by Stephen King
First published 2010
A farmer kills his wife to keep their land, plunging his family into murder and madness. A mystery author plots revenge after a brutal attack. A cancer patient makes a Faustian bargain. A wife uncovers a shocking secret about her husband of two decades. Stephen King's four unsettling tales expose the twisted impulses that lurk within even the most ordinary people.
Genres: mystery, horror, psychological-thriller, dark
Vibes: dark, emotional, intimate, suspenseful
Tropes: dark-protagonist, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Chicopee, Connecticut, Derry, Hemingford, Hemingford Home, Interstate 84, Maine, Massachusetts, Nebraska, Nevada, New England, Omaha, Portland, Stagg Road, Stagger Inn, Venus
Period: 1922, 1930
384 pages · Paperback · Scribner
Content warnings: murder, violence