{"product_id":"the-bazaar-of-bad-dreams-stories-hardcover","title":"The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: Stories - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eStephen King\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIncludes the story \"Premium Harmony\"--set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe masterful #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling story collection from O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King that includes twenty-one iconic stories with accompanying autobiographical comments on when, why and how he came to write (or rewrite) each one.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFor more than thirty-five years, Stephen King has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of short fiction. In this new collection he introduces each story with a passage about its origins or his motivations for writing it. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e As \u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly \u003c\/i\u003esaid about this collection: \"\u003ci\u003eBazaar of Bad Dreams \u003c\/i\u003eis\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003ebursting with classic King terror, but what we love most are the thoughtful introductions he gives to each tale that explain what was going on in his life as he wrote it.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThere are thrilling connections between stories; themes of morality, the afterlife, guilt, what we would do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past. In \"Afterlife,\" a man who died of colon cancer keeps reliving the same life, repeating his mistakes over and over again. Several stories feature characters at the end of life, revisiting their crimes and misdemeanors. Others address what happens when someone discovers that he has supernatural powers--the columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries in \"Obits;\" the old judge in \"The Dune\" who, as a boy, canoed to a deserted island and saw names written in the sand, people who then died in freak accidents. In \"Morality,\" King looks at how a marriage and two lives fall apart after the wife and husband enter into what seems, at first, a devil's pact they can win. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"I made these stories especially for you,\" says King. \"Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. The best of them have teeth.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eStories include: \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -Mile 81\u003cbr\u003e -Premium Harmony\u003cbr\u003e -Batman and Robin Have an Altercation\u003cbr\u003e -The Dune\u003cbr\u003e -Bad Little Kid\u003cbr\u003e -A Death\u003cbr\u003e -The Bone Church\u003cbr\u003e -Morality\u003cbr\u003e -Afterlife\u003cbr\u003e -Ur\u003cbr\u003e -Herman Wouk Is Still Alive\u003cbr\u003e -Under the Weather\u003cbr\u003e -Blockade Billy\u003cbr\u003e -Mister Yummy\u003cbr\u003e -Tommy\u003cbr\u003e -The Little Green God of Agony\u003cbr\u003e -Cookie Jar\u003cbr\u003e -That Bus Is Another World\u003cbr\u003e -Obits\u003cbr\u003e -Drunken Fireworks\u003cbr\u003e -Summer Thunder\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eStephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes \u003ci\u003eFairy Tale, Billy Summers\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIf It Bleeds\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Institute\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eElevation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSleeping Beauties\u003c\/i\u003e (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: \u003ci\u003eEnd of Watch\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinders Keepers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMr. Mercedes\u003c\/i\u003e (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel \u003ci\u003e11\/22\/63\u003c\/i\u003e was named a top ten book of 2011 by \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e and won the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e Book Prize for Mystery\/Thriller. His epic works \u003ci\u003eThe Dark Tower\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eIt\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePet Sematary\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDoctor Sleep\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFirestarter\u003c\/i\u003e are the basis for major motion pictures, with \u003ci\u003eIt \u003c\/i\u003enow the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 512\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.5 x 9.3 x 6.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 03, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52034437775661,"sku":"9781501111679","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/SFhmZWZrdzlsUUUvV2tIMTd3SDR4QT09.webp?v=1777672238","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/the-bazaar-of-bad-dreams-stories-hardcover","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}