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Just After Sunset
by Stephen King
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Did you maybe leave the oven on? Or forget to turn off the gas under your patio barbeque? What about the lock on your back door? Did you remember to give it a twist? Things like that are so easy to forget, and someone could be slipping in right now... Now: just after sunset, as darkness grips the imagination, thats when reality grows thin. When you can feel the everyday Did you maybe leave the oven on? Or forget to turn off the gas under your patio barbeque? What about the lock on your back door? Did you remember to give it a twist? Things like that are so easy to forget, and someone could be slipping in right now...
Now: just after sunset, as darkness grips the imagination, thats when reality grows thin. When you can feel the everyday become the unexpected int his captivating collection of twist-in-the-tail stories of suspense, terror and dark comedy from the No. 1 bestselling writer.
A blind girl visits a dying man and saves his life...with a kiss. A crime writer is faced with a real crime - and he has to draw upon his alter-ego for courage. And a young couple seek the bright lights of a nearby town - and end up playing the jukebox, for eternity.
This tantalising, thrilling volume explores the human experience as ordinary objects assume extraordinary powers and familiar journeys take a different turn. From the surreal to the horribly real, King plays a riveting riff which will keep you spoellbound from the first page to the last. What would you do if your everyday world were turned upside down in an instant?
--back cover
Subjects
portable toilets, horror, rest areas, life insurance, Lord's Prayer, Hail Mary, survivor's guilt, horror tales, stone, novella, nested narrative, obsessive-compulsive disorder, serial murderers, fiction, running, grief, crib death, American Horror tales, Romans, nouvelles, Nouvelles, Mort, Alzheimer's disease, insanity, murder, interpersonal relations, Horror fiction, Short Stories (single author), literary fiction, short stories, audiobooks, American short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author), Fiction, horror, Fiction, psychological, Large type booksPreviews available in: French / français English
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Juste avant le cre puscule: nouvelles
2010 03, Albin Michel
Paperback
in French / français
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Just After Sunset: Stories
2009-10, Pocket Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Pocket Books pbk. ed. (1)
1416586652 9781416586654
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Just After Sunset
2009, Hodder
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- printing (4)
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Just After Sunset
2009, Thorndike Press
Hardcover
in English
- U.S. Hardcover Large Print Edition (1)
1410410609 9781410410603
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Just After Sunset: Stories
2008-11, Simon & Schuster Audio
Audio Download
in English
0743575326 9780743575324
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Just after Sunset: Stories
2008 November, Scribner
Hardcover
in English
- First Scribner hardcover edition (1)
1416584080 9781416584087
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Just After Sunset
2008, Hodder & Stoughton
Hardcover
in English
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0340977167 9780340977163
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Just After Sunset: Stories
November 2008, Scribner
Hardcover
in English
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1439115303 9781439115305
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Just After Sunset
First published in 2008
Subjects
portable toilets, horror, rest areas, life insurance, Lord's Prayer, Hail Mary, survivor's guilt, horror tales, stone, novella, nested narrative, obsessive-compulsive disorder, serial murderers, fiction, running, grief, crib death, American Horror tales, Romans, nouvelles, Nouvelles, Mort, Alzheimer's disease, insanity, murder, interpersonal relations, Horror fiction, Short Stories (single author), literary fiction, short stories, audiobooks, American short stories, Fiction, short stories (single author), Fiction, horror, Fiction, psychological, Large type booksPeople
Curtis Johnson, Tim Grunwald, Betsy, Monette, Saint Christopher, Scott Staley, Paula, Sheila, Charlie, Johnny, N., John Bonsaint, Cthun, Emily, Jim Pickering, Susan Steiner, Amy, Henry, Dr. Mendez, Jodi Anderson, a bellman, Rusty Jackson, Mariette, Debra, Deke Hollis, David Sanderson, Willa, Doc Gentry, Halston, Harvey, Janet, Ayana, John Dykstra, Rick Hardin, Richard SefkitzPlaces
Milford, World Trade Center, Maine, Ackerman's Field, Florida, Vermillion Key, Kozy's Qwik-Pik, corner of Main and Eastern, the Morris Hotel, Tallahassee, Naples, Florida Gulf, Jacksonville, Sarasota, New York, Herkimer, Connecticut, Manhattan, Hell, Holiday InnWork Description
This is Stephen's fifth short story collection.
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Willa
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The Gingerbread Girl
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Harvey's Dream
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Rest Stop
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Stationary Bike
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The Things They Left Behind
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Graduation Afternoon
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N.
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The Cat From Hell
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The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates
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Mute
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Ayana
- A Very Tight Place
Links outside Open Library
- StephenKing.com - Just After Sunset
- Just After Sunset - Wikipedia
- Little Bites of Horror
- My poisoned bon-bons
- Horror lurks in the humdrum
- Fiction Book Review: Just After Sunset by Stephen King, Author ...
- The Great Stephen King Reread: Just After Sunset
- Just After Sunset, By Stephen King | The Independent
Just After Sunset
This edition was published in 2008 by Hodder & Stoughton in London.
Edition Description
Did you maybe leave the oven on? Or forget to turn off the gas under your patio barbeque? What about the lock on your back door? Did you remember to give it a twist? Things like that are so easy to forget, and someone could be slipping in right now... Now: just after sunset, as darkness grips the imagination, thats when reality grows thin. When you can feel the everyday Did you maybe leave the oven on? Or forget to turn off the gas under your patio barbeque? What about the lock on your back door? Did you remember to give it a twist? Things like that are so easy to forget, and someone could be slipping in right now...
Now: just after sunset, as darkness grips the imagination, thats when reality grows thin. When you can feel the everyday become the unexpected int his captivating collection of twist-in-the-tail stories of suspense, terror and dark comedy from the No. 1 bestselling writer.
A blind girl visits a dying man and saves his life...with a kiss. A crime writer is faced with a real crime - and he has to draw upon his alter-ego for courage. And a young couple seek the bright lights of a nearby town - and end up playing the jukebox, for eternity.
This tantalising, thrilling volume explores the human experience as ordinary objects assume extraordinary powers and familiar journeys take a different turn. From the surreal to the horribly real, King plays a riveting riff which will keep you spoellbound from the first page to the last. What would you do if your everyday world were turned upside down in an instant?
--back cover
Table of Contents
Willa | ||
The gingerbread girl | ||
Harvey's dream | ||
Rest stop | ||
Stationary bike | ||
The things they left behind | ||
Graduation afternoon | ||
N. | ||
The cat from hell | ||
The New York Times at special bargain rates | ||
Mute | ||
Ayana | ||
A very tight place. |
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