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Winner of the Horror genre



You Like It Darker by Stephen King

"You like it darker? Fine, so do I' writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of stories that delve into the darker part of life - both metaphorical and literal.

Each of these stories holds its own thrills, joys and mysteries; each feels iconic. In 'Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream', a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny's most catastrophically. 'Rattlesnakes', a sequel to Cujo, sees a grieving widower travel to Florida for respite and instead receive an unexpected inheritance—with major strings attached. '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 writes to feel 'the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind' and his ability to surprise, amaze and bring us both terror and solace remains unsurpassed.

You like it darker? You got it.

** With a bonus story for the paperback edition. **

I'm reading this now. I'm not always a King fan, and I don't always care for short stories, but I'm enjoying most of these stories.

I enjoy King's writing style a lot. I'm not always a fan of short stories, but I do want to read this one. My month is a little crazy though, so I probably won't get to it this month. I will be interested to see what everyone thinks of it.