Six Scary Stories

by Stephen King (Editor)

Overview

Number one bestselling writer Stephen King introduces and presents six gripping and chilling stories in this captivating anthology! Stephen King discovered these stories when he judged a competition run by Hodder & Stoughton and the Guardian to celebrate publication of his own collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. He was so impressed with the entries that he recommended they be published together in one book, which Cemetery Dance Publications and Hodder & Stoughton are pleased to report has become a reality. The six stories are: Reader beware: the stories will make you think twice before cuddling up to your old soft toy, dipping your toe into the water, or counting the spots on a leopard!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781587675706
Publisher:	Cemetery Dance Publications
Publication date:	10/31/2016
Pages:	128
Sales rank:	118,643
Product dimensions:	5.80(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Few authors have tapped into our secret fears as adeptly as Stephen King, Master of the Macabre and one of the most widely read novelists writing today. With his trademark blend of fantasy, horror, and psychological suspense, this prolific and immensely popular contemporary writer continues to remind us that evil is still a potent force in the world.

Hometown:

Bangor, Maine

Date of Birth:

September 21, 1947

Place of Birth:

Portland, Maine

Education:

B.S., University of Maine at Orono, 1970

Website:

http://www.stephenking.com

Table of Contents

About Stephen King 1

Introduction to Six Scary Stories Stephen King 7

Wild Swimming Elodie Harper 13

Eau-De-Eric Manuela Saragosa 35

The Spots Paul Bassett Davies 59

The Unpicking Michael Button 79

La Mort De L'Amant Stuart Johnstone 97

The Bear Trap Neil Hudson 109

Editorial Reviews

10/24/2016
King (The Bazaar of Bad Dreams) collects six writing-contest submissions that are intended to provide an “icy frisson of fear,” but they are scant on chills and lack fulfilling elaboration of their promising premises. The winning story, “Wild Swimming” by Elodie Harper, is the least original, focusing on an eerie lake in Lithuania that’s infamous for the flooded village that lies beneath. A battered widow slowly becomes unglued over her daughter’s teddy bear, which smells like her abusive husband’s aftershave, in Manuela Saragosa’s “Eau-de-Eric.” Paul Bassett Davies’s charmingly humorous “The Spots” features a narcissistic dictator forcing his scientist to count spots on a leopard, but the metaphysical insinuations fail to develop. Michael Button makes toys come to life at night in “Unpicking,” the most chilling work in the collection. In “La Mort de L’amant” (the lover’s death), Stuart Johnstone follows a man who tries to stop his wife from her incessant uttering of clichés and similes. Tension among authentic characters drives Neil Hudson’s “The Bear Trap,” in which 12-year-old Calvin manages a farm alone during a nuclear winter and tussles with a greedy stranger. King was looking for “shorter, more intense” stories, but most of these would have been more satisfying if they were fleshed out. (Nov.)

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