by Stephen King
First published 1994
A solitary finger pokes from a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory. A Cadillac vanishes into the Nevada desert. In these chilling stories, Stephen King's boundless creativity conjures up nightmares and dreamscapes that blur the line between the real and the macabre. Prepare to be unsettled as King's masterful storytelling takes you to the shadowy borderlands of good and evil.
Genres: short-stories, horror, supernatural, thriller
Vibes: atmospheric, dark, suspenseful
Tropes: blurring-of-reality, unreliable-narrator
Setting: Borneo, Boston, Brooklyn, Castle Rock, Crouch End, La Plata, Las Vegas, London, Los Angeles, Maine, Maple Street, Massachusetts, Nevada, New York, Omaha, Oregon, Rock and Roll Heaven, State Route 71, Summer Street School, Tabori Studios, Texas, Toketee Falls, Willow, Wilmington International Airport
Period: 1930s, 1989, 1994
692 pages · Mass Market Paperback · Signet
Content warnings: body-horror, gore, violence