You Like It Darker

SKU: 9781399725101
You Like It Darker

You Like It Darker

SKU: 9781399725101
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Author: Stephen King
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At a glance

💀 Tone
Dark, eerie, unsettling
⚡ Pace
Medium, varied
🖤 Vibes
Creeping dread, everyday horror, uncanny twists
👑 Themes
Fear, mortality, human nature, the unknown
🧠 Mind Game
Psychological, chilling
🔥 Hook
A master of horror returns with stories that prove the darkest fears are the ones closest to home.
👀 Perfect For
Fans of Stephen King, classic horror collections
📖 Readers Who’ll Love This
Readers who enjoy bite-sized scares, unsettling ideas, and stories that linger long after the last page

About You Like it Darker by Stephen King

 

'You like it darker? Fine, so do I', writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel 'the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind', and in You Like it Darker, readers will feel that exhilaration too, again and again.

'Two Talented Bastids' explores the long-hidden secret of how the eponymous gentlemen got their skills. In 'Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream', a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny's most catastrophically. In 'Rattlesnakes', a sequel to Cujo, a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives an unexpected inheritance - with major strings attached. In 'The Dreamers', a taciturn Vietnam vet answers a job ad and learns that there are some corners of the universe best left unexplored. 'The Answer Man' asks if prescience is good luck or bad and reminds us that a life marked by unbearable tragedy can still be meaningful.

Book details

Format
C-Format
Reading age
18+
Pages
496
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Published
21 May 2024
Language
English
ISBN
9781399725101

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About the Author:

Stephen King is the undisputed King of Horror, the maestro of nightmares, and the man responsible for millions of readers sleeping with the lights on. With a typewriter as his weapon and a mind full of monsters, Stephen has been scaring (and delighting) readers for decades with stories that are as chilling as they are impossible to put down.

From haunted hotels (The Shining) to creepy clowns in the sewer (It), from telekinetic teens (Carrie) to small towns with very big secrets (Salem’s Lot, Needful Things, Under the Dome)—King has built an entire universe where the strange, the spooky, and the downright terrifying lurk just beneath the surface of everyday life.

But he’s not just about scares—Stephen King is a master storyteller. His characters feel real, his plots are deeply human, and his stories often ask the big, unsettling questions about fear, hope, survival, and the darkness we all carry.

Whether you're braving Pet Sematary, getting lost in the epic Dark Tower series, or taking a suspenseful ride through Misery, Stephen King is the author who’ll grab you by the imagination—and never let go.