You Like It Darker: Stories

　　十二篇黑暗又令人戰慄不安的短篇小說
　　傳奇說故事巨匠－史蒂芬・金再次為自己創下經典
 
　　「你想要再黑暗一點嗎？好吧，我也是。」
 
　　史蒂芬・金推出12篇故事，探討生活中的黑暗。無論是命運、死亡、運氣，或是任何在埋在現實紋理中的一切，他都信手捻來，情節引人入勝，讓人讀來血脈賁張。關於兩位紳士如何獲得使自己聲名大噪的技能，這個隱藏已久的秘密；一個男人在夢到一具屍體後，醒來卻陷入了活生生的夢魘裡，被困在猜忌和不信任中；擁有先知能力究竟是好運還是壞運？遭逢重大變故的人生，依舊有其意義。還有《狂犬庫丘》的續作，一位悲傷的鰥夫本來打算到佛羅里達州尋求喘息，卻意外獲得一份帶有條件的遺產；一位越戰退休老兵在接下一份工作後，了解到宇宙中的某些角落最好不要去探索。每篇故事都有史蒂芬・金的標誌性色彩，他總是能在恐懼和意想不到的情節中，帶給讀者安慰和勸世警語，讓人在故事中流連忘返。(文／博客來外文館)

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER.

＂You like it darker? Fine, so do I,＂ writes Stephen King in the afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that delve into the darker part of life--both metaphorical and literal. King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel ＂the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind,＂ and in You Like It Darker, readers will feel that exhilaration too, again and again.

＂Two Talented Bastids＂ explores the long-hidden secret of how the eponymous gentlemen got their skills. In ＂Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream,＂ a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of lives, Danny’s most catastrophically. In ＂Rattlesnakes,＂ a sequel to Cujo, a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives an unexpected inheritance--with major strings attached. In ＂The Dreamers,＂ a taciturn Vietnam vet answers a job ad and learns that there are some corners of the universe best left unexplored. ＂The Answer Man＂ asks if prescience is good luck or bad and reminds us that a life marked by unbearable tragedy can still be meaningful.

King’s ability to surprise, amaze, and bring us both terror and solace remains unsurpassed. Each of these stories holds its own thrills, joys, and mysteries; each feels iconic. You like it darker? You got it.