02662cam a2200337 i 4500001001900000003000600019005001700025007000300042008004100045020003500086020002800121035004100149035002400190040009600214100004100310245004100351264004100392300002300433505024800456520129000704650003201994650003002026650002202056650002302078650004802101655002602149655002502175942000802200952010102208999001502309991027151584107026UkOxU20250324094702.0ta240209s2024    enk           000 1 eng d  a9781399725101qtrade paperback  a9781399725095qhardback  a(OCoLC)1420889559z(OCoLC)1436450988  a(OCoLC)on1420889559  aAU@bengerdacAU@dATNSHdAUNTLdNZLPPdOCLCOdSINLBdUKYRKdOCLCOdZGRdOCLCOdQGQdUkOxU  aKing, Stephend1947-eauthor.91131610aYou like it darker c/ Stephen King. 1aLondon :bHodder & Stoughton,c2024.  a484 pages ;c24 cm0 aTwo talented bastids — The fifth step — Willie the weirdo — Danny Coughlin's bad dream — Finn — On Slide Inn Road — Red screen — The turbulence expert — Laurie — Rattlesnakes — The dreamers — The answer man — Afterword.  a'You like it darker? Fine, so do I', writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life - both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel 'the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind', and in You Like it Darker, readers will feel that exhilaration too, again and again. 'Two Talented Bastids' explores the long-hidden secret of how the eponymous gentlemen got their skills. In 'Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream', a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny's most catastrophically. In 'Rattlesnakes', a sequel to Cujo, a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives an unexpected inheritance - with major strings attached. In 'The Dreamers', a taciturn Vietnam vet answers a job ad and learns that there are some corners of the universe best left unexplored. 'The Answer Man' asks if prescience is good luck or bad and reminds us that a life marked by unbearable tragedy can still be meaningful. 0aFate and fatalismvFiction. 0aMortalityvFiction924284 0aFortunevFiction. 0aWidowersvFiction. 0aInheritance and successionvFiction.924095 0aHorror fiction922808 0aShort stories922375  2lcc  00102lcc4070aTBSbTBSd2025-03-24l0oP-EN KINr2025-03-24t1w2025-03-24y1zSOON AVAILABLE  c4567d4567