Gwendy's Button Box: Includes bonus story "The Music Room"
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| Rating | : | 4.99 (967 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1508242046 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 435 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-04-02 |
| Language | : | English |
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"King and Co. Nail What it's Like to be a Kid" according to Rob Kirkbride. I'll start with this: Stephen King does not just write horror. This is a good example. Yes, there are some horrible things that happen in this book, but it is not a horror novella. It is a tightly written, beautiful book about what it's like growing up. It's about good vs. evil (and making the right choices to keep one or the other at bay). It is about the gray areas of life -- choices made and the consequences that come with them. It is fantastical, to be sure. But it also nails Stephen Ki. Richard H. Hibbert said A Simple Morality Tale. I started to give this novella three stars, but the description for that rating says "it's okay." The description for four stars says "I like it." Those three words describe my feeling toward this slight and yet meaningful story. Stephen King is one of my favorite authors, primarily because I enjoy the rich details and well-developed characters that make the stories come alive. in this collaboration with Richard Chizmar, his tendency to go big has been restrained. This is a simple tale that. "A Girl and Her Buttons" according to The Just-About-Average Ms. M. An uncomplicated and different story from the Master of the Macabre, with just a frisson of the supernatural to give it a little kick in the pants. I thought the story was much more about choices made for good or ill, about growing up, maturing, really, and dealing with what could have been an unfortunate obsession than any sort of "horror story." And as always, King presents another spot-on juvenile character to like and remember.Gwendy, whose name is perfect for her and as comforting as m
He has won two World Fantasy awards, four International Horror Guild awards, and the HWA’s Board of Trustee’s award. . He has edited more than thirty anthologies and his fiction has appeared in dozens of publications, including Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and The Year’s 25 Fines
INCLUDES A CONVERSATION BETWEEN STEPHEN KING & RICHARD CHIZMAR!Stephen King teams up with long-time friend and award-winning author Richard Chizmar for the first time in this original, chilling novella that revisits the town of Castle Rock—paired on audio with King’s Edgar Award–nominated story “The Music Room.”There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat…The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told—until now.. Every day in the summer of 1974, twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong—if time-rusted—iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside.Then one day when Gwendy gets to the top of Castle View, after catching her breath and hearing the shouts of kids on the playground below, a stranger calls to her. On his head is a small, neat black hat. There on a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top
Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel), Finders Keepers, and End of Watch; the short story collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams; Revival; Doctor Sleep, and Under the Dome. He has edited more than thirty anthologies and his fiction has appeared in dozens of publications, including Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine and The Year’s 25 Finest Crime and Mystery Stories. His epic works The Dark Tower and It are the basis for major motion pictures. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.Richard Chizmar is the founder/publisher of Cemetery Dance magazine and the Cemetery Dance Publications book imprint. . He has won two World