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Nightmares & Dreamscapes

Includes the story “It Grows on You”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine

The classic short story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King.

A wrong turn on a lonely road lands a wayward couple in Rock and Roll Heaven, Oregon, where there’s no escaping the free nightly concert….A novelty toy becomes an unexpected and terrifying instrument of self-defense….An ex-con pieces together a map to unearth a stolen million dollars—but at what price?...A private investigator in Depression-era Los Angeles is finding his life unraveling as he discovers the shocking truth of who he really is….A third-grade teacher is willing to dig deep in order to exact revenge for his murdered wife.... These are just some of the haunting scenarios to be found in this classic collection—spellbinding tales from the darkest places and the unparalleled imagination of fiction’s master storyteller.

Stories include:

-Dolan's Cadillac

-The End of the Whole Mess

-Suffer the Little Children

-The Night Flier

-Popsy

-It Grows on You

-Chattery Teeth

-Dedication

-The Moving Finger

-Sneakers

-You Know They Got a Hell of a Band

-Home Delivery

-Rainy Season

-My Pretty Pony

-Sorry, Right Number

-The Ten O'Clock People

-Crouch End

-The House on Maple Street

-The Fifth Quarter

-The Doctor's Case

-Umney's Last Case

-Head Down

-Brooklyn August


Author:

  • Stephen King

Narrator:

  • Multiple readers

Format:

  • Audiobook
  • E-book

Duration:

  • 26 h 55 min
  • 659 pages

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Fiction
  • Short stories

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    Stephen King

    Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, 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.

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