{"product_id":"you-like-it-darker-stories-9781797174624","title":"You Like It Darker: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of the 2025 Audie Award for Short Stories\/Collections\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes an afterword written by Stephen King and read by Sean Patrick Hopkins\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNAMED A \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW \u003c\/i\u003eTOP 10 HORROR BOOK OF 2024\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWINNER OF THE GOODREADS CHOICE AWARD FOR HORROR\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e FINALIST FOR THE 2025 LOCUS AWARDS \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Stephen King knows \u003ci\u003eYou Like It Darker \u003c\/i\u003eand obliges with sensational new tales\" (\u003ci\u003eUSA TODAY\u003c\/i\u003e): From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King, an extraordinary collection of stories that are \"a master class in tension and full of King's dark humor\" (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/b\u003e--\u003cb\u003enow with a bonus story, \"The Music Room.\"\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003e\"You like it darker? Fine, so do I,\"\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eYou Like It Darker\u003c\/i\u003e, readers will feel that exhilaration too, again and again. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"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 \u003ci\u003eCujo\u003c\/i\u003e, 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"King's skills as a storyteller remain undimmed\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Minnesota \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eStar Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e) and his ability to surprise, amaze, and bring us both terror and solace is unsurpassed. \"The titular darkness promised is as riveting and all-consuming as ever\" (\u003ci\u003eNew York \u003c\/i\u003emagazine). You like it darker? You got it.\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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWill Patton's film credits include \u003ci\u003eHalloween\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Boarding School\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Megan Leavey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerican Honey\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Meek's Cutoff\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eA Mighty Heart, Remember the Titans\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The Mothman Prophecies\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eArmageddon\u003c\/i\u003e, and\u003ci\u003e No Way Out.\u003c\/i\u003e He starred in \u003ci\u003eSwamp Thing\u003c\/i\u003e on the DC Universe streaming platform and was seen in five seasons of the TNT series \u003ci\u003eFalling Skies. \u003c\/i\u003eHe has won Obie Awards for his performances in\u003ci\u003e Fool for Love \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eWhat Did He See? \u003c\/i\u003eHe is also known for his audiobook recordings of the work of Stephen King, James Lee Burke, Denis Johnson, and William Faulkner.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Audio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50590405067026,"sku":"9781797174624","price":36.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/you-like-it-darker-stories-9781797174624","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}