Kings first collection of short stories showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination. Here we see mutated rats gone bad (“Graveyard Shift”); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity (“Night Surf,” the basis for The Stand); a possessed, evil lawnmower (“The Lawnmower Man”); unsettling children from the heartland (“Children of the Corn”); a smoker who will try anything to stop (“Quitters, Inc.”); a reclusive...

听我说，朋友。 千万别去耶路撒冷镇，别管镇上教堂的塔尖有多么古雅，街道有多么安静。 也别走进一望无际的玉米地，那里藏着一群孩子，他们崇拜行走在玉米地里的上帝。 也别为了挣一点钱去清理无人光顾的地下室，地下室的下面可能还有地下室。 也别在草莓春天里出去散步，别走近高速公路旁的停车场，别羡慕被爱情点亮双眼的男孩，别爱上了解你所有需要的人，别期待你从梯子上掉下来总有人接着……...

Features a comprehensive collection of the author's works, including such classics as "The Fall of the House of Usher" and "The Raven" and lesser-known works such as "Loss of Breath" and "Spirits of the Dead."

From Houses without doors. Blue rose ; In the realm of dreams ; The juniper tree ; Going home ; The buffalo hunter ; Bar talk ; A short guide to the city -- From magic terror. Ashputtle ; Pork pie hat ; Mr. Clubb and Mr. Cuff -- From 5 stories. Little Red's tango ; Lapland, or film noir ; Mr. Aickman's air rifle -- Uncollected stories. Mallon the guru ; The ballad of Ballard and Sandrine ; The collected short stories of Freddy Prothero. A collection...

Bizarre tales of a teenager going to the school dance with a robot, a Thanksgiving dinner interrupted by turkeys looking for revenge, and other strange short stories.

Isolation can open up a void. Pete lashes out at his younger brother in the wake of his parents' divorce, falling prey to a gruesome curse. Kasey struggles with the lengths she'll go to survive on the streets after stealing a pair of unusual novelty glasses. Samantha and her sister, Susie, struggle to exist side by side, desperate to connect after a horrific tragedy. But in the grim world of Five Nights at Freddy's, empty feelings often attract hungry...

"The Best Horror of the Year showcases the previous year's best offerings in horror short fiction. This edition includes award-winning and critically acclaimed authors Nathan Ballingrud, Gemma Files, Stephen Graham Jones, J.A. W. McCarthy, Steve Duffy, Sarah Pinkser, Simon Bestwick, and others. For more than four decades, award-winning editor and anthologist Ellen Datlow has had her finger on the pulse of the latest and most terrifying in horror writing....

A collection of ten scary stories with brief introductions by the author.

A collection of 13 retellings of a selection of short fiction by Edgar Allan Poe.

Brings together Poe's stories and poems in one volume.