Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Sleeping Beauties (co-written with his son Owen King), the short story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, the Bill Hodges trilogy End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel, and shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award). Many of King's books have been turned into celebrated films, television series and streamed events including The Shawshank Redemption, Gerald's Game and It.King is the recipient of the 2014 National Medal of Arts and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
He seduces you with an intimate author's note introducing each
tale, then proceeds to chill you to the bone. Do not read before
bed
*Daily Mail*
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams is the title it more than lives up to, but
just as interesting as the stories themselves are their prefaces,
in which he reveals what inspired each one. Who besides King would
conjure a flesh-eating station wagon from a drive to see his
college sweetheart?
*Observer*
This collection of short works... reveals King's mastery of the
novella
*Guardian*
A tense inventory of stories... King manages to portray a
remarkable depth of character within the swiftness of a short story
and manoeuvres a vast range of plots...There are treasures to be
found in The Bazaar of Bad Dreams and those who love King... will
find much to savour
*Independent*
King is a laureate of small towns; his ear for dialogue is unerring
... He is also one of those rare authors who can write well about
childhood. Most potently, King can sketch a full-blooded character
in just a few pen strokes. This gift comes to the fore in his short
stories, where every syllable counts
*Sunday Telegraph*
A more versatile writer than you might imagine
*Sunday Times*
Some of King's strongest work in recent years brought together to
form an excellent collection
*Sci-Fi Bulletin*
Short stories have a famous place in the King oeuvre, with the
likes of The Body and Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption
finding second lives on the big screen as Stand By Me and Shawshank
Redemption... Like all the greats, though, his ability to grip the
reader's mind, body and soul with his prose makes it all look
easy
*USA Today*
A meaty collection with interesting insights into the creative
process of a writer who caused many sleepless nights
*Washington Post*
One of the best aspects of his new collection of short stories, The
Bazaar of Bad Dreams, is the commentary that prefaces each one,
describing the creative process through which it travelled from
brain to page
*GQ*
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