Stephen King

Chetyrnadtsat let Rozi Deniels byla zamuzhem za tiranom-politsejskim. V odin prekrasnyj den ona reshila - khvatit. No muzh schital inache: kak okhotnik travit dobychu, tak on presledoval ee, malo-pomalu skhodja s uma ot nenavisti. I togda Rozi, spasaja svoju zhizn, ushla v voobrazhaemyj mir, gde stala sovsem drugoj zhenschinoj - Rozoj Marenoj. A pogonja prodolzhalas...

Malenkij provintsialnyj gorodok v Novoj Anglii v odnochase stanovitsja "mertvym gorodom". Na ulitsakh lezhat trupy, nad domami bushuet smertonosnoe plamja. I ves etot koshmar ognennogo Apokalipsisa - delo ruk odnogo cheloveka, devushki Kerri, zhalkoj, zapugannoj docheri chudakovatoj vdovy. Dolgie gody dremal v Kerri talant telekineza, chtoby odnazhdy prosnutsja. I togda v gorodok prishla smert...

Stolknovenie na ldu obernulos dlja Dzhona Smita sotrjaseniem mozga. S tekh por ego neizmenno presledujut strashnye videnija. A esche posle katastrofy on priobrel sverkhestestvennye sposobnosti, prevoskhodjaschie dar ljubogo jasnovidjaschego. Teper Dzhon raskryvaet samye zaputannye prestuplenija. Pomogaet popavshim v bedu ljudjam. I odnazhdy ponimaet, chto on - edinstvennyj, kto v silakh ostanovit rvuschegosja k vlasti politika, gotovogo vvergnut v khaos i uzhas milliony ljudej. . . No chem emu pridetsja za eto zaplatit?

Chelovek v chernom kostjume i drugie rasskazyNaskolko khorosho my znaem sebja i svoikh blizkikh? Vdrug v kom-to iz nikh obitaet drevnij demon? Vdrug ljubimyj suprug na samom dele okazhetsja serijnym ubijtsej? Vdrug nashi nochnye koshmary byli ne prosto uzhasnymi videnijami, a realnostju? V kazhdoj seme est svoj skelet v shkafu, no vopros v tom, stoit li ego ottuda dostavat? Sovremennye tekhnologii pozvoljajut cheloveku sygrat vremennuju rol vsemoguschego boga i obespechivajut svjaz s potustoronnim mirom, a kovarnyj djavol zastavljaet nas idti na sdelki s sobstvennoj sovestju. No samoe strashnoe, po mneniju znamenitogo pisatelja Stivena Kinga, eto neobkhodimost vybora: zhit ili umeret, pozhertvovat soboj ili drugim - i kakim by on ni byl, my vsjo ravno zaplatim za nego uzhasnuju tsenu. V knigu voshli desjat zamechatelnykh rasskazov avtora, otobrannykh iz sbornikov raznykh let. Sjuzhety bolshinstva iz nikh legli v osnovu khudozhestvennykh filmov i televizionnykh postanovok. Tekst sokraschjon i adaptirovan. Uroven Intermediate.

Na malenkom ostrove bliz poberezhja shtata Men najden trup molodogo muzhchiny, no pri nem ne obnaruzheno nikakikh dokumentov. Kto on? Chto privelo ego v eto uedinennoe mesto? I dejstvitelno li, kak utverzhdaet politsija, prichinoj smerti stal neschastnyj sluchaj? Dva mestnykh zhurnalista reshajut raskryt tajnu gibeli neznakomtsa samostojatelno. No chem dalshe prodvigaetsja ikh rassledovanie, tem bolshe voznikaet voprosov i tem menshe na nikh otvetov...

Odna iz naibolee izvestnykh nekhudozhestvennykh rabot Stivena Kinga, v kotoroj on vystupaet ne v roli pisatelja, a v roli kritika, vdumchivo, tonko i s jumorom analizirujuschego zhanr uzhasov. Napisannaja na osnove tsikla lektsij Kinga "Osobennosti literatury o sverkhestestvennom", eta kniga rasskazhet mnogo novogo o "kulture uzhasov" v kino, na radio i, konechno zhe, v literature. Osobenno vdokhnovenno Stiven King povestvuet o zhanre uzhasov v kinematografe - i dazhe prilagaet k knige spisok svoikh ljubimykh filmov. Itak, pochemu zhe nam tak nravjatsja "strashnye" istorii? Kakie proizvedenija klassikov amerikanskoj literatury XX veka povlijali na razvitie zhanra? I, nakonets, kakie filmy do drozhi pugajut samogo Mastera?

"Ispugannye ljudi zhivut v svoem sobstvennom adu. Mozhno skazat, oni sozdajut ego sami", - takova, pozhaluj, osnovnaja mysl "Vozrozhdenija" - novogo romana Stivena Kinga, odnogo iz naibolee jarkikh i znachimykh prozaikov SSHA. Porazitelnaja istorija rok-muzykanta Dzhejmi Mortona i ego to li spasitelja i druga, to li "zlogo genija" Charlza Dzhejkobsa - svjaschennika, porvavshego s tserkovju i otkryvshego sekret "tajnogo elektrichestva", istseljajuschego i odnovremenno razrushajuschego ljudej. Esche odin roman Mastera o zagadochnom i sverkhestestvennom? Popytka priotkryt dver v mir "za granju bytija"? Ili budorazhaschaja dushu pritcha o zhizni i smerti v luchshikh traditsijakh Edgara Po i Reja Bredberi? Kazhdyj chitatel dast svoj otvet na eti voprosy...

Ubijtsy ne monstry i ne zhutkie vyrodki. Oni zhivut sredi nas, kazhutsja obychnymi ljudmi, i nichto v nikh do pory do vremeni ne predveschaet grjaduschego koshmara. Pochemu zhe vnezapno ubijtsa prestupaet vazhnejshij nravstvennyj zakon chelovecheskogo bytija? "Psikhologija ubijstva" - tema zakhvatyvajuschego romana Stivena Kinga "Dolores Klejborn".

Chelovecheskaja dusha temna i s legkostju obraschaetsja ko Zlu... Ob etom khorosho izvestno demonu, pribyvshemu v malenkij amerikanskij gorodok i otkryvshemu tam magazinchik "Nuzhnye veschi". On gotov predlozhit pokupateljam imenno to, o chem oni mechtajut... v obmen na malenkuju uslugu. On vsego-to i prosit - nevinno podshutit nad sosedom ili prijatelem. No dostatochno sdelat pervyj shag po doroge v Ad - i proiskhodjaschee uzhe ne ostanovit. Zlo votsarjaetsja v gorodke. Rano ili pozdno Zlo obratitsja v krovavyj, smertonosnyj khaos...

On the isolated road of the American highway... terrorrides on 18 wheels! Tales of diesel-fueled fear from three masters of horrorfiction. With Throttle, acclaimednovelist/Eisner-winning graphic novelist Joe Hill collaborated with hisfather, Stephen King, for the first time on a tale that paid tribute toRichard Matheson's classic short story, Duel. Now, IDW is proud topresent comic book versions of both stories in Road Rage, adapted byChris Ryall with art by Nelson Daniel and RafaGarres.

The classic collection of five deeply resonant and disturbing interconnected stories from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King. Innocence, experience, truth, deceit, loss, and recovery are at the core of these five interconnected, sequential tales--each deeply rooted in the 1960s, and each scarred by the Vietnam War, which continues to cast its shadow over American lives, politics and culture. In Part One, "Low Men in Yellow Coats," eleven-year-old Bobby Garfield discovers a world of predatory malice in his own neighborhood. He also discovers that adults are sometimes not rescuers but at the heart of the terror. In the title story, a bunch of college kids get hooked on a card game, discover the possibility of protest, and confront their own collective heart of darkness, where laughter may be no more than the thinly disguised cry of the beast. In "Blind Willie" and "Why We're in Vietnam," two men who grew up with Bobby in suburban Connecticut try to fill the emptiness of the post-Vietnam era in an America which sometimes seems as hollow--and as haunted--as their own lives. And in "Heavenly Shades of Night Are Falling," this remarkable book's denouement, Bobby returns to his hometown where one final secret, the hope of redemption, and his heart's desire may await him. Full of danger and suspense, full of heart, this spellbinding fiction will take some readers to a place they have never been...and others to a place they have never been able to completely forget. Nearly twenty years after its first publication, Hearts in Atlantis is powerful and astonishingly current. "You will see Stephen King in a new light. Read this moving, heartfelt tragedy and weep--weep for our lost conscience." --BookPage

Stephen King presents "a fresh adrenaline rush of terror" (People) in this electrifying #1 New York Times bestseller The new minister came to Harlow, Maine, when Jamie Morton was a boy doing battle with his toy army men on the front lawn. The young Reverend Charles Jacobs and his beautiful wife brought new life to the local church and captivated their congregation. But with Jamie, he shares a secret obsession--a draw so powerful, it would have profound consequences five decades after the shattering tragedy that turned the preacher against God, and long after his final, scathing sermon. Now Jamie, a nomadic rock guitarist hooked on heroin, meets Charles Jacobs again. And when their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, Jamie discovers that the word revival has many meanings.... A dark and disturbing novel about addiction, fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side of life, Revival spans five decades on its way to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King has ever written.

Stephen King presents "a fresh adrenaline rush of terror" (People) in this electrifying #1 New York Times bestseller The new minister came to Harlow, Maine, when Jamie Morton was a boy doing battle with his toy army men on the front lawn. The young Reverend Charles Jacobs and his beautiful wife brought new life to the local church and captivated their congregation. But with Jamie, he shares a secret obsession--a draw so powerful, it would have profound consequences five decades after the shattering tragedy that turned the preacher against God, and long after his final, scathing sermon. Now Jamie, a nomadic rock guitarist hooked on heroin, meets Charles Jacobs again. And when their bond becomes a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, Jamie discovers that the word revival has many meanings....

The #1 New York Times bestseller from Stephen King--a novel about the fascination deadly things have for us and about our insistence on answers when there are none... Since 1979, the state police of Troop D in rural Pennsylvania have kept a secret in the shed out behind the barracks. Ennis Rafferty and Curtis Wilcox had answered a strange call just down the road and came back with an abandoned 1953 Buick Roadmaster. Curt Wilcox knew old cars, and this one was...just wrong. As it turned out, the Buick 8 was worse than dangerous--and the members of Troop D decided that it would be better if the public never found out about it. Now, more than twenty years later, Curt's son Ned starts hanging around the barracks and is allowed into the Troop D family. And one day he discovers the family secret--a mystery that begins to stir once more, not only in the minds and hearts of these veteran troopers, but out in the shed as well, for there's more power under the hood than anyone can handle...

The classic short story collection from #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King. A wrong turn on a lonely road lands a wayward couple in Rock and Roll Heaven, Oregon, where there's no escaping the free nightly concert.... A novelty toy becomes an unexpected and terrifying instrument of self-defense.... An ex-con pieces together a map to unearth a stolen million dollars--but at what price?... A private investigator in Depression-era Los Angeles is finding his life unraveling as he discovers the shocking truth of who he really is.... A third-grade teacher is willing to dig deep in order to exact revenge for his murdered wife.... These are just some of the haunting scenarios to be found in this classic collection--spellbinding tales from the darkest places and the unparalleled imagination of fiction's master storyteller. Stories include: -Dolan's Cadillac -The End of the Whole Mess -Suffer the Little Children -The Night Flier -Popsy -It Grows on You -Chattery Teeth -Dedication -The Moving Finger -Sneakers -You Know They Got a Hell of a Band -Home Delivery -Rainy Season -My Pretty Pony -Sorry, Right Number -The Ten O'Clock People -Crouch End -The House on Maple Street -The Fifth Quarter -The Doctor's Case -Umney's Last Case -Head Down -Brooklyn August

Stephen King teams up with long-time friend and award-winning author Richard Chizmar for the first time in this original, chilling novella that revisits the mysterious town of Castle Rock. There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974, twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong--if time-rusted--iron bolts and zig-zag up the precarious cliffside. Then one day when Gwendy gets to the top of Castle View, after catching her breath and hearing the shouts of kids on the playground below, a stranger calls to her. There on a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small, neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat... The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told--until now.

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or violated, the women become feral and spectacularly violent. And while they sleep they go to another place, a better place, where harmony prevails and conflict is rare. One woman, the mysterious "Eve Black," is immune to the blessing or curse of the sleeping disease. Is Eve a medical anomaly to be studied? Or is she a demon who must be slain? Abandoned, left to their increasingly primal urges, the men divide into warring factions, some wanting to kill Eve, some to save her. Others exploit the chaos to wreak their own vengeance on new enemies. All turn to violence in a suddenly all-male world. Set in a small Appalachian town whose primary employer is a women's prison, Sleeping Beauties is a wildly provocative, gloriously dramatic father-son collaboration that feels particularly urgent and relevant today.