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 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 listen to.  King writes to feel "the exhilaration of leaving ordinary today life behind," and in You Like It Darker, listeners will feel that exhilaration too, again and again.

"Two Talented Bastid? explores the long-hidden secret of how tie 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 sequal to Cujo, a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives an unexpecte 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 mysteryies; each feels iconic.  You like it darker?  You got it.

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers.  His recent work includes Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (co-written 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 a- television series streaming on Peacock).  His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by the New York Times Book Review.  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.

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