{"product_id":"just-after-sunset-9781416584087","title":"Just After Sunset","description":"Stephen King -- who has written more than fifty books, dozens of number one \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestsellers, and many unforgettable movies -- delivers an astonishing collection of short stories, his first since \u003ci\u003eEverything's Eventual\u003c\/i\u003e six years ago. As guest editor of the bestselling \u003ci\u003eBest American Short Stories 2007\u003c\/i\u003e, King spent over a year reading hundreds of stories. His renewed passion for the form is evident on every page of \u003ci\u003eJust After Sunset\u003c\/i\u003e. The stories in this collection have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney's\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Paris Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, and other publications. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Who but Stephen King would turn a Port-O-San into a slimy birth canal, or a roadside honky-tonk into a place for endless love? A book salesman with a grievance might pick up a mute hitchhiker, not knowing the silent man in the passenger seat listens altogether too well. Or an exercise routine on a stationary bicycle, begun to reduce bad cholesterol, might take its rider on a captivating -- and then terrifying -- journey. Set on a remote key in Florida, \"The Gingerbread Girl\" is a riveting tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable -- and resourceful -- as Audrey Hepburn's character in \u003ci\u003eWait Until Dark\u003c\/i\u003e. In \"Ayana,\" a blind girl works a miracle with a kiss and the touch of her hand. For King, the line between the living and the dead is often blurry, and the seams that hold our reality intact might tear apart at any moment. In one of the longer stories here, \"N.,\" which recently broke new ground when it was adapted as a graphic digital entertainment, a psychiatric patient's irrational thinking might create an apocalyptic threat in the Maine countryside...or keep the world from falling victim to it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eJust After Sunset\u003c\/i\u003e -- call it dusk, call it twilight, it's a time when human intercourse takes on an unnatural cast, when nothing is quite as it appears, when the imagination begins to reach for shadows as they dissipate to darkness and living daylight can be scared right out of you. It's the perfect time for Stephen King.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eStephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes \u003ci\u003eNever Flinch\u003c\/i\u003e, the short story collection \u003ci\u003eYou Like It Darker (\u003c\/i\u003ea \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/i\u003etop ten horror book of 2024), \u003ci\u003eHolly\u003c\/i\u003e (a \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Notable Book of 2023), \u003ci\u003eFairy Tale\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBilly Summers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIf It Bleeds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Institute\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElevation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSleeping Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: \u003ci\u003eEnd of Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinders Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMr. Mercedes\u003c\/i\u003e (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel \u003ci\u003e11\/22\/63\u003c\/i\u003e was named a top ten book of 2011 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Mystery\/Thriller. His epic works \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePet Sematary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoctor Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFirestarter\u003c\/i\u003e are the basis for major motion pictures, with \u003ci\u003eIt \u003c\/i\u003enow 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.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51749362565394,"sku":"9781416584087","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_64e527b6-21bb-4743-b3b2-226c8c2747e7.jpg?v=1764080756","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/just-after-sunset-9781416584087","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}