Stephen King Reads from IF IT BLEEDS
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Legendary storyteller Stephen King has a new collection of short stories—and he’s reading the first chapter for fans.
From #1 New York Times bestselling author, legendary storyteller, and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary collection of four new and compelling novellas—each pulling you into intriguing and frightening places.
In the title story, reader favorite Holly Gibney (from the Mr. Mercedes trilogy and The Outsider) must face her fears, and possibly another outsider—this time on her own. In “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone” an inter-generational friendship has a disturbing afterlife. “The Life of Chuck” explores, beautifully, how each of us contains multitudes. And in “Rat,” a struggling writer must contend with the darker side of ambition.
Stephen King Reads from His Book, If It Bleeds
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“Rat” Trailer | If It Bleeds by Stephen King
There’s a knocking at the door: In “Rat,” a struggling writer must contend with the darker side of ambition.
“If It Bleeds” Title Story Trailer | If It Bleeds by Stephen King
In the title story from IF IT BLEEDS, Holly Gibney (from the MR. MERCEDES trilogy and THE OUTSIDER) must face her fears, and possibly another outsider—this time on her own.
“The Life of Chuck” Trailer | If It Bleeds by Stephen King
Thirty-nine great years, thanks Chuck! We all contain multitudes and mystery in “The Life of Chuck.”
“Mr. Harrigan’s Phone” Trailer | If It Bleeds by Stephen King
When a boy forms a friendship with an elderly neighbor, the bond transforms them both in “Mr. Harrigan’s Phone.”
The novella is a form King has returned to over and over again in the course of his amazing career, and many have been made into iconic films, including “The Body” (Stand By Me) and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” (Shawshank Redemption). Like Four Past Midnight, Different Seasons, and most recently Full Dark, No Stars, the collection If It Bleeds is a uniquely satisfying collection of longer short fiction by an incomparably gifted writer.
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, It, Pet Sematary, and Doctor Sleep 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.