| Just After Sunset: Stories Contributor(s): King, Stephen (Author), King, Stephen (Read by), Eikenberry, Jill (Read by) |
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ISBN: 0743575318 ISBN-13: 9780743575317 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio OUR PRICE: $44.99 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: November 2008 Annotation: In his first collection in six years, Stephen King delivers his strongest, most broadly appealing stories ever. "Gingerbread Girl," published in "Esquire "in July 2007 (unprecedented in number of magazine pages devoted to it), is set, like "Duma Key," in Florida. It is a riveting, fabulously dramatic stalker tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable--and resourceful--as Audrey Hepburn's character in "Wait Until Dark." "Willa" published in "Playboy," blurs the lines between living and the dead. "Ayana," one of the most beautifully written and haunting stories, was published in "The Paris Review," From the subtle and disturbing to the outright terrifying, these tales will thrill every known King fan and win new ones. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Short Stories (single Author) - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Horror - General |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 1.67" H x 5.28" W x 5.62" (0.85 lbs) 13 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: 2010 Audie Award Finalist for Short Stories/Collections With stories that have appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, and McSweeney's, this classic collection displays the phenomenally broad readership of #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King. Just After Sunset--call it dusk, call it twilight, it's a time when human intercourse takes on an unnatural cast, when nothing is quite as it appears, when the imagination begins to reach for the shadows as they dissipate to darkness and living daylight can be scared right out of you. It's the perfect time for Stephen King. Who but Stephen King would turn a Port-O-San into a slimy birth canal, or a roadside honky-tonk into a place for endless love? A book salesman with a grievance might pick up a mute hitchhiker, not knowing the silent man in the passenger seat listens altogether too well. Or an exercise routine on a stationary bicycle, begun to reduce bad cholesterol, might take its rider on a captivating--and then terrifying--journey. Set on a remote key in Florida, "The Gingerbread Girl" is a riveting tale featuring a young woman born vulnerable and resourceful. In "Ayana," a blind girl works a miracle with a kiss and the touch of her hand. For King, the line between the living and the dead is often blurry, and the seams that hold our reality intact might tear apart at any moment. In one of the longer stories here, "N.," a psychiatric patient's irrational thinking might create an apocalyptic threat in the Maine countryside...or keep the world from falling victim to it. Stories include: -Willa -The Gingerbread Girl -Harvey's Dream -Rest Stop -Stationary Bike -The Things They Left Behind -Graduation Afternoon -N. -The Cat from Hell -The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates -Mute -Ayana -A Very Tight Place |
Contributor Bio(s): King, Stephen: - Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and an AT&T Audience Network original television series). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower and It are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of 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.McLarty, Ron: - Ron McLarty has appeared on Broadway in That Championship Season, Our Country's Good, and Moonchildren. His film credits include Two Bits, The Postman, and The Flamingo Kid. He has starred on television in Spenser for Hire and Cop Rock. Mr. McLarty is also a novelist and an award-winning playwright.Winningham, Mare: - Mare Winningham has appeared in more than fifty film and television projects, garnering an Academy Award nomination for Georgia and Emmy Awards for the telefilms George Wallace and Amber Waves. She is also an accomplished singer-songwriter. |