King graduated from the University of Maine, where he met and married his wife Tabitha King. He has also written under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman.

His books, Carrie, The Stand and The Shining, have rocketed him to fame and fortune. Stephen King is an American horror-fiction writer. This first edition comes in a burgundy slipcase with glow-in-the-dark original artwork on both sides and the spine of the slipcase. This collection of long stories returns Stephen King to a field where he shows readers once again that he is the King of fiction. And in the final tale, Darcy Anderson discovers her husband’s horrific secrets. A mystery writer begins to conspire against a stranger who he had a brutal encounter with. Dave will need to inflict misery on an old rival for his only chance at healing. Full Dark, No Stars is a collection of long stories by Stephen King.Ī Nebraska farmer begins to evaluate his choices when his wife threatens to sell the family homestead. Even those we love wear masks that hide their true selves from us. Now, as then, these tales show how a skilled storyteller with a good tale to tell can make unsettling fiction compulsively readable. As in Different Seasons (1982), King takes a mostly nonfantastic approach to grim themes. 'A Good Marriage' explores the aftermath of a wife's discovery of her milquetoast husband's sinister secret life, while 'Fair Extension,' the book's most disturbing story, follows the relationship between a man and the best friend on whom he preternaturally shifts all his bad luck and misfortune. 'Big Driver' tells of an otherwise ordinary woman who discovers her extraordinary capacity for retribution after she is raped and left for dead. In '1922,' a farmer murders his wife to retain the family land she hopes to sell, then watches his life unravel hideously as the consequences of the killing suggest a near-supernatural revenge. Raw looks at the limits of greed, revenge, and self-deception (Booklist, starred review) from the greatest storyteller of our time. The reviews are necessarily limited to those that were. Five unforgettable short works from the 1 internationally bestselling author. Eerie twists of fate drive the four longish stories in King's first collection since Just After Sunset (2008). Publication information is for the USA, and (unless stated otherwise) represents the first print edition.

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