In Stephen King's collection If It Bleeds, readers are treated to four stand-alone novellas. The titular story follows Holly Gibney of the Bill Hodges series as she tracks down a monster that feeds on human pain and misery disguised as a broadcast journalist. In "Mr. Harrigan's Phone," a young boy realizes he has a mysterious connection with his elderly neighbor, who just so happens to be dead. In "Life of Chuck," the tragic mystery of death is balanced with a raw celebration of life. And in "Rat," the final novella in the collection, a want-to-be-novelist discovers that he would do anything to finish his beloved book. The collection explores themes of obsession, the intersection of the supernatural and the mundane, the perils of the modern world, the nature of good and evil, and the power of love.
Stephen King has written twenty-six novels (including five under the pen name Richard Bachman), five collections of short fiction, one book of criticism, six screenplays, and other short works. Accord...
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Stephen King (born 1947) is a prolific and immensely popular author of horror fiction. In his works, King blends elements of the traditional gothic tale with those of the modern psychological thriller...
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Stephen King was born September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. Two years later, his father, a merchant seaman, went to the grocery store for a pa...
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Stephen (Edwin) King
Stephen King
Stephen King