The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories
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| Rating | : | 4.46 (888 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1442388501 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 481 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-09-07 |
| Language | : | English |
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Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel), Finders Keepers, and End of Watch; the short story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams; Revival; Doctor Sleep, and Under the Dome<
Like little throwbacks to his 2000 manual/memoir On Writing,King tosses out bits of trivia and inspiration for each of his short form treats. Depending on how ordinary people continue to fare in the face of harsh reality, his topics of concern may shift in the meantime, as may those of his audience. As always, King conjures nightmares you don’t necessarily want to wake up from.” (Preston Jones, The Fort Worth Star Telegram)“Kinghas always had a wicked (in more ways than one) sense of humor, too, and it'soften on display along with the scary stuff in his new short story collection, THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS…One of the bonuses of Bazaar is that each story is preceded by a note from the author about its genesis&
"A Great Collection That Matches His Past Short Story Work" according to Robert Bolton. In recent years, many devoted readers of Stephen King have made the complaint that his novels have declined in quality. While that might be true, I always reply that his short stories are (and always have been) his best works. This new collection shows that Mr. King has . TMStyles said A Reward For Constant Readers. If you are a Stephen King Constant Reader, sit back and enjoy or, if you are new to the King phenomenon, this is a great volume with which to get acquainted. "The Bazaar Of Bad Dreams" is a compelling compendium of 18 short stories and two poems , some old and revised, s. Josh Mauthe said Another great collection of short works by King that remind you of his talent, yes, but also his wide range. The only thing I may look forward to more than a new Stephen King novel is a new collection of his short stories. Yes, I love Stephen King, but even being a Constant Reader doesn't prevent me from being willing to admit that the man can - and often does - go long on his
“Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. In this new collection he assembles, for the first time, recent stories that have never been published in a book. The best of them have teeth.”. “Afterlife” is about a man who died of colon cancer and keeps reliving the same life, repeating his mistakes over and over again. In “Morality,” King looks at how a marriage and two lives fall apart after the wife and husband enter into what seems, at first, a devil’s pact they can win.Magnificent, eerie, utterly compelling, these stories comprise one of King’s finest gifts to his constant fan—“I made them especially for you,” says King. Several stories feature characters at the end of life, revisiting their crimes and misdemeanors. Named to the American Library Association’s Reference & User Services (RUSA) Listen List!A master storyteller at his best—the O. Other stories address what happens when someone discovers that he has supernatural powers—the columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries in “Obits;” the old judge in “The Dune” who, as a boy, canoed to a deserted island and saw names written in the sand, the names of people who then died in freak accidents. He introduces each with a passage about its origins or his motivations for writing it.There are thrilling connections between storie