If it bleeds : new fiction

King, Stephen 1947- (author.). King, Stephen 1947- Mr. Harrigan's phone. (Added Author). King, Stephen 1947- Life of Chuck. (Added Author). King, Stephen 1947- Rat. (Added Author). King, Stephen 1947- If it bleeds. (Added Author).

Summary: "The four never-before-published novellas in this collection represent horror master King at his finest, using the weird and uncanny to riff on mortality, the price of creativity, and the unpredictable consequences of material attachments. A teenager discovers that a dead friend's cell phone, which was buried with the body, still communicates from beyond the grave in 'Mr. Harrigan's Phone,' which reads like a Twilight Zone episode infused with an EC Comics vibe. In the profoundly moving 'The Life of Chuck,' a series of apocalyptic incidents bear out one character's claim that 'when a man or a woman dies, a whole world falls to ruin.' 'Rat' sees a frustrated writer strike a Faustian bargain to complete his novel, and in the title story, private investigator Holly Gibney, the recurring heroine of King's Bill Hodges trilogy and The Outsider, faces off against a ghoulish television newscaster who vampirically feeds off the anguish he provokes in his audience by covering horrific tragedies"--Publishers Weekly.

Record details

ISBN: 1982137975
ISBN: 9781982137977
Physical Description: 436 pages ; 25 cm
print
Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
Publisher: New York : Scribner, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2020.
Copyright: ©2020
Badges:
- Top Holds Over Last 5 Years: 4 / 5.0
- Circulation Count: 5 / 5.0

Content descriptions

Formatted Contents Note:	Mr. Harrigan's phone -- The life of Chuck -- If it bleeds -- Rat.
Study Program Information Note:	Accelerated Reader UG 5.6 21 21 510492