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Six Scary Stories: Selected and Introduced by Stephen King
Elodie Harper, Manuela Saragosa, Paul Bassett Davies, Michael Button, Stuart Johnstone, Neil Hudson
Classic horror & ghost stories, Short stories
The Number 1 bestselling writer Stephen King introduces and presents six gripping and chilling stories in this captivating anthology.
SIX SCARY STORIES
SELECTED AND INTRODUCED BY STEPHEN KING
Winning stories from The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Hodder-Guardian competition
The Number 1 bestselling writer Stephen King introduces and presents six gripping and chilling stories in this captivating anthology:
WILD SWIMMING by Elodie Harper
EAU-DE-ERIC by Manuela Saragosa
THE SPOTS by Paul Bassett Davies
THE UNPICKING by Michael Button
LA MORT DE L'AMANT by Stuart Johnstone
THE BEAR TRAP by Neil Hudson
Stephen King discovered these stories when he judged a competition run by Hodder & Stoughton and the Guardian to celebrate publication of his own collection The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. He was so impressed with the entries that he recommended they were published together in one book.
Reader beware: the stories will make you think twice before cuddling up to your old soft toy, dipping your toe into the water or counting the spots on a leopard...
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Praise for Six Scary Stories: Selected and Introduced by Stephen King
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Short stories have a famous place in the King oeuvre, with the likes of The Body and Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption finding second lives on the big screen as Stand By Me and Shawshank Redemption... Like all the greats, though, his ability to grip the reader's mind, body and soul with his prose makes it all look easy - USA Today on The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Elodie Harper
Elodie Harper is a journalist and prize winning short story writer. Her story 'Wild Swimming' won the Guardian-Hodder The Bazaar of Bad Dreams story competition as judged by Stephen King. She is currently a reporter and presenter at ITV News Anglia, and before that worked as a producer for Channel 4 News.
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