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    Four Past Midnight
    Four Past Midnight
    Four Past Midnight
    Audiobook29 hours

    Four Past Midnight

    Written by Stephen King

    Narrated by James Woods, Tim Sample, Willem Dafoe and Ken Howard

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    Includes the story “The Sun Dog”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine

    The Bram Stoker Prize-winner for Best Fiction Collection—four chilling novellas from Stephen King that will “grab you and not let go” (The Washington Post).

    With the success of the Hulu series 11/22/63 starring James Franco and the highly anticipated The Dark Tower movie release, Stephen King's brand is stronger than ever. This collection, nominated for a Locus Award, is guaranteed to keep readers awake long after bedtime, and features an introduction and prefatory notes to each novella by the author. “Stephen King is a master storyteller, and you will never forget these stories,” raves the Seattle Times about Four Past Midnight.

    One Past Midnight: “The Langoliers” takes a red-eye flight from LA to Boston into a most unfriendly sky. Only eleven passengers survive, but landing in an eerily empty world makes them wish they hadn’t. Something’s waiting for them, you see.

    Two Past Midnight: “Secret Window, Secret Garden” enters the suddenly strange life of writer Mort Rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and alone on the shore of Tashmore Lake. Alone, that is, until a figure named John Shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger.

    Three Past Midnight: “The Library Policeman” is set in Junction City, Iowa, an unlikely place for evil to be hiding. But for small businessman Sam Peebles, who thinks he may be losing his mind, another enemy is hiding there as well—the truth. If he can find it in time, he might stand a chance.

    Four Past Midnight: “The Sun Dog,” a menacing black dog, appears in every Polaroid picture that fifteen-year-old Kevin Delevan takes with his new camera, beckoning him to the supernatural. Old Pop Merrill, Castle Rock’s sharpest trader, aims to exploit The Sun Dog for profit, but this creature that shouldn’t exist at all, is a very dangerous investment.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSimon & Schuster Audio
    Release dateJan 1, 2016
    ISBN9781508216841
    Author

    Stephen King

    Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. 

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    • 5/5
      These stories show Stephen King’s genius off beautifully. I am a fan for life. Brilliant production!

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    • 5/5
      the stories are great an the readers are wonderful, I have this book but listening to it brought out things I missed before I believe. The different voices and the way they were read were very good

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    • 3/5
      Narrators are in top form here, especially Willem Dafoe and James Woods on the first two stories.
      Stories vary in quality. King was notoriously struggling during this period, and it shows here. There is lots of king treading familiar ground here, and for the most part I don’t mind. Kings line-by-line writing is so good that it keeps you involved, even when the story overall is lacking. Mostly.
      Langoliers:
      This is the best of the set. A fantastic story all around. Less said the better. 4/5
      Secret Window, Secret Garden:
      Started strong for me, and finished weak. Vivid descriptions and characters save this one from being a second rate retread of ideas king has already covered. 3/5
      The Library Policeman:
      This one takes a minute to get going, but it’s well worth it to get where he takes you. Like Secret Window, it is definitely a bit of a thematic retread, but has great characters and genuine scares. Warning: There’s some sexual abuse stuff which might put off sensitive readers. I think it’s neccesary to the plot, not gratuitous, but not everyone agrees. 3.5/5
      The Sun Dog
      This is easily the worst thing I’ve ever read by King. As always, characterization is great, the rest is a boring mess. At one point a character in the story is bored with the supernatural phenomena in the book. So was I. It’s like King got 3/4 of the way through before he realized it and put it right in the characters mouth, but was too far along to stop. A vividly realized set piece at the end is not enough to salvage this one. Major misfire. 1/5
    • 4/5
      A nice collection of stories. Secret Window, Secret Garden was my favorite, but I enjoyed them all.