Four Past Midnight

Table of Contents

 

 

 

 

 

THE LANGOLIERS

You are strapped in an airplane seat on a flight beyond hell.

 

SECRET WINDOW, SECRET GARDEN

You are trapped in the demonic depths of a writer's worst nightmare.

THE LIBRARY POLICEMAN

You are forced into a hunt for the most horrifying secret a small town ever hid.

THE SUN DOG

You are focusing in on a beast bent on shedding your sanity.

You are in the hands of Stephen King at his mind-blowing best, with an extraordinary quartet of full-length novellas.

 

THE BACHMAN BOOKS
“Fascinating.”

—
Philadelphia Inquirer

CARRIE
“Horrifying.”

—
Chicago Tribune

CHRISTINE
“Riveting.”

—
Playboy

CUJO
“Gut-wrenching.”

—
Newport News Daily Press

THE DARK HALF
“Scary.”

—
Kirkus Reviews

THE DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER
“Brilliant.”

—
Booklist

 

THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE
“Superb.”

—
Chicago Herald-Wheaton

THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS
“Gripping.”

—
Chicago Sun-Times

THE DEAD ZONE
“Frightening.”

—
Cosmopolitan

DIFFERENT SEASONS
“Hypnotic.”

—
New York Times Book Review

 

DOLORES CLAIBORNE
“Unforgettable.”

—
San Francisco Chronicle

THE EYES OF THE DRAGON
“Masterful.”

—
Cincinnati Post

FIRESTARTER
“Terrifying.”

—
Miami Herald

FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT
“Chilling.”

—
Milwaukee Journal

 

GERALD'S GAME
“Terrific.”

—
USA Today
IT

—
Washington Post Book World

MISERY
“Wonderful.”

—
Houston Chronicle

 

NEEDFUL THINGS
“Demonic.”

—
Kirkus Reviews

 

NIGHT SHIFT
“Macabre.”

—
Dallas Times-Herald

PET SEMATARY
“Unrelenting.”

—
Pittsburgh Press

‘SALEM'S LOT “Tremendous.”

—
Kirkus Reviews

 

THE SHINING
“Spellbinding.”

SKELETON CREW
“Diabolical.”

—
Associated Press

THE STAND
“Great.”

—
New York Times Book Review

 

THINNER
“Extraordinary.”

—
Booklist

 

THE TOMMYKNOCKERS
“Marvelous.”

—
Boston Globe

Carrie
‘Salem's Lot
The Shining
The Stand
The Dead Zone
Firestarter
Cujo
THE DARK TOWER I:
The Gunslinger
Christine
Pet Sematary
Cycle of the Werewolf
The Talisman
(with Peter Straub)
It
Eyes of the Dragon
Misery

The Tommyknockers
THE DARK TOWER II:
The Drawing
of the Three
THE DARK TOWER III:
The Waste Lands
The Dark Half
Needful Things
Gerald's Game
Dolores Claiborne
Insomnia
Rose Madder
Desperation
The Green Mile
THE DARK TOWER IV:
Wizard and Glass
Bag of Bones

 

AS RICHARD BACHMAN
Rage
The Long Walk
Roadwork
The Running Man
Thinner
The Regulators

 

COLLECTIONS
Night Shift
Different Seasons
Skeleton Crew
Four Past Midnight
Nightmares and
Dreamscapes
NONFICTION
Danse Macabre

SCREENPLAYS
Creepshow
Cat's Eye
Silver Bullet
Maximum Overdrive
Pet Sematary
Golden Years
Sleepwalkers
The Stand
The Shining

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Needful Things
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