By Stephen King and published by Hodder & Stoughton
FICTION:
By Stephen King as Richard Bachman
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First published in Great Britain in 2015 by Hodder & Stoughton
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Author’s Note
Some of these stories have been previously published, but that doesn’t mean they were done then, or even that they’re done now. Until a writer either retires or dies, the work is not finished; it can always use another polish and a few more revisions. There’s also a bunch of new ones. Something else I want you to know: how glad I am, Constant Reader, that we’re both still here. Cool, isn’t it?
– SK
I shoot from the hip and keep a stiff upper lip.
– AC/DC
Contents
By Stephen King
Title Page
Copyright
Author’s Note
Epigraph
Introduction
Mile 81
Premium Harmony
Batman and Robin Have an Altercation
The Dune
Bad Little Kid
A Death
The Bone Church
Morality
Afterlife
Ur
Herman Wouk Is Still Alive
Under the Weather
Blockade Billy
Mister Yummy
Tommy
The Little Green God of Agony
That Bus Is Another World
Obits
Drunken Fireworks
Summer Thunder
Introduction
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