22 ноября 1963 года — дата убийства Джона Кеннеди. Прозвучали три выстрела — и мир изменился навсегда. Настоящее. Узнав, что в баре его приятеля расположен портал в 1958 год, обычный учитель Джейк Эппинг не может устоять от соблазна начать новую жизнь в рок-н-рольные времена Элвиса Пресли. Разве гостю из будущего тяжело познакомиться с отшельником Ли Харви Освальдом и помешать ему убить президента? Но следует ли играться с прошлым? Каким будет мир, в котором Кеннеди выживет? Читайте новую книгу Стивена Книнга — 11/22/63. **** Герой книги 35-летний учитель Джейк Иппинг узнает, что в кладовой комнате его друга находится портал в прошлое, в 1958 год. Вместе они решают совершить невозможное — шагнуть в прошлое и изменить ход истории — спасти от смерти президента Джона Кеннеди. И вот для Джейка на дворе 1958 год, но все идет по другому, Джейк сталкивается с другим убийцей, покалечившим судьбу одного из его учеников, это приводит к необратимому изменению будущего… Перевод с украинского — mmk1972

Этот роман безоговорочно признают лучшей книгой Стивена Кинга и миллионы фанатов писателя, и серьезные литературные критики. ...Убийство президента Кеннеди стало самым трагическим событием американской истории XX века. Тайна его до сих пор не раскрыта. Но что, если случится чудо? Если появится возможность отправиться в прошлое и предотвратить катастрофу? Это предстоит выяснить обычному учителю из маленького городка Джейку Эппингу, получившему доступ к временному порталу. Его цель — спасти Кеннеди. Но какова будет цена спасения?

Американская провинция. Шумный хайвэй. Заброшенная автостоянка с магазинчиком, на которую однажды приезжает загадочный автомобиль неизвестной модели — и застывает, словно в ожидании, словно приманивая жертву. Мимо едут по своим делам люди, самые разные: добрые и злые, раздраженные, уставшие, воодушевленные. Некоторые из них останавливаются и подходят к загадочной машине — и назад к своим автомобилям уже не возвращаются. Пожалуй, только дети способны разглядеть опасность, притаившуюся за перепачканными засохшей грязью стеклами, только дети найдут, что противопоставить ей. Перевод на русский язык, С. Думаков при участии А. Сергеева и М. Замятиной, 2011 специально для портала StephenKing.ru

Это — 1999 год. Год, который должен был стать временем Апокалипсиса — но не стал. Или все-таки стал, только мы пока не заметили этого — и не заметим, пока не станет поздно? Это — 1999 год. Такой, каким увидели его величайшие из мастеров `литературы ужасов` нашего мира. Писатели, хорошо знающие: Апокалипсис начинается не с трубного гласа, поднимающего мертвых, но со Страха, живущего в душе у каждого из нас. Это — 999 глазами непревзойденного Стивена Кинга. И мчится по дороге Смерть… Это — 999 по Уильяму Питеру Блэтти. И те, что ушли, говорят с живыми… Это — 999 Бентли Литтла. И исчезает грань меж явью и кошмаром… Это — 999 год Дэвида Моррелла, Джойс Кэрол Оутс, Нэнси Коллинз. И еще многих из тех, кому нет равных в умении повергать читателя в черный, иррациональный Ужас…

Given its extraordinary span, its international scope, and its variant styles and groundbreaking stylists, A Century of Great Suspense Stories is a singular achievement. A bestselling master of suspense himself Jeffery Deaver had the enviable task of selecting from the thousands of stories written over the past one hundred years those which best represented the classic form, as well as the justly celebrated authors whose ironic twists and stunning payoffs left a lasting, vivid, and unnerving impression. The result is a triumph. In this ambitious anthology you’ll revel in the sardonic, overtly amoral plotting of Patricia Highsmith. You’ll rediscover the strangely poignant and surprising turns of Stanley Ellin, and the profoundly underrated Margaret Millar, a genius who mixed savage social satire with brooding horror. You’ll be treated to Stephen King at his chilling best. You’ll find yourself on the violent urban streets of Ross Macdonald and Mickey Spillane, and seeped in the ominous regional flavor of Sharyn McCrumb and Tony Hillerman. You’ll marvel at the cunning webs spun by Lawrence Block, Ruth Rendell, Anthony Boucher, and Sara Paretsky, all of whom defy expectations as they reinvent the genre. And you’ll understand the awesome reputations of those authors who set the standard, such as the legendary Harlan Ellison, Fredric Brown, the master of the twist ending, and James M. Cain, uncannily skilled at knowing what went on between men and women behind closed doors. (The darker the room the better.) Delivering everything from the one-two punch of the detective story to the ingeniously precise trappings of the police procedural, from the disquieting corners of the criminal mind to sheer dread-inducing horror, A Century of Great Suspense Stories is a rich anthology of this popular literary genre, a stunning tribute to the art of storytelling, and to the men and women who have done it best

Short story. A Death tells the story of Jim Trusdale, not the sharpest tool in the shed, who is accused of killing 10-year-old Rebecca Cline on her birthday and stealing her silver dollar. The story is set in 1889 in the Dakotas, before it became part of the United States, as referenced in the story. It’s not a scary story, but one can be filled with horror at the thought of how justice worked in the Old West

Civilization slipped into its second dark age on an unsurprising track of blood, but with a speed that could not have been foreseen by even the most pessimistic futurist. It was as if it had been waiting to go. On October 1, God was in His heaven, the stock market stood at 10,140, and most of the planes were on time (except for those landing and taking off in Chicago, and that was to be expected). Two weeks later the skies belonged to the birds again and the stock market was a memory. By Halloween, every major city from New York to Moscow stank to the empty heavens and the world as it had been was a memory

The novel tells the story of a vintage automobile apparently possessed by supernatural forces

DANSE MACABRE is a unique combination of fantasy and autobiography of classic horror writing honed to an unforgettable edge; an analysis of horror, terror and the supernatural in films, television and books by the bestselling master of the genre - Stephen King. Ranging across the whole spectrum of horror in popular culture and going back to the seminal classics of Count Dracula and Frankenstein, Stephen King describes his ideas on how horror works on many levels, and how he bring it to bear in his own inimitable novels

In einer ruhigen Vorortsiedlung von Minneapolis ermorden zwielichtige Eindringlinge lautlos die Eltern von Luke Ellis und verfrachten den betäubten Zwölfjährigen in einen schwarzen SUV. Die ganze Operation dauert keine zwei Minuten. Luke wacht weit entfernt im Institut wieder auf, in einem Zimmer, das wie seines aussieht, nur dass es keine Fenster hat. Und das Institut in Maine beherbergt weitere Kinder, die wie Luke paranormal veranlagt sind: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris und den zehnjährigen Avery. Sie befinden sich im Vorderbau des Instituts. Luke erfährt, dass andere vor ihnen nach einer Testreihe im »Hinterbau« verschwanden. Und nie zurückkehrten. Je mehr von Lukes neuen Freunden ausquartiert werden, desto verzweifelter wird sein Gedanke an Flucht, damit er Hilfe holen kann. Noch nie zuvor ist jemand aus dem streng abgeschirmten Institut entkommen

Desperation is the story of several people traveling along the desolate Highway 50 in Nevada who all get abducted by Collie Entragian, the deputy of the fictional mining town of Desperation. Entragian uses various pretexts for his abductions, from an arrest for drug possession to “rescuing” a family from a nonexistent gunman

Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine The latest from legendary master storyteller Stephen King, a riveting, extraordinarily eerie, and moving story about a man whose mysterious affliction brings a small town together—a timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences. Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis. In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade—but escalating—battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face—including his own—he tries to help. Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott’s affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others. From Stephen King, our “most precious renewable resource, like Shakespeare in the malleability of his work” (The Guardian), Elevation is an antidote to our divisive culture, as gloriously joyful (with a twinge of deep sadness) as “It’s a Wonderful Life.”

Good writing isn't an easy task for all of us, even for… get ready for it, Stephen King! This article he wrote in 1988 describes how he learned to write and started his career. Enjoy his 12 tips that will teach you to write like a King in ten minutes

Fasten your seatbelts for an anthology of turbulent tales curated by Stephen King and Bev Vincent. This exciting new anthology, perfect for airport or airplane reading, includes an original introduction and story notes for each story by Stephen King, along with brand new stories from Stephen King and Joe Hill. Stephen King hates to fly. Now he and co-editor Bev Vincent would like to share this fear of flying with you. Welcome to Flight or Fright, an anthology about all the things that can go horribly wrong when you’re suspended six miles in the air, hurtling through space at more than 500 mph and sealed up in a metal tube (like—gulp!—a coffin) with hundreds of strangers. All the ways your trip into the friendly skies can turn into a nightmare, including some we’ll bet you’ve never thought of before… but now you will the next time you walk down the jetway and place your fate in the hands of a total stranger. Featuring brand new stories by Joe Hill and Stephen King, as well as fourteen classic tales and one poem from the likes of Richard Matheson, Ray Bradbury, Roald Dahl, Dan Simmons, and many others, Flight or Fright is, as King says, “ideal airplane reading, especially on stormy descents… Even if you are safe on the ground, you might want to buckle up nice and tight.”

Roland Deschain of Gilead knows he is obsessed over finding the Dark Tower, but does not care. He will follow the Man in Black wherever he goes and for how long it takes even into eternity until he catches this person, if he is a person, and force him to reveal the locale of the Dark Tower. If others die at his hands after meeting the Gunslinger so be it. Currently he tracks his prey across a desert stopping at a way station where he meets a child whom he thought at first was his target, albeit two feet shorter. The kid is John "Jake" Chambers from 1977 New York City wherever in hell that place is. Shockingly to the solitary Deschain, instead of his usual killing or just another soul left behind, Roland allows Jake to accompany him on his trek towards the mountains, the Man in Black, and ultimately the Black Tower

From #1 New York Times bestselling author, legendary storyteller, and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary collection of four new and compelling novellas—Mr. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat, and the title story If It Bleeds—each pulling you into intriguing and frightening places. The novella is a form King has returned to over and over again in the course of his amazing career, and many have been made into iconic films, including “The Body” (Stand By Me) and “Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption” (Shawshank Redemption). Like Four Past Midnight, Different Seasons, and most recently Full Dark, No Stars, If It Bleeds is a uniquely satisfying collection of longer short fiction by an incomparably gifted writer

“A landmark in American literature” ( *Chicago Sun-Times* )—Stephen King’s #1 national bestseller about seven adults who return to their hometown to confront a nightmare they had first stumbled on as teenagers…an evil without a name: *It*. Welcome to Derry, Maine. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Only in Derry the haunting is real. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. But the promise they made twenty-eight years ago calls them reunite in the same place where, as teenagers, they battled an evil creature that preyed on the city’s children. Now, children are being murdered again and their repressed memories of that terrifying summer return as they prepare to once again battle the monster lurking in Derry’s sewers. Readers of Stephen King know that Derry, Maine, is a place with a deep, dark hold on the author. It reappears in many of his books, including *Bag of Bones* , *Hearts in Atlantis* , and *11/22/63*. But it all starts with *It*. “Stephen King’s most mature work” ( *St. Petersburg Times* ), “ *It* will overwhelm you… to be read in a well-lit room only” ( *Los Angeles Times* ). **

1 bestselling author Stephen King returns with a brand-new novel about the secrets we keep buried and the cost of unearthing them. SOMETIMES GROWING UP MEANS FACING YOUR DEMONS The son of a struggling single mother, Jamie Conklin just wants an ordinary childhood. But Jamie is no ordinary child. Born with an unnatural ability his mom urges him to keep secret, Jamie can see what no one else can see and learn what no one else can learn. But the cost of using this ability is higher than Jamie can imagine—as he discovers when an NYPD detective draws him into the pursuit of a killer who has threatened to strike from beyond the grave. LATER is Stephen King at his finest, a terrifying and touching story of innocence lost and the trials that test our sense of right and wrong. With echoes of King’s classic novel It, LATER is a powerful, haunting, unforgettable exploration of what it takes to stand up to evil in all the faces it wears

Enter a world of seedy nightclubs, dangerous, dimly-lit street and cool, wisecracking dicks pitting themselves against armies of ruthless gangsters. This is pulp fiction, a genre spawned amid the disillusionment of post-World War I America — and now reaching new heights of popularity.　 Writers like Raymond Chandler and Dashiell Hammett turned that unique blend of rapid-fire action, violence and cynical humour into an art form that is being recreated by a fresh wave of young writers whose stories have all the drama and atmosphere of their predecessors’.　 This page-turning collection, brought together by a true aficionado of the hardboiled story, includes, of course, Chandler and Hammett, but also Mickey Spillane, Ross MacDonald, Ed McBain and James Hadley Chase from the vintage years and from the current generation James Ellroy, Elmore Leonard and Quentin Tarantino, to name just a few of the twenty great writers featured here. Even Stephen King, doyen of the world of horror, has turned his hand to pulp fiction and is represented in this book.　 The world of the hard-drinking, fast-action, apparently indestructible private eye, personified by Chandler’s creation, Philip Marlowe, was never more vibrant. It’s all here, and more, in a book that no fan of the genre can afford to miss

Assembled by best-selling suspense author Nelson DeMille, The Best American Mystery Stories 2004 contains a spectacular array of stories by mystery veterans and talented newcomers. Follow a chain reaction that saves a woman’s life, visit a house haunted by a husband’s violent killing spree, enter the high-stakes world of Las Vegas gambling, watch the line between reality and dream blur, travel with a bored salesman driven to crime, and much more. Encompassing all aspects of the genre, this year’s selections are sure to quicken pulses, send chills down the spine, and keep readers continually guessing

Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King’s timeless novella “The Body”—originally published in his 1982 short story collection Different Seasons, and adapted into the 1986 film classic Stand by Me—now available for the first time as a stand-alone publication. It’s 1960 in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine. Ray Brower, a boy from a nearby town, has disappeared, and twelve-year-old Gordie Lachance and his three friends set out on a quest to find his body along the railroad tracks. During the course of their journey, Gordie, Chris Chambers, Teddy Duchamp, and Vern Tessio come to terms with death and the harsh truths of growing up in a small factory town that doesn’t offer much in the way of a future. A timeless exploration of the loneliness and isolation of young adulthood, Stephen King’s The Body is an iconic, unforgettable, coming-of-age story

Stephen King is the undisputed master of horror; but The Colorado Kid is a dramatic departure for the iconic author of innumerable bloodcurdling classics like The Shining, Carrie, Cujo, and Pet Sematary. A pulpstyle mystery about two salty newspapermen and their investigation into the unresolved death of a man found on an island off the coast of Maine, The Colorado Kid will have readers speculating until the very last page — and long afterward

The final book in King's epic The Dark Tower series, sees gunslinger Roland on a roller-coaster ride of exhilarating triumph and aching loss in his unrelenting quest to reach the dark tower. Roland Deschain and his ka-tet have journeyed together and apart, scattered far and wide across multilayered worlds of wheres and whens. The destinies of Roland, Susannah, Jake, Father Callahan, Oy, and Eddie are bound in the Dark Tower itself, which now pulls them ever closer to their own endings and beginnings and into a maelstrom of emotion, violence, and discovery. And as he closes in on the Tower, Roland's every step is shadowed by a terrible and sinister creation. Finally, he realises, he may have to walk the last dark strait alone

The man in black is dead, and Roland is about to be hurled into 20th-centure America, occupuying the mind of a man running cocaine on the New York/Bermuda shuttle. A brilliant waork of dark fantasy inspired by Browning's romantic poem, "Child Roland to the Dark Tower Came." Synopsis: Part II an epic saga. Roland, the last gunslinger, encounters three mysterious doorways on the beach. Each one enters into a different person living in New York. Through these doorways, Roland draws the companions who will assist him on his quest to save the Dark Tower

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since It—publishing just as the second part of It, the movie, lands in theaters. In the middle of the night, in a house on a quiet street in suburban Minneapolis, intruders silently murder Luke Ellis’s parents and load him into a black SUV. The operation takes less than two minutes. Luke will wake up at The Institute, in a room that looks just like his own, except there’s no window. And outside his door are other doors, behind which are other kids with special talents—telekinesis and telepathy—who got to this place the same way Luke did: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris, and ten-year-old Avery Dixon. They are all in Front Half. Others, Luke learns, graduated to Back Half, “like the roach motel,” Kalisha says. “You check in, but you don’t check out.” In this most sinister of institutions, the director, Mrs. Sigsby, and her staff are ruthlessly dedicated to extracting from these children the force of their extranormal gifts. There are no scruples here. If you go along, you get tokens for the vending machines. If you don’t, punishment is brutal. As each new victim disappears to Back Half, Luke becomes more and more desperate to get out and get help. But no one has ever escaped from the Institute. As psychically terrifying as Firestarter, and with the spectacular kid power of It, The Institute is Stephen King’s gut-wrenchingly dramatic story of good vs. evil in a world where the good guys don’t always win

An unspeakable crime. A confounding investigation. At a time when the King brand has never been stronger, he has delivered one of his most unsettling and compulsively readable stories. An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is found in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens. He is Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon add DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad. As the investigation expands and horrifying answers begin to emerge, King’s propulsive story kicks into high gear, generating strong tension and almost unbearable suspense. Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy, but is he wearing another face? When the answer comes, it will shock you as only Stephen King can

Тієї ночі почався кошмар. Батьків Люка вбили, а самого хлопця закинули в позашляховик та повезли в невідомому напрямку. Він приходить до тями в місці, яке називають Інститутом. Таке собі гетто для дещо… незвичайних дітей. Їх викрадають і тримають тут, наче піддослідних щурів. Директорка місіс Сіґсбі та співробітники цієї зловісної установи безжально «викачують» з дітей їхні телепатичні й телекінетичні здібності. Нова знайома Люка каже, що звідси неможливо втекти. Але він має спробувати…

Перевод нового рассказа Стивена Кинга «Автобус — Это Другой Мир». Рассказ впервые опубликован в августовском номере журнала ESQUIRE за 2014 год

Злобные инопланетные формы жизни, сходящие с ума космонавты, роботы, восставшие против людей, загадочные мистические явления, где дело происходит в космосе и на чужих планетах, а чем страшнее это дело, тем лучше

Наёмный убийца — человек без брезгливости. Особенно если за работу хорошо платят. Но когда тебе «заказывают» не ребёнка, не старика, не беременную женщину — просто приблудного кота!.. Впрочем, работёнка-то лёгкая, почему бы и не выполнить. И что с того, что кот странный: наполовину чёрный, а наполовину белый? Что с того, что кот этот будто бы причастен к смерти троих стариков. Ты-то не старик. Профессионал потому и профессионал, что доводит своё дело до конца! Что с того, что кот, похоже, тоже профессионал и намерен довести до конца то, за чем пришёл на землю

Телевизионните журналисти имат израз за новинарските репортажи: „Ако има кръв, пускаме го пръв“. А бомбеният атентат в прогимназия „Албърт Макриди“ несъмнено ще оглави всички новинарски емисии. Холи Гибни от детективска агенция „Търси се“ работи по различни случаи − и върху собственото си самочувствие, − когато вижда репортажа по телевизията. По-късно осъзнава, че има нещо странно в репортера, озовал се пръв на мястото на събитието. Така започва „Ако има кръв“, отделен разказ, чието действие се развива след събитията в бестселъра „Другият“. Той проследява неповторимата Холи Гибни при първото ѝ самостоятелно разследване и е смразяващата новела, дала заглавието на новия великолепен сборник на Стивън Кинг. Компания му правят още три чудесни истории на този невероятно разнообразен автор − „Телефонът на господин Хариган“, „Животът на Чък“ и „Плъх“. И четирите новели представят нагледно майсторството на Кинг като разказвач, умеещ да съчетава хумор, ужас и спиращ дъха съспенс. Изключително любопитната „Бележка на автора“ разкрива как се е зародила идеята за всяка от историите и ни позволява да надзърнем в безграничното въображение на писателя. Читателите обожават романите на Стивън Кинг, но разказите му са една друга мрачна наслада. Тези новели показват не само диапазона на Кинг като писател, но засягат и някои неизменни за автора теми. Сред тях е темата за злото и то присъства осезаемо в „Ако има кръв“, където един от героите го описва като „голяма птица, проскубана и стоманеносива“. Съществува и противоположна на злото сила, която в произведенията на Кинг често приема формата на приятелство. В този сборник Холи си припомня, че приятелството не само прави живота ти по-хубав, но може и да го спаси. Кинг също така ни напомня, че дребните удоволствия в живота са още по-прекрасни, тъй като са мимолетни: да се порадваш на синьото небе след поредица от мрачни дни; насладата от танц или съдбовна среща. В тези моменти умението на Кинг да описва усещането за чиста радост и наслада, си съперничи със способността му да ни плаши до смърт. Стивън Кинг е автор на повече от шейсет книги, всички превърнали се в международни бестселъри. Сред последните му романи са „Институтът“, „Другият“, „Спящите красавици“ (в съавторство със сина му Оуен Кинг). Носител е на наградата за принос към американската литература PEN за 2018 г. и на Националния медал за принос към изкуствата за 2014 г. Живее в Бангор, Мейн, със съпругата си, писателката Табита Кинг. „Ако има кръв“ съдържа четири нови увлекателни истории, които отново доказват, че Кинг е майстор на новелата. Средно дългият разказ особено подхожда на дарбата му. В резултат имаме истории, които са изненадващо задълбочени емоционално, но въпреки това се четат на един дъх… Сборник, пълен с изумителни, понякога обезпокоителни удоволствия

Вы решились пуститься в странствие по закоулкам кошмаров, таящихся за гранью реальности, и эта книга – ваш путеводитель по миру, населенному кромешным ужасом. За поворотом дороги – мир, где под масками людей таится Серое Зло. Зло, в котором нет даже искорки человеческой души. Новый поворот – и вот он, городок, где сверхсовременная мясорубка обрела свои собственные волю и разум. Волю к Злу и разум, нацеленный лишь на убийство… И опять дорога делает поворот – и в маленький городок приходит Гибель. Страшная многохвостая гибель, на которую, увы, не найдется ни дудочки, ни Крысолова… Перевод: Виктор Антонов, Наталья Рейн