It happens innocently enough, but doesn’t it always. A big, friendly dog chases a rabbit into a hidden underground cave—and stirs a sleeping evil crueler than death itself.
A terrified four-year-old boy sees his bedroom closet door swing open untouched by human hands, and screams at the unholy red eyes gleaming in the darkness.
The little Maine town of Castle Rock is about to be invaded by the most hideous menace ever to savage the flesh and devour the mind.
“Hits the jugular.”
—New York Times
AMERICA LOVES
THE BACHMAN BOOKS
“Fascinating.”
—Philadelphia Inquirer
CARRIE
“Horrifying.”
—Chicago Tribune
CHRISTINE
“Riveting.”
—Playboy
CUJO
“Gut-wrenching.”
—Newport News Daily Press
THE DARK HALF
“Scary.”
—Kirkus Reviews
THE DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER
“Brilliant.”
—Booklist
THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE
“Superb.”
—Chicago Herald-Wheaton
THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS
“Gripping.”
—Chicago Sun-Times
THE DEAD ZONE
“Frightening.”
—Cosmopolitan
DIFFERENT SEASONS
“Hypnotic.”
—New York Times Book Review
DOLORES CLAIBORNE
“Unforgettable.”
—San Francisco Chronicle
THE EYES OF THE DRAGON
“Masterful.”
—CincinnatiPost
FIRESTARTER
“Terrifying.”
—Miami Herald
STEPHEN KING
FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT
“Chilling.”
Milwaukee Journal
GERALD’S GAME
“Terrific.”
—USA Today
IT
“Mesmerizing.”
—Washington Post Book World
MISERY
“Wonderful.”
—Houston Chronicle
NEEDFUL THINGS
“Demonic.”
—Kirkus Reviews
NIGHT SHIFT
“Macabre.”
—Dallas Times-Herald
PET SEMATARY
“Unrelenting.”
—Pittsburgh Press
‘SALEM’S LOT
“Tremendous.”
—Kirkus Reviews
THE SHINING
“Spellbinding.”
—Pittsburgh Press
SKELETON CREW
“Diabolical.”
—Associates Press
THE STAND
“Great.”
—New York Times Book Review
THINNER
“Extraordinary.”
—Booklist
THE TOMMYKNOCKERS
“Marvelous.”
—Boston Globe
WORKS BY STEPHEN KING
NOVELS
Carrie ’Salem’s Lot The Shining The Stand The Dead Zone Firestarter Cujo THE DARK TOWER I: The Gunslinger Christine Pet Sematary Cycle of the Werewolf The Talisman (with Peter Straub) It The Eyes of the Dragon Misery The Tommyknockers THE DARK TOWER II: The Drawing of the Three
THE DARK TOWER III: The Waste Lands The Dark Half Needful Things Gerald’s Game Dolores Claiborne Insomnia Rose Madder Desperation The Green Mile THE DARK TOWER IV: Wizard and Glass Bag of Bones The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Dreamcatcher Black House (with Peter Straub) From a Buick 8
AS RICHARD BACHMAN Rage The Long Walk Roadwork The Running Man Thinner The Regulators
COLLECTIONS Night Shift Different Seasons Skeleton Crew Four Past Midnight Nightmares and Dreamscapes Hearts in Atlantis Everything’s Eventual
NONFICTION Danse Macabre On Writing
SCREENPLAYS Creepshow Cat’s Eye Silver Bullet Maximum Overdrive Pet Sematary Golden Years Sleepwalkers The Stand The Shining Rose Red Storm of the Century
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