Front Cover
Core Fiction Hardcover
Novella Collection
1993
Nightmares & Dreamscapes
Viking Press
Synopsis
Dolan's Cadillac: A widower develops an exacting plan to avenge his wife's murder.
The End of the Whole Mess: A gifted man believes he has found a way to eliminate human aggression.
Suffer the Little Children: A teacher becomes convinced that something has changed in her pupils.
The Night Flier: A cynical reporter follows a trail of killings linked to a mysterious private pilot.
Popsy: A desperate gambler abducts a child and learns the boy's family is far from ordinary.
It Grows on You: Castle Rock residents remember a sinister house and the family tied to it.
Chattery Teeth: A novelty-store trinket becomes an unexpected companion during a dangerous drive.
Dedication: A hotel worker tells her son about the strange circumstances surrounding his birth and talent.
The Moving Finger: A man finds an impossible finger emerging from his bathroom drain.
Sneakers: A recording-studio employee repeatedly sees a pair of sneakers in a restroom stall.
You Know They Got a Hell of a Band: A couple takes a wrong turn into a town devoted to dead rock stars.
Home Delivery: Survivors on a Maine island prepare for an assault by the reanimated dead.
Rainy Season: Newcomers ignore a town's warning about a peculiar annual storm.
My Pretty Pony: An elderly man explains his personal understanding of time to his grandson.
Sorry, Right Number: A family receives a disturbing telephone call that seems impossible to trace.
The Ten O'Clock People: A smoker's altered habit allows him to see hidden beings among ordinary people.
Crouch End: A woman recounts the disappearance of her husband in a London neighbourhood with uncanny boundaries.
The House on Maple Street: Children discover that their home is changing in a way the adults cannot explain.
The Fifth Quarter: A man risks his life to complete a treasure map divided among criminals.
The Doctor's Case: Dr. Watson, rather than Sherlock Holmes, takes the lead in solving a locked-room murder.
Umney's Last Case: A hard-boiled detective learns that his world may have been created for someone else's purposes.
Head Down: King recounts a season of youth baseball and the pressures surrounding a local team.
Brooklyn August: A poem recalls baseball, summer, and memory.
The Beggar and the Diamond: A brief parable follows a poor man who fails to recognize a gift placed within reach.
The End of the Whole Mess: A gifted man believes he has found a way to eliminate human aggression.
Suffer the Little Children: A teacher becomes convinced that something has changed in her pupils.
The Night Flier: A cynical reporter follows a trail of killings linked to a mysterious private pilot.
Popsy: A desperate gambler abducts a child and learns the boy's family is far from ordinary.
It Grows on You: Castle Rock residents remember a sinister house and the family tied to it.
Chattery Teeth: A novelty-store trinket becomes an unexpected companion during a dangerous drive.
Dedication: A hotel worker tells her son about the strange circumstances surrounding his birth and talent.
The Moving Finger: A man finds an impossible finger emerging from his bathroom drain.
Sneakers: A recording-studio employee repeatedly sees a pair of sneakers in a restroom stall.
You Know They Got a Hell of a Band: A couple takes a wrong turn into a town devoted to dead rock stars.
Home Delivery: Survivors on a Maine island prepare for an assault by the reanimated dead.
Rainy Season: Newcomers ignore a town's warning about a peculiar annual storm.
My Pretty Pony: An elderly man explains his personal understanding of time to his grandson.
Sorry, Right Number: A family receives a disturbing telephone call that seems impossible to trace.
The Ten O'Clock People: A smoker's altered habit allows him to see hidden beings among ordinary people.
Crouch End: A woman recounts the disappearance of her husband in a London neighbourhood with uncanny boundaries.
The House on Maple Street: Children discover that their home is changing in a way the adults cannot explain.
The Fifth Quarter: A man risks his life to complete a treasure map divided among criminals.
The Doctor's Case: Dr. Watson, rather than Sherlock Holmes, takes the lead in solving a locked-room murder.
Umney's Last Case: A hard-boiled detective learns that his world may have been created for someone else's purposes.
Head Down: King recounts a season of youth baseball and the pressures surrounding a local team.
Brooklyn August: A poem recalls baseball, summer, and memory.
The Beggar and the Diamond: A brief parable follows a poor man who fails to recognize a gift placed within reach.
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