation d'une oeuvre de Stephen King par Vincenzo Natali (Cube, Cypher, Splice) avec Patrick Wilson (sagas Insidious et Conjuring). Avant de voir le film le 4 octobre, découvrez la nouvelle originale et inédite en français de Stephen King et Joe Hill.Après avoir entendu les appels à l'aide d'un petit garçon depuis un champ d'herbes hautes, un frère et une soeur se garent sur le bord de la route et partent à sa recherche. Quelques minutes plus tard, ils sont perdus, séparés l'un de l'autre, complètement désorientés, et la distance qu'ils semblent avoir parcouru est étrangement immense. Pendant ce temps, les cris de l'enfant continuent, de plus en plus désespérés...La suite est effrayante, captivante et magistralement racontée, grâce au talent unique de Stephen King et de Joe Hill.
Zmajeve oči
Stephen King
Nakon smrti staroga kralja njegov stariji sin i nasljednik Peter biva zatočen pod optužbom da je otrovao svojeg oca. Taj podli plan, baš kao i mnoge druge, skovao je zli čarobnjak Flagg pod čijim je utjecajem i Peterov mlađi brat, princ Thomas. Međutim, Flagg nije računao na Thomasovu strašnu tajnu, kao ni na Peterov neustrašivi plan da utekne i potom se bori protiv zla, i za ono što mu po zakonu pripada - svoju krunu.
Ovo je klasična priča o junacima i njihovim pustolovinama, o zmajevima, prinčevima i zlim čarobnjacima, ispričana kao što to zna samo Stephen King koji je klasičnu bajku pretvorio u bezvremensko remek-djelo. Niti jedan ljubitelj njegovog pera neće ostati razočaran.
Uporište I deo
Stephen King
Smak sveta nastupa u nanosekundi, sa računarskom greškom u tajnoj vojnoj laboratoriji i milion slučajnih kontakata koji su samo karike u lančanom pismu smrti.
A evo i sumornog sveta posle toga: sveta lišenog svih institucija i devedeset procenata stanovnika. To je svet u kojem šačica uspaničenih preživelih bira stranu – ili biva izabrana. Svet u kojem dobro počiva na krhkim plećima Majke Ebigejl stare 108 godina – dok su najgori košmari zla otelotvoreni u čoveku smrtonosnog osmeha i neobjašnjivih moći: u Rendalu Flegu, mračnjaku.
Focul viu
Stephen King
„Poți să aprinzi focuri, draga mea. Ești o brichetă Zippo uriașă.“
Roman finalist al premiilor LOCUS (1981) & BFA (1981)
Ca să câștige niște bani în plus în timpul studenției, Andy McGee și Vicky Tomlinson s-au oferit ca subiecți voluntari pentru un experiment orchestrat de o organizație guvernamentală sub acoperire, cunoscută sub numele de Atelierul. Dar efectul a constat în trezirea în cei doi tineri a unor abilități metapsihice latente excepționale, care s-au manifestat într-o manieră și mai înfricoșătoare atunci când s-au îndrăgostit și au avut un copil împreună. Fiica lor, Charlie, a fost înzestrată la naștere cu cea mai incontrolabilă și mai ieșită din comun putere văzută vreodată – pirochinezia, abilitatea de a crea foc cu puterea minții. Acum, agenții nemiloși ai Atelierului sunt pe urmele acestei anomalii genetice neprevăzute și încearcă să o captureze în scopuri diabolice.
Ceea ce agenții nu iau în calcul este că satisfacția răzbunării este atractivă până și pentru un copil.
„Chinta regală este acum completă și în limba română! Carrie (1974), Shining (1977), Focul viu (1980), Doctor Sleep (2013) și Institutul (2019) sunt cinci romane în care Stephen King abordează tema copiilor cu puteri speciale. Și de fiecare dată o face într-un mod surprinzător.“
Marian Coman, redactor-șef Armada
A Hora do Lobisomem
Stephen King
O primeiro grito veio de um trabalhador da ferrovia isolado pela neve, enquanto as presas do monstro dilaceravam sua garganta. No mês seguinte, um grito de êxtase e agonia vem de uma mulher atacada no próprio quarto. Agora, a cada vez que a lua cheia brilha sobre a cidade de Tarker's Mill, surgem novas cenas de terror inimaginável. Quem será o próximo? Quando a lua cresce no céu, um terror paralisante toma os moradores da cidade. Uivos quase humanos ecoam no vento. E por todo lado as pegadas de um monstro cuja fome nunca é saciada. Um clássico de Stephen King, com as ilustrações originais de Bernie Wrightson.
Dyrekirkegården
Stephen King
Huset føles som det perfekte sted for dr. Louis Creed. Vidtstrakt, gammelt og hyggeligt. Et sted, hvor familien kan falde til ro, hvor børnene kan lege og gå på opdagelse. Maines bakker og marker er flere verdner væk fra Chicagos smogfyldte, farlige gader. Bag huset løber en sirligt holdt sti, som generation efter generation af lokale børn har betrådt på vej ind i skoven for at begrave døde kæledyr. Alvorsfulde børneansigter, højtelskede husdyr. Et trist sted, ja, men det kan umuligt være farligt, være noget, der trænger ind i drømmene og tvinger dig vågen, badet i angstens sved – kan det?
Cimitirul animalelor
Stephen King
Ar putea Stephen King sa scrie o poveste care sa-l sperie chiar si pe el insusi? Sa-l sperie intr-un asemenea hal incat sa-i fie frica sa o scrie pana la sfarsit? Cimitirul animalelor pare sa fie chiar aceasta poveste.Tu, cititorule, esti atat de inspaimantat, incat nu ai dori sa continui lectura, dar cartea nu poate fi lasata din mana. Si nu poti sa renunti pentru ca este vorba despre tine, despre secretele tale bine ascunse!"Dorinta de a insela moartea este ciudata si extrem de serioasa in acelasi timp. Multi cred ca viata incepe de abia dupa intrarea in Imparatia Domnului. Si probabil ca pentru ei asa si este. Atunci, de ce sa-ti pui problema sa aduci pe cineva inapoi? Altii se intreaba la fel de serios ce este dincolo. Si daca exista un "dupa moarte". Oricum, atunci cand esti confruntat cu moartea unei fiinte dragi, vrei, la randul tau, sa infrunti moartea, sa o pacalesti. Ai fi insa in stare sa faci tot ceea ce face Louis Creed? Sunt sigur ca da, iar acest lucru ma inspaimanta..." Stephen King
The Regulators
Stephen King
There's a place in Wentworth, Ohio, where summer is in full swing. It's called Poplar Street. Up until now it's been a nice place to live. The idling red van around the corner is about to change all that. Let the battle against evil begin.
Here come... The Regulators
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Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King [Hardcover Book in Russian]
Stephen King
Everything's Eventual is a collection of 14 short stories written by Stephen King. Autopsy Room Four The Man in the Black Suit All That You Love Will Be Carried Away The Death of Jack Hamilton In the Deathroom The Little Sisters of Eluria Everything's Eventual L. T.'s Theory of Pets The Road Virus Heads North Lunch at the Gotham Café That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French 1408 Riding the Bullet Luckey Quarter
Pesadillas y alucinaciones II (Pesadillas y alucinaciones, #2)
Stephen King
«Cuando la gente ve fantasmas, siempre se ve primero a sí misma», afirma Stephen King, y pocas reflexiones servirían mejor que esta moraleja de sus historias: el mundo de la fantasía está poblado por las sombras de la conciencia.
Los relatos de Pesadillas y alucinaciones son otros tantos retazos de esas sombras, las que enturbian los límites entre el sueño y la vigilia, la realidad y el horror que subyace en lo real: desde una extraña tempestad que solo se produce en un pueblo cada siete años hasta un insólito doctor Watson que resuelve un caso antes que Sherlock Holmes, pasando por una organización de fumadores clandestinos enfrentados a un poder terrorífico y antinatural.
Pesadillas y alucinaciones I (Pesadillas y alucinaciones, #1)
Stephen King
>, afirma Stephen King, y pocas reflexiones servirían mejor que esta moraleja de sus historias: el mundo de la fantasía está poblado por las sombras de la conciencia.
Los relatos de Pesadillas y alucinaciones son otros tantos retazos de esas sombras, las que enturbian los límites entre el sueño y la vigilia, la realidad y el horror que subyace en lo real: desde la historia de una venganza tan terrible como merecida, hasta el pueblo habitado por los fantasmas de los rockeros muertos, pasando por vampiros con fuerte instinto paternal, niños demoníacos o un insólito doctor Watson que resuelve un caso antes que Sherlock Holmes.
Después de Medianoche
Stephen King
Algo sucede con el tiempo después de la medianoche: transcurre a una velocidad extraña, el aire parece más denso, la frontera entre lo real y lo imaginario se difumina. Pero ¿qué es lo que ocurre realmente?
Quizás estas cuatro pavorosas novelas de Stephen King le proporcionen algunas respuestas inesperadas. Al fin y al cabo, la medianoche es la hora favorita de Stephen King.
A la una después de medianoche, en «Los langolieros se narra un accidentado viaje de avión al que sólo sobreviven once pasajeros. Cuando consiguen aterrizar se encuentran con un mundo extraño en el que les está esperando algo ante lo cual desearían haber perecido en el avión…
A las dos después de medianoche, en «Ventana secreta, jardín secreto», King nos desvela las extrañas conexiones que pueden existir entre un autor, sus lectores y los argumentos y personajes de sus novelas. Conexiones que pueden estar muy relacionadas con la vida y la muerte.
A las tres después de medianoche, en «El policía de la biblioteca», Sam Peebles cree estar volviéndose loco desde que tuvo que atravesar el umbral de la biblioteca de Junction City. Aún no sabe que se está enfrentando a un enterrado fantasma de su infancia y a un destructivo policía, pero sólo si consigue descubrir la verdad tendrá una oportunidad de salir con vida.
A las cuatro después de medianoche, con «El perro de la Polaroid», una amenaza se está cerniendo sobre la realidad. Cuando Kevin Delivan cumplió quince años le regalaron lo que más deseaba: una cámara Polaroid Sun 600. Con ella le estaban regalando una pesadilla espeluznante.
La cúpula
Stephen King
Un tranquilo día de otoño la ciudad de Chester’s Mill queda inexplicable y repentinamente aislada del resto del mundo por un campo de fuerza invisible. Los aviones se estrellan y caen del cielo consumiéndose entre llamas, la gente corre sin rumbo por el pueblo vecino al verse separada de sus familias y los coches estallan al impactar contra el muro invisible. Nadie consigue comprender cuál es la naturaleza de la barrera, ni su procedencia, ni cómo ha llegado hasta allí, ni si algún día desaparecerá. Dale Barbara, un desilusionado veterano de la guerra del Golfo reconvertido en un mediocre cocinero; Julia Shumway, la directora del periódico local; y un grupo de skateboarders adolescentes lucharán para descubrir el misterio de la cúpula. Sin embargo, en el otro bando se encuentran el gran Jim Rennie, alcalde de Chester’s Mill, un hombre corrupto y sin escrúpulos dispuesto a todo para tomar las riendas del poder, y su hijo, que oculta un terrible secreto en una oscura despensa. Pero su adversario principal es la propia cúpula. Porque el tiempo no es infinito. El tiempo corre e irremediablemente se acaba...
La Part des ténèbres
Stephen King
Tu croyais pouvoir te débarrasser de moi. Tu pensais qu'avec un enterrement bidon pour mes fans et pour la presse, tout serait réglé. Tu te disais : Ce n'est qu'un pseudonyme, il n'existe même pas. Tu te disais : Fini George Stark, maintenant consacrons-nous à la vraie littérature... Pauvre naïf ! Ca a dû te faire un choc quand tu as vu la fausse tombe grande ouverte, hein ? Et cette série de meurtres abominables ? Exactement comme dans nos romans ! Sauf que cette fois, c'est réel, bien réel. Non, ne t'imagine pas que tu vas pouvoir si facilement te débarrasser de moi. Je suis ton double, ta part de ténèbres... Et j'aurai ta peau !
Brume : La Faucheuse
Stephen King
Dans Paranoïa, le premier volet de ce recueil de nouvelles, Stephen King avait ouvert des brèches dans la réalité de notre quotidien, distillant à la perfection des ambiances fantastiques et oppressantes. Dans cette seconde partie, c'est à nos inoffensifs objets familiers qu'il prête de troublantes et aliénantes intentions. Comme cette machine à traitement de texte, dotée de pourvoirs surnaturels et devant laquelle on ne peut que s'effacer... Ou ce camion conduit par un étrange mais néanmoins zélé laitier, qui vient chaque matin livrer des produits si peu propres à la consommation. Ou encore ce miroir, qui fait apparaître un reflet bien trop évident de notre condition humaine, trop humaine... Partout l'ombre de la Mort plane, maîtresse ténèbreuse et faucheuse du fil tenu de nos vies...
Dead Zone
Stephen King
Greg Stillson, candidat à la Maison Blanche, est un fou criminel, grand admirateur d'Hitler et d'autres maniaques de l'extermination: Quand il sera élu, ce sera l'Apocalypse. Un seul homme le sait : John Smith, car il est doué d'un étrange pouvoir qui lui attire pas mal d'ennuis, il devine l'avenir. Il n'y a rien de réjouissant à cela. Il peut prévoir les accidents, les catastrophes, les hécatombes. On ne -le croit pas, ou alors on le croit trop.
John Smith n'a encore rien dit de ses prémonitions. Pourtant, le candidat à la présidence des États-Unis est un dément. Que fera John Smith pour son pays ?
Elevación
Stephen King
King vuelve a Castle Rock con un mensaje para nuestros tiempos. «La prueba de que un maestro aún puede elevar más su leyenda.»USA Today El cuerpo de Scott Carey sufre un extraño fenómeno: pierde peso sin parar pero no se vuelve más delgado, su báscula le dice que cada día es un poco más ligero, sin importar si lleva o no ropa o cómo de pesada sea esta.Castle Rock es una ciudad pequeña en la que las noticias vuelan y Scott no quiere ser sometido a pruebas y experimentos, así que solo confía su secreto a su amigo el doctor Ellis.Sin embargo, el misterio de su insólita enfermedad causará efectos inesperados en la convivencia de la pequeña ciudad y sacará a la luz lo mejor de la gente que le rodea. Elevación es una historia fascinante y conmovedora y un antídoto contra nuestra cultura individualista. La crítica ha dicho...«Escrita en el característico estilo translúcido de King y ambientada en una de sus localizaciones marca de la casa, esta historia atípicamente luminosa es un atrevido llamamiento a elevarnos por encima de nuestras diferencias... mágico, oportuno... encantador y, sin embargo, provocador.»Booklist «Stephen King sigue teniendo el poder de sorprender a sus amados "lectores constantes"... Un narrador aún en el mejor momento de su carrera.»Associated Press
Under the Dome: Part Two
Stephen King
All hell has broken loose in Chester's Mill after an invisible force field suddenly and inexplicably descends on the small Maine town, isolating all within it from the outside world. As the grim reality of the situation dawns and panic sets in, each other town's denizens reveals their true nature in the face of shortages, rationing, lawlessness, and uncertainty.
Their survival depends on Dale "Barbie" Barbara, an ex-army drifter who leads a few intrepid citizens in a race to uncover the sinister forces intent on holding the town hostage under the dome - and to raise it before there's on one left alive in Chester's Mill...
(back cover)
Mientras escribo
Stephen King
Pocas veces un libro sobre el oficio de escribir ha resultado tan clarificador, útil y revelador. Mientras escribo empieza el relato de la asombrosa infancia de Stephen King y su extraño y temprano interés por la escritura. Una serie de vívidos recuerdos de la adolescencia, de la universidad y de los años de lucha que lo llevaron a la culminación de su primera novela, Carrie, aportan al lector una amena y divertida perspectiva sobre la formación del escritor.
El instituto
Stephen King
En mitad de la noche en un barrio tranquilo de Minneapolis raptan a Luke Ellis, de doce años, tras haber asesinado a sus padres. Una operación que dura menos de dos minutos. Luke se despierta en la siniestra institución conocida como El Instituto, en un cuarto que se asemeja al suyo pero sin ventanas. En habitaciones parecidas hay más niños: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris y Avery Dixon, entre otros, que comparten capacidades especiales como telequinesia o la telepatía. Todos ellos se alojan en la Mitad Delantera de la institución. Los mayores, en cambio, se encuentran en la Mitad Trasera. Como dice Kalisha: "El que entra no sale".
La señora Sigsby, la directora, y el resto del personal se dedican a aprovecharse sin compasión del talento paranormal de los chicos. Si te portas bien te premian. Si no, el castigo es brutal. Luke se da cuenta de que las víctimas van desapareciendo y son trasladadas a la Mitad Trasera, así que se obsesiona con escapar y pedir ayuda. Pero nunca nadie ha escapado de El Instituto...
Deudora de Ojos de fuego y con un elenco de personajes juveniles (como en It y en Stand By Me) con los que podemos empatizar, El Instituto nos recuerda de inmediato al mejor King, incluso aunque trate temas tan oscuros como los que copan los titulares hoy en día y que nos hacen temer por nuestro futuro.
Dôme: 2
Stephen King
Le Dôme : personne n’y entre, personne n’en sort. A la fin de l’automne, la petite ville de Chester Mill, dans le Maine, est inexplicablement et brutalement isolée du reste du monde par un champ de force invisible. Personne ne comprend ce qu’est ce dôme transparent, d’où il vient et quand – ou si – il partira. L’armée semble impuissante à ouvrir un passage tandis que les ressources à l’intérieur de Chester Mill se raréfient. Big Jim Rennie, un politicien pourri jusqu’à l’os, voit tout de suite le bénéfice qu’il peut tirer de la situation, lui qui a toujours rêvé de mettre la ville sous sa coupe. Un nouvel ordre social régi par la terreur s’installe et la résistance s’organise autour de Dale Barbara, vétéran de l’Irak et chef cuistot fraîchement débarqué en ville…
Dôme (Dôme, #1)
Stephen King
Le Dôme : personne n’y entre, personne n’en sort. A la fin de l’automne, la petite ville de Chester Mill, dans le Maine, est inexplicablement et brutalement isolée du reste du monde par un champ de force invisible. Personne ne comprend ce qu’est ce dôme transparent, d’où il vient et quand – ou si – il partira. L’armée semble impuissante à ouvrir un passage tandis que les ressources à l’intérieur de Chester Mill se raréfient. Big Jim Rennie, un politicien pourri jusqu’à l’os, voit tout de suite le bénéfice qu’il peut tirer de la situation, lui qui a toujours rêvé de mettre la ville sous sa coupe. Un nouvel ordre social régi par la terreur s’installe et la résistance s’organise autour de Dale Barbara, vétéran de l’Irak et chef cuistot fraîchement débarqué en ville…
L'Outsider
Stephen King
Le corps martyrisé d'un garçon de onze ans est retrouvé dans le parc de Flint City. Témoins et empreintes digitales désignent aussitôt le coupable : Terry Maitland, l'un des habitants les plus respectés de la ville, entraîneur de l'équipe locale de baseball, professeur d'anglais, marié et père de deux fillettes. Et les résultats des analyses d'ADN ne laissent aucun doute. Dossier classé. À un détail près : Terry Maitland a un alibi en béton. Et des preuves tout aussi irréfutables que les preuves qui l'accusent.
Qui se cache derrière ce citoyen au-dessus de tout soupçon ?
Miasteczko Salem
Stephen King
W prowincjonalnym amerykańskim miasteczku zaczynają dziać się rzeczy niepojęte i przerażające. Znikają bądź umierają w dziwnych okolicznościach dzieci i dorośli, jedna śmierć pociąga za sobą drugą. Czyżby Salem było nawiedzone przez złe moce? Kilku śmiałków, którym przewodzi mały chłopiec, wydaje im pełną determinacji walkę.
Miasteczko Salem, klasyczny horror Stephena Kinga, ukazało się po raz pierwszy w roku 1975. Demoniczna opowieść natychmiast przeraziła i oczarowała czytelników i stała się światowym bestsellerem. Doczekała się też dwóch ekranizacji.
Desperacja
Stephen King
Górnicze miasteczko Desperacja, położone w odludnej części środkowej Newady, staje się miejscem niezwykłych, przerażających wydarzeń . Niegdś kipiące życiem, od pewnego czasu sprawia wrażenie opuszczonego przez mieszkańców. Zostały tylko kojoty, skorpiony i myszoło wy... oraz miejscowy policjant. Podróżni, którzy tu trafią, poznają prawdziwy sens słowa desperacja.
Jak pisać. Pamiętnik rzemieślnika (nowe, rozszerzone wydanie)
Stephen King
Nowe, rozszerzone wydanie zawierające dodatkowe teksty i rozmowę Stephena Kinga z Joe Hillem.
Dużo czytać. Jeszcze więcej pisać. Nie poddawać się. Wyłączyć telewizor. Być uczciwym wobec siebie i swoich bohaterów. Nie bać się krytyków. Nie lekceważyć gramatyki. Oszczędzać słowa – radzi początkującym pisarzom słynny autor horrorów.
Ale „Pamiętnik rzemieślnika” to nie tylko porady dla twórców opowiadań o kosmicznych mutantach w radioaktywnym jeziorze. Wielbiciele Stephena Kinga znajdą tutaj wiele szczegółów biograficznych - pisarz opowiada o swoich traumatycznych przeżyciach z dzieciństwa, ciężkich latach biedy, przygodach z alkoholem i narkotykami, wreszcie o groźnym wypadku, któremu uległ w 1999 roku. Zdradza także historie poszczególnych pomysłów (do czego też może zainspirować pisarza automat sprzedający środki higieniczne w damskiej przebieralni!) i konkretnych tekstów czy postaci.
King nie próbuje kreować się mentora początkujących literatów, nie mitologizuje też samego tworzenia, choć głęboko wierzy w magiczną siłę słowa pisanego. Humor i bezpretensjonalność, z jaką podchodzi i do pisania, i do samego siebie, a także naprawdę użyteczne wskazówki i przykłady z życia sprawiają, że „Pamiętnik” jest równie wciągający (choć nie tak przerażający) jak najlepsze z jego powieści.
Stephen King jest autorem ponad 60 światowych bestsellerów. Ostatnio ukazały się m.in. „Instytut”, „Outsider”, „Śpiące królewny” (napisana wspólnie z synem, Owenem Kingiem) oraz Trylogia o Billu Hodgesie – „Pan Mercedes” (nagrodzona Edgar Award dla najlepszej powieści), „Znalezione nie kradzione” i „Koniec warty”. Za zasługi dla literatury amerykańskiej w 2018 roku otrzymał nagrodę PEN America Literary Service Award, a w 2014 roku państwowe odznaczenie National Medal of Arts. Mieszka w Bangor w stanie Maine ze swoją żoną, pisarką Tabithą King.
Instytut
Stephen King
Luke Ellis budzi się w pokoju do złudzenia przypominającym jego własny, tyle że bez okien. Wkrótce orientuje się, że trafił do tajemniczego Instytutu i nie jest jedynym dzieciakiem, którego tu uwięziono. To miejsce odosobnienia dla nastolatków obdarzonych zdolnościami telepatii lub telekinezy. W Instytucie zostaną poddani testom, które wzmocnią ich naturalną, choć nadprzyrodzoną moc. Opiekunowie nie mają skrupułów – grzeczne dzieci są nagradzane, nieposłuszne – są surowo karane. Wszyscy jednak, prędzej czy później, trafią do drugiej części Instytutu, a stamtąd nikt już nie wraca.
Gdy kolejne dzieci znikają w Tylnej Połowie Luke jest coraz bardziej zdesperowany. Musi uciec i wezwać pomoc. Bo jeśli komuś miałoby się udać, to właśnie jemu.
Tylko że nikt dotąd nie uciekł z Instytutu.
Podpalaczka
Stephen King
Andy McGee, zachęcony możliwością szybkiego zarobienia dwustu dolarów, decyduje się uczestniczyć w ryzykownym eksperymencie. Zastrzyk testowanego specyfiku o nazwie Lot Sześć, rzekomo łagodnego środka halucynogennego, powoduje osobliwe zmiany w jego psychice. Wkrótce przekonuje się, że siłą woli potrafi zmusić innych do określonych zachowań. Jego żona Vicky (także poddana eksperymentowi) odkrywa w sobie zdolności telepatii i telekinezy, a ich córeczka Charlie potrafi rozniecać ogień na odległość. Osobami o tak niezwykłych umiejętnościach interesują się agenci z Wydziału Wywiadu Naukowego. Ich bezwzględne metody działania sprawiają, że życie szczęśliwej rodziny zmienia się w koszmar.
Premium Harmony
Stephen King
They’ve been married for ten years and for a long time everything was O.K.—swell—but now...
http://www.newyorker.com/fiction/features/2009/11/09/091109fi_fiction_king
The Man in the Black Suit
Stephen King
A haunting recollection of a mysterious boyhood event, The Man in Black Suit read by John Cullum leads off this masterful collection from Stephen King.
Word Processor of the Gods
Stephen King
Richard Hagstrom, professeur d'anglais et écrivain raté, a du mal à se préserver un espace vital entre une épouse dominatrice et un fils qui le méprise. Il est en revanche toujours amoureux de Belinda, la femme que son frère a épousée, et il adore leur fils Jon, un petit génie de l'électronique. Après que son frère, conduisant en état d'ivresse, a entraîné dans la mort Belinda et Jon, Richard reçoit un cadeau posthume de ce dernier : un appareil de traitement de texte bricolé à partir de pièces disparates. Il découvre alors que cette machine lui donne un droit de vie ou de mort sur les personnes dont il tape le nom...
Ces monolingues de la série VERSION ORIGINALE vous proposent
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Później
Stephen King
Tylko umarli nie mają sekretów.
Jamie od najmłodszych lat widuje zmarłych. I nie przypomina to tego, co znamy ze słynnego filmu z Bruce’em Willisem. Jamie może zobaczyć to, czego nikt inny nie widzi, i poznać sekrety, których nikt inny nie zna. Ale cena, jaką musi płacić za swoje nadnaturalne zdolności, jest bardzo wysoka. O czym doskonale wie matka Jamiego, która namawiała go, aby nikomu nie mówił, co potrafi. Taki dar nie może długo jednak pozostać niezauważony. I Jamie wkrótce będzie musiał pomagać nowojorskiej policji w śledztwie w sprawie, w której pewien morderca groził uderzeniem zza grobu.
Czasami dorastać znaczy stanąć twarzą w twarz z prześladującymi cię demonami.
Później, najnowsza powieść Stephena Kinga, to horror w najlepszym wydaniu – przerażający i poruszający. To także historia o straconej niewinności i konieczności wyborów między dobrem a złem. Uważny czytelnik znajdzie w niej echa jednej z najsławniejszych powieści Kinga – TO – i odpowiedź na pytanie, co trzeba zrobić, aby stawić czoło złu we wszystkich jego postaciach.
Les Langoliers
Stephen King
Les langoliers arrivaient. Pour les paresseux, les incapables, exactement comme son père l'avait prédit.
À bord d'un vol vers Boston, dix personnes se réveillent, seules dans l'avion. Le reste des passagers s'est volatilisé. L'avion se tient sur un tarmac désert du Maine. Attentat, complot, faille temporelle ? Chacun a une théorie, mais c'est sans doute Dinah, une petite fille aveugle, qui en sait le plus long. Et c'est elle qui, la première, entendra ce bruit sourd, qui se rapproche...
Auteur de cinquante best-sellers, dont les célèbres Shining. Ça et La tour sombre. Stephen King fait trembler depuis plus de quarante ans des générations de lecteurs fidèles. Couronné de nombreux prix littéraires, il est devenu un mythe vivant de la littérature américaine, reconnu dans le monde entier.
Les Yeux du dragon
Stephen King
L'ombre de Flagg plane depuis quatre siècles sur le royaume de Delain... Le jour où la silhouette du sinistre magicien se glisse derrière le trône du roi Roland, c'est en vue d'accomplir son noir dessein : assurer le triomphe du mal. La machination se met en marche, vénéneuse comme le poison. Mais c'est compter sans une antique maison de poupée, quelques milliers de serviettes de table, les yeux d'un vieux dragon empaillé et, bien sûr, le courage de ceux qui refusent la tyrannie. On sait que les contes de fées sont les premiers récits de terreur. En écrire un à l'intention de sa fille Naomi était donc pour Stephen King une sorte de retour aux sources.
Dolores Clairbone
Stephen King
La acción se desarrolla en el pueblo costero de Lilttle Tall Island, en el condado de Maine, el mismo lugar en que sucede La tormenta del siglo. Dolores es el ama de llaves y la enfermera de Vera Donovan, una dama anciana, último miembro de una aristocracia rural a punto de desaparecer y con la que comparte un secreto.
Dolores mató a su marido porque era un alcohólico peligroso y nunca se lo ha perdonado. La muerte de la dama y la llegada de su hija despiertan todos sus recuerdos.
Le Talisman (Le talisman des territoires, #1)
Stephen King
Jack Sawyer, douze ans, a découvert une porte qui donne sur une autre réalité, celle des Territoires, monde parallèle au nôtre, féerique et dangereux.
Il entreprend un fantastique voyage à la recherche du Talisman pour sauver sa mère qui se meurt, et aussi la Reine des Territoires que nul ne parvient à tirer
d'un sommeil mystérieux.
Sautant d'une Amérique hyperréaliste et cruelle aux Territoires ensorcelés, affrontant .la peur, la solitude et la souffrance, désespéré mais tenace, Jack va son chemin.
Jusqu'à la victoire finale du Bien sur le Mal.
Stephen King et Peter Straub sont les maîtres incontestés du fantastique et de l'horreur. Cette épopée gigantesque est leur chef d'oeuvre, à la lisière de la science-fiction, de l'« heroïc fantasy » et du « thriller ».
Insomnie
Stephen King
Des visions étranges peuplent les nuits insomniaques de Ralph Roberts : deux nains en blouse blanche, une paire de ciseaux à la main, de singulières auras colorées... Devient-il fou ? N'est-il pas plutôt victime d'une volonté supérieure qui lui donne des pouvoirs paranormaux ? Tandis qu'une agitation incontrôlée gagne la ville de Derry à propos d'une clinique où se pratiquent des avortements, Ralph se transforme en justicier, bien malgré lui... Stephen King réveille les forces obscures qui sommeillent au plus profond de l'esprit humain. Son Insomnie est un thriller démoniaque qui vous plonge au cœur d'une folie collective et vous étreint comme un cauchemar hallucinant. À cause de Ça, vous aviez passé de longues nuits blanches. Après Insomnie, vous ne dormirez jamais plus comme avant.
Brume : Paranoïa (9 Stories from Skeleton Crew)
Stephen King
Éclate une tempête et la réalité se fissure! Avant-goût d'apocalypse… De la brume surgit une horreur blême, créature monstrueuse aux pieds cornés qui attaque un supermarché… Défi de la nature déchaînée ou fantaisie inquiétante de l'imagination? Glacé de peur, David croit rêver. Et à tout prendre, il vaudrait mieux que sa stéréo mentale soit déréglée…
Mais il est des voix pour murmurer le nom de Shaymore et du projet Pointe-de-Flèche… Et s'ils avaient ouvert un trou donnant directement dans une autre dimension? Ils? Les ennemis. Ne sont-ils pas partout? A nos trousses. Ombres diligeantes, messagers anonymes, prêts à nous faire la peau… Fadaises? Délire paranoiaque parfait? Chacune de ces nouvelles révèle l'envers hallucinant d'un décor qui nous est familier.
Lobos del Calla (La torre oscura, #5)
Stephen King
El esperado clímax de la increíble saga del maestro del terror, Stephen King.
Todo lo que se interpone entre el Rey Carmesí y la disolución de la existencia es Roland Deschain y su ka-tet.
El mundo se ha movido. Han pasado nueve años. Desde que los pistoleros protegían el país. Desde la caída de Gilead. Tras el fin de la Afiliación, Roland y lo que queda de su ka-tet se vieron obligados a esconderse. A huir de los mutantes y de los mercenarios de Farson. Pero las cosas podrían ser peores si se rompe alguno de los Haces que sustentan la Torre Oscura. Primero fue el hogar de Roland. Ahora podría haber llegado la destrucción del Mundo Medio.
Bellas durmientes
Stephen King
En esta espectacular colaboración entre padre e hijo, Stephen King y Owen King nos ofrecen la historia más arriesgada de cuantas han contado hasta ahora: ¿qué pasaría si las mujeres abandonaran este mundo? En un futuro tan real y cercano que podría ser hoy, cuando las mujeres se duermen, brota de su cuerpo una especie de capullo que las aísla del exterior. Si las despiertan, las molestan o tocan el capullo que las envuelve, reaccionan con una violencia extrema. Y durante el sueño se evaden a otro mundo. Los hombres, por su parte, quedan abandonados a sus instintos primarios.
La misteriosa Evie, sin embargo, es inmune a esta bendición o castigo del trastorno del sueño. ¿Se trata de una anomalía médica que hay que estudiar? O ¿es un demonio al que hay que liquidar? Una fábula del siglo XXI sobre la posibilidad de un mundo exclusivamente femenino más pacífico y más justo que resulta especialmente relevante hoy en día.
Desesperación
Stephen King
En la interestatal 50, en el desértico y solitario tramo que atraviesa Nevada, un gato muerto ensartado en un cartel da la bienvenida al pequeño pueblo minero de Desesperación. Allí, un policía local poseído por un perverso ser se ha erigido en autoridad suprema y sanguinaria, y elige sus víctimas entre los escasos vehículos que circulan por la carretera. Aquellos que mueren rápidamente son en realidad los más afortunados, ya que para los supervivientes Desesperación se convertirá en el escenario de una horrenda pesadilla... Un policía local, poseído por un perverso ser, se ha erigido en autoridad suprema y sanguinaria del pequeño pueblo minero de Desesperación.
La Torre Oscura (La Torre Oscura, #7)
Stephen King
La séptima entrega de la exitosa serie La torre oscura de StephenKing.
Los compañeros del ka-tet de Roland se encuentran separados en el espacio y en el tiempo, y su primera meta es volver a juntarse.Una nueva incursión de Stephen King en los mundos de la fantasía más desbordantes. Si has llegado hasta aquí, lector, sigue un poco más. No temas llegar al final del camino.
Canción de Susannah (La torre oscura, #6)
Stephen King
La sexta entrega de esta saga dejará a los lectores más absortos que nunca.
Roland Deschain es el último pistolero en una épica apasionante llena de aventuras, grandes hazañas, peligros que te harán sufrir, tragedias para hacerte llorar e historias de amor verdadero y de amistad tierna y profunda.
Cuando John Farson, al que irónicamente apodan Hombre Bueno, invade la baronía de Gilead, los pistoleros son masacrados. Sólo Deschain sobrevive y lo hará para emprender una búsqueda: debe hallar la legendaria Torre Oscura, el eje central sobre el que giran las múltiples realidades. Sólo allí podrá deshacer las acciones del Hombre Bueno y restablecer el Mundo Medio.
El viento por la cerradura (La Torre Oscura, #4.5)
Stephen King
De camino hacia las Baronías Exteriores, Roland Deschains y su ka-tet, Jake, Susannah, Eddie y Acho, el bilibrambo, tendrán que sobrevivir a una violenta tormenta justo después de cruzar el río Whye. Buscan refugio para protegerse del vendaval y, para pasar las horas, Roland les cuenta dos historias sorprendentes que descubren más detalles de su propio pasado. Durante su primer año de pistolero, cuando Roland intentaba superar el gran sentimiento de culpabilidad que le había causado la muerte de su madre, su padre le envió a investigar el caso de un metamorfo, un hombrepieles que estaba depredando la población de Debaria. Roland interrogó a Bill Streeter, un chico valiente pero aterrorizado y único testigo superviviente de la última matanza de la bestia. Para tranquilizarle y prepararle para la dura prueba que le esperaba al día siguiente, empieza a recitarle uno de Los cuentos mágicos de Eld que su madre solía contarle antes de dormir: Una persona nunca es demasiado vieja para nutrirse de historias, le dijo a Bill. Hombre y niño, niña y mujer, nunca somos demasiado viejos. Por ellas vivimos. Y así es la historia que narra Roland: la leyenda inolvidable de Tim Corazón Tenaz, un cuento que cobra vida también para nosotros.
La llegada de los tres (La torre oscura, #2)
Stephen King
La llegada de los tres es el segundo libro de la magnífica serie dedicada a La Torre Oscura.
A través de tres puertas que encuentra en la orilla del mar, Roland conseguirá entrar y salir de su mundo al otro.
Este volumen incluye una nueva introducción del autor, además de las ilustraciones originales de la edición de Donald Grant de 1987.
Después de enfrentarse con el hombre de negro al final de El pistolero, Roland se despierta febril y debilitado en una playa. Al caer la noche le atacan unos seres monstruosos que salen del mar. Para eludirlos, Roland puede huir de la playa por tres salidas, tres puertas. Todas le llevarán a Nueva York, pero en tres momentos distintos; además, al otro lado de cada una de ellas, Roland tendrá que atraer a una persona. Necesita a estas tres personas para seguir adelante en su búsqueda de la Torre Oscura: en el año 1987 encuentra a Eddie Dean, heroinómano desesperado; en 1964 a Odetta Holmes, la Dama de las Sombras, heredera afroamericana que perdió sus piernas en un accidente en el metro; finalmente, en 1977, da con Jack Mort, la propia muerte. ¿Serán ellos los que formarán su ka-tet?
“Pocas veces se ha adentrado un escritor en el terror universal a la muerte y la oscuridad absoluta hasta el punto de sacudir y aterrar nuestro espíritu.” - Guillermo del Toro
El pistolero (La torre oscura, #1)
Stephen King
"El hombre de negro huía a través del desierto y el pistolero iba en pos de él."
Estas palabras las escribió Stephen King en 1970, cinco años antes de la publicación de su primera novela, y con ellas abrió la puerta a un nuevo mundo que muchos lectores todavía no conocen bien. De esta forma se inició una fantasía épica en siete tomos, La Torre Oscura, que ya se ha convertido en un clásico del género.
En un mundo extrañamente parecido al nuestro, Roland Deschain de Gilead persigue a su enemigo, el hombre de negro. Roland, solitario, quizá maldito, anda sin descanso a través de un paisaje triste y abandonado. Conoce a Jake, un chico de Nueva York pero de otro tiempo, y ambos unen sus destinos. Ante ellos están las montañas. Y mucho más allá, la Torre Oscura...
El misterio de Salem's Lot
Stephen King
Salem's Lot es un pueblo tranquilo donde nunca pasa nada. O quizás esto son solo apariencias, pues lo cierto es que sí se están sucediendo diversos hechos misteriosos, incluso escalofriantes...
Veinte años atrás, por una apuesta infantil, Ben Mears entró en la casa de los Marsten. Y lo que vio entonces aún recorre sus pesadillas. Ahora, como escritor consagrado, vuelve a Salem's Lot para exorcizar sus fantasmas.
Salem's Lot es un pueblo tranquilo y adormilado donde nunca pasa nada..., excepto la antigua tragedia de la casa de los Marsten. Y el perro muerto colgado de la verja del cementerio. Y el misterioso hombre que se instaló en la casa de los Marsten. Y los niños que desaparecen, los animales que mueren desangrados... Y la espantosa presencia de Ellos, quienesquiera que sean Ellos.
El ciclo del hombre lobo
Stephen King
El terror empezó en enero,
con la luna llena...
El primer grito fue el de un ferroviario aislado por la nieve, cuando sintió unos colmillos desgarrando su garganta. Al mes siguiente se oyó un grito de agonía proferido por una mujer a quien atacaban en su habitación.
Cada vez que la luna llena brilla en la aislada y solitaria ciudad de Tarker's Mills, se producen escenas de increíble horror. Nadie sabe quién será la próxima víctima.
Pero sí hay una certeza...
...cuando la luna se muestra en todo su esplendor, un terror paralizante recorre Tarker's Mills. En el viento se oyen gruñidos que parecen palabras humanas. Y por todas partes aparecen las huellas de un monstruo insaciable...
Corazones en la Atlántida
Stephen King
A lo largo de cinco relatos escalofriantes en tres temas principales – la década de los setenta, la guerra de Vietnam y el juego –, Stephen King disecciona fantasmas, miedos y frustaciones de nuestra sociedad.
Le notti di Salem
Stephen King
Una casa abbandonata, un paesino sperduto, vampiri assetati di sangue. Quando il giovane Stephen King decise di trapiantare Bram Stoker nel New England sapeva che la sua idea, nonostante le apparenze, era buona, ma forse neanche la sua fervida immaginazione avrebbe saputo dire quanto. Era il 1975 e, da allora, il racconto dell'avvento del Male a Jerusalem's Lot, meglio conosciuta come 'salem's Lot, non ha mai cessato di terrorizzare milioni di lettori, consacrando il suo autore come maestro dell'horror. Questo piccolo classico contemporaneo viene ora riproposto in un'edizione illustrata arricchita da una nuova introduzione, due racconti e un sostanzioso apparato che raccoglie le pagine eliminate nella stesura finale.
Graveyard Shift (short story)
Stephen King
A young drifter named Hall has been working at a decrepit textile mill in a small town in Maine when his boss, a cruel taskmaster, recruits him and others to assist with a massive cleaning effort. The basement of the old mill has been abandoned for decades, and over the years, a monumental infestation of rats has taken hold.
Ojos de fuego
Stephen King
Charlie es un niña rubia, de ojos azules, educada y cariñosa. Pero también es piroquinética. Sí, puede encender fuego a distancia, desde inofensivas fogatas hasta hogueras voraces. Y si posee estas capacidades a los siete años, horroriza pensar en sus poderes destructores cuando sea adulta. Aunque, la verdad, tiene pocas probabilidades de llegar a la edad adulta. Porque el servicio secreto norteamericano encargado de realizar investigaciones científicas y paracientíficas para su aplicación militar ha decidido estudiar a Charlie y luego eliminarla, tal como estudió y eliminó a sus padres después de haberlos utilizado en sus experimentos
Home delivery
Stephen King
A short story in the Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection.
On a small island off the coast of Maine, a small community prepares to defend themselves from an attack of reanimated corpses. Maddie Pace, a pregnant widow, prepares for the attack from her husband, recently dead in a boat accident.
Fin de guardia (Bill Hodges, #3)
Stephen King
Al detective retirado Bill Hodges, que dirige una agencia de investigación privada con Holly, le diagnostican un cáncer de páncreas terminal. En ese momento Hodges investiga una serie de suicidios con un punto en común: todos los fallecidos tuvieron relación con Brady Hartsfield, el tristemente famoso Mercedes.
Hodges y Holly dejaron al asesino en un estado vegetativo del que no se ha recuperado. Sin embargo, se le han estado suministrando drogas experimentales gracias a las cuales ha desarrollado la capacidad de mover objetos con la mente y de entrar en los cuerpos de ciertas personas vulnerables a su control, arrastrándolas a la muerte.
Algunos asesinos usan cuchillos; otros, pistolas o incluso coches, pero todos tienen un objetivo en mente: volverte loco. Hodges y Hartsfield, Hartsfield y Hodges: la antigua batalla está a punto de llegar a su fin.
Eso
Stephen King
¿Quién o qué mutila y mata a los niños de un pequeño pueblo norteamericano? ¿Por qué llega cíclicamente el horror a Derry en forma de un payaso siniestro que va sembrando la destrucción a su paso? Esto es lo que se proponen averiguar los protagonistas de esta novela. Tras veintisiete años de tranquilidad y lejanía una antigua promesa infantil les hace volver al lugar en el que vivieron su infancia y juventud como una terrible pesadilla. Regresan a Derry para enfrentarse con su pasado y enterrar definitivamente la amenaza que los amargó durante su niñez. Saben que pueden morir, pero son conscientes de que no conocerán la paz hasta que aquella cosa sea destruida para siempre.
La caja de botones de Gwendy
Stephen King
Existen tres vías para llegar a Castle View desde la ciudad de Castle Rock: por la carretera 117, por Pleasant Road y por las Escaleras de los Suicidios. Cada día del verano de 1974, Gwendy Peterson, de doce años de edad, toma el camino de las escaleras, que ascienden en zigzag por la ladera rocosa.
Pero un día, al llegar a lo alto, mientras recupera el aliento con la cara roja y las manos apoyadas sobre las rodillas, un desconocido la llama. Allí, en un banco a la sombra, se sienta un hombre con una chaqueta negra y un pequeño sombrero. Llegará un día en el que Gwendy sufra pesadillas con ese sombrero...
Dos historias para no dormir
Stephen King
Un grupo de chicos y chicas sale a navegar en una balsa sobre un pacífico lago, donde una oscura mancha viscosa los acosa; en la cárcel, un interno tiene extrañas pesadillas en las que aparece una mujer que le atrae y repele a la vez, porque se convierte en una inmensa rata. Dos cuentos inéditos del gran maestro del terror, un terror que se instala en situaciones cotidianas con total familiaridad. Una realidad sobrenatural que traspasa los límites de lo fantástico para infiltrarse en nuestras vidas y sembrar la angustia en las noches de insomnio.
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