King’s first collection of short stories showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination.

Here we see mutated rats gone bad (“Graveyard Shift”); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity (“Night Surf,” the basis for The Stand); a possessed, evil lawnmower (“The Lawnmower Man”); unsettling children from the heartland (“Children of the Corn”); a smoker who will try anything to stop (“Quitters, Inc.”); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation (“Gray Matter”); and many more shadows and visions that will haunt you long after the last page is turned.

Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Anchor Books
Pages: 384pp
Size: 5.25 x 8
Notes: paperback
Release Date: August 7, 2012
ISBN: 978-0307947291