Looking for more like this? We've also found the best true crime books. It is, however, a good book showcasing his shorts. Each story compiles page-turning violence and gruesome situations that make you say, “How does this guy even come up with this?”Īnother short story compilation, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, came out later in 2016 and included 21 of his iconic short stories, but that wasn’t anything super-duper new. The titles include 1922 (about a man who murdered his wife), Big Driver (a drive home that went really, really bad), Fair Extension (a man makes a deal with the actual devil), and A Good Marriage (I’ll let your imagination do the guessing).

It’s easier to approach shorter stories cemented in the real world, especially if you’re new to horror and sci-fi, so be prepared to go full-fledged King fanatic after this read.

Its a compilation of four novellas that focus on the darkness of human nature and retribution. Full Dark, No Stars is definitely one of the books to read if you like Stephen King. And damn, does he know how to pack a punch in a few pages. Every movie I was in bombed.' With a $92 million opening weekend, however, it looks like IT Chapter Two has broken the box office curse.Like most authors, King started out writing short stories and novellas. Speaking to GamesRadar, Muschietti said that upon being asked to cameo, King joked, ' You have to know I’m a jinx. You know, just kind of planting the seed.'įortunately Muschietti had developed a good relationship with King after the success of IT, and was able to convince him to do his first movie cameo in a long time. He also explained that he originally ' wrote him into the script just along the lines of, 'Looks like Stephen King,' early on in the drafts. The proof is in the pudding on that,' Dauberman told Inverse. Screenwriter Gary Dauberman doesn't actually think that King's endings are bad, but instead wrote the running gag into IT Chapter Two in response to fierce internet debates about the quality of King's endings. “ I think he has stuck the landing over and over again on many of his stories.

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