Release Date: May 21st, 2024
From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER.
“You like it darker? Fine, so do I,” writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life—both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel “the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind,” and in You Like It Darker, readers will feel that exhilaration too, again and again.
“Two Talented Bastids” explores the long-hidden secret of how the eponymous gentlemen got their skills. In “Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream,” a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny’s most catastrophically. In “Rattlesnakes,” a sequel to Cujo, a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives an unexpected inheritance—with major strings attached. In “The Dreamers,” a taciturn Vietnam vet answers a job ad and learns that there are some corners of the universe best left unexplored. “The Answer Man” asks if prescience is good luck or bad and reminds us that a life marked by unbearable tragedy can still be meaningful.
King’s ability to surprise, amaze, and bring us both terror and solace remains unsurpassed. Each of these stories holds its own thrills, joys, and mysteries; each feels iconic. You like it darker? You got it.
Posted: April 3rd, 2024 8:51:32 pm EDT
Exciting casting news: award-winning narrator Will Patton will read the audiobook edition of YOU LIKE IT DARKER with select stories read by Stephen King himself!
Pre-order your copy today for delivery on May 21st!
Posted: March 13th, 2024 12:48:43 pm EDT
Surprise! Stephen King makes a cameo in the audiobook edition of The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones, coming from Simon & Schuster Audio on March 26th. He joins a full cast including Isabella Star LaBlanc, Barbara Crampton, Angela Goethals and Andrew J. Robinson.
Learn more at Blood Disgusting
Posted: December 6th, 2023 1:33:51 pm EST
HOLLY, read by Justine Lupe who reprises her on-screen role of Holly Gibney from the TV show ‘Mr. Mercedes’, is featured as one of AudioFile Magazine’s Best of 2023!
Check out all of their selections here.
Posted: November 16th, 2023 1:52:20 pm EST
We’re excited to share that Holly is one of the Amazon’s Editors’ Best Books of 2023 – and it’s on a billboard in NYC!
See the full list of selections here.
Posted: November 7th, 2023 1:47:05 pm EST
Are you rabid for more Stephen King? Then fear not — or maybe fear plenty.
The author's new collection of short stories, You Like It Darker, will be published by Scribner on May 21, 2024. The book features 12 tales from the Carrie author, many never-before-published. Included in the new stories is "Rattlesnakes," a sequel to King's 1981 novel Cujo, in which a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives an unexpected inheritance — with major strings attached. And you can read an excerpt from the story on EW now.
Read the start of Stephen King's Cujo sequel in excerpt from story collection, You Like It Darker on EW now