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Four chilling tales, one dark masterpiece.

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King could be a good read for fans of horror anthologies. The book's most unique feature is how King explores the darkest corners of human nature, making readers question their own moral compass. Each story is filled with complex characters and vivid imagery that will leave readers feeling uneasy, but unable to look away. Overall, this book is not for the faint of heart, but for those who love a good scare and psychological thrill ride.

  • Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection (2010)
  • British Fantasy Award for Best Collection (2011)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2010)
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ISBN: 9781439192566
Authors: Stephen King
Publisher: Scribner
Date of Publication: 2010-11-01
Format: Hardcover
Related Collections: Fantasy, Horror, Mystery/Crime/Thriller
Related Topics: Fantasy, Mystery, Suspense, Thriller, Crime, Mystery
Goodreads rating: 4.08
(rated by 108979 readers)

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"I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger..." writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up "1922." the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerizing tales from Stephen King. For James, that stranger is awakened when his wife, Arlette, proposes selling off the family homestead and moving to Omaha, setting in motion a gruesome train of murder and madness. In "Big Driver," a cozy-mystery writer named Tess encounters the stranger along a back road in Massachusetts when she takes a shortcut home after a book-club engagement. Violated and left for dead, Tess plots a revenge that will bring her face-to-face with another stranger: the one inside herself. "Fair Extension," the shortest of these tales, is perhaps the nastiest and certainly the funniest. Making a deal with the devil not only saves Dave Streeter from a fatal cancer but provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment. When her husband of more than twenty years is away on one of his business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable and she discovers the stranger inside her husband. It's a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitely ends a good marriage. Like Different Seasons and Four Past Midnight, which generated such enduring films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me, Full Dark, No Stars proves Stephen King a master of the long story form.(front flap)Contains:1922Big DriverA Fair ExtensionA Good Marriage
 

Four chilling tales, one dark masterpiece.

Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King could be a good read for fans of horror anthologies. The book's most unique feature is how King explores the darkest corners of human nature, making readers question their own moral compass. Each story is filled with complex characters and vivid imagery that will leave readers feeling uneasy, but unable to look away. Overall, this book is not for the faint of heart, but for those who love a good scare and psychological thrill ride.

  • Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection (2010)
  • British Fantasy Award for Best Collection (2011)
  • Goodreads Choice Award Nominee for Mystery & Thriller (2010)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.