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You Like It Darker is a collection of twelve stories by American author Stephen King, published by Scribner in May 2024. [1] The book was announced on November 6, 2023, via Entertainment Weekly, which provided a look at the book's wraparound cover, table of contents, and an excerpt from "Rattlesnakes", a sequel to King's 1981 novel Cujo.
So do I.” — helps sell books in today’s extreme world, even for a perennial bestseller like Mr. King. The best of these stories, as is true with the best of King’s work, feature horror ...
Emily Burnham (reviewing You Like It Darker for the Bangor Daily News) considered Two Talented Bastids to be the strongest story in the collection, stating that it "returns to time-honored themes in the author's vast body of work [but] never feels like it's rehashing well-worn tropes in the King oeuvre", adding that the story "unfolds in typically King-ian fashion — a mix of humor, poignancy ...
Reviewing You Like It Darker for The New York Times, Gabino Iglesias described Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream as "the crown jewel of the collection". [7] Mike Finn described Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream as "a powerful novella. Not a pleasant read but a compelling one [...] grindingly oppressive and totally believable."
When a famous writer dies at ninety, his son investigates the defining friendship of his life. Turns out the old man kept his friends close—and his secrets closer.
Reviewing You Like It Darker for Bloody Disgusting, Jenn Adams described "Red Screen" and "Finn" as two of the less developed stories in the collection, stating that each "present[s] ominous ideas, but offer[s] little more than snapshots of larger terror".
Jenn Adams (reviewing You Like It Darker for Bloody Disgusting) ranked The Dreamers as the "most classically scary" story in the volume, describing it as "pure Lovecraftian horror" and "shocking horror and nihilism at its best, reminiscent of King's 2014 novel Revival."
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