Do you like jumping at shadows? How about your dreams turning into nightmares? If so, You Like It Darker by Stephen King is the perfect book for you! This volume is a collection of short stories written by an expert on horror and wild imaginings.
The first tale in the collection is “Two Talented Bastids.” This story features references to the author’s own life, including visitors to his front gate, door-stopper novels, and press-tour activities. If you’re wondering how to become a bestselling author or painter, you need to read this story as it explores just that inspiration.
Throughout the collection, King references other pieces in his writing catalog. Readers can go back to Derry, Castle Rock, and Dark Score Lake. Two stories feature Duma Key. If you’re interested in revisiting characters from Cujo, the tale “Rattlesnakes” will make your day. Here we catch up with a mourning Vic Trenton who has lost his wife Donna. She was the courageous mother who fought a rabid dog to save her child. See what Vic is up to now as he meets another grieving mother. Her twins have been dead for some time---or have they?
In another story, a lawyer meets “The Answer Man.” Every time the lawyer is at a turning point in his life, the answer man shows up to answer his questions. Do you want to know your future? In “Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream” a janitor dreams about finding a dead body—and then does. An obsessive detective is convinced of the janitor’s guilt in the death. Will the truth come out?
These are just a few of the twelve stories contained in this volume. If you like it darker, Stephen King may be one of your favorite authors. He does not disappoint with this outing. These stories will haunt you.
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