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Twenty-two stories from the "wildly imaginative" #1 Bestselling Author In this brilliant collection of stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine....A supermarket becomes the place where humanity takes its last stand against unholy destruction...a trip to the attic turns into a journey to hell...a woman driver finds a scary shortcut to paradise...an idyllic lake harbors a bottomless evil...and a desert island is the scene of the most terrifying struggle for survival ever waged.

Scott nimmt rasend schnell ab. Sein korpulentes Aussehen ändert sich trotzdem nicht. Und noch unheimlicher: Wenn er auf die Waage steigt, zeigt sie jeweils das gleiche Gewicht an, egal wie viel er momentan trägt, ob Kleidung oder gar Hanteln. Scott hat Angst, dass man ihn zum medizinischen Versuchskaninchen macht. Aber er muss es jemand erzählen. Zu Dr. Ellis hat er Vertrauen, aber auch der weiß keinen Rat.In seiner netten Wohngegend in der Kleinstadt Castle Rock gerät Scott in einen eskalierenden Kleinkrieg. Der Hund der neuen Nachbarn - zwei Lesben - verrichtet sein Geschäft ständig bei ihm im Vorgarten. Die eine Frau ist eigentlich recht freundlich, die andere aber eiskalt. Die beiden haben gerade ein Restaurant eröffnet, von dem sie sich viel erhoffen. Die Einwohner von Castle Rock wollen aber nichts mit Homopaaren zu tun haben, da ist großer Ärger vorprogrammiert. Als Scott endlich kapiert, was Vorurteile in einer Gemeinschaft anrichten, überwindet er den eigenen Groll undtut sich mit den beiden zusammen. Merkwürdige Allianzen, der jährliche Stadtlauf und Scotts mysteriöses Leiden fördern bei sich und anderen eine Menschlichkeit zutage, die zuvor unter einer herzlosen Bequemlichkeit vergraben lag.

'Stephen King's slim new novel tackles weighty matters' - New York Post Castle Rock is a small town, where word gets around quickly. That's why Scott Carey wants to confide only in his friend Doctor Bob Ellis about his strange condition: he's losing weight, without getting thinner, and the scales register the same when he is in his clothes or out of them, however heavy they are. Scott also has new neighbours, who have opened a 'fine dining experience' in town, although it's an experience being shunned by the locals; Deidre McComb and her wife Missy Donaldson don't exactly fit in with the community's expectations. And now Scott seems trapped in a feud with the couple over their dogs dropping their business on his lawn. Missy may be friendly, but Deidre is cold as ice. As the town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12k run, Scott starts to understand the prejudices his neighbours face and he tries to help. Unlikely alliances form and the mystery of Scott's affliction brings out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others. From master storyteller Stephen King, our 'most precious renewable resource, like Shakespeare in the malleability of his work' (Guardian), comes this timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences. Compelling and eerie, Elevation is as gloriously joyful (with a twinge of deep sadness) as 'It's a Wonderful Life.' Includes illustrations (c) Mark Edward Geyer.

Deep in the woods of Maine, there is a dark state facility where kids, abducted from across the United States, are incarcerated. In the Institute they are subjected to a series of tests and procedures meant to combine their exceptional gifts - telepathy, telekinesis - for concentrated effect. Luke Ellis is the latest recruit. He's just a regular 12-year-old, except he's not just smart, he's super-smart. And he has another gift which the Institute wants to use... Far away in a small town in South Carolina, former cop Tim Jamieson has taken a job working for the local Sherriff. He's basically just walking the beat. But he's about to take on the biggest case of his career. Back in the Institute's downtrodden playground and corridors where posters advertise 'just another day in paradise', Luke, his friend Kalisha and the other kids are in no doubt that they are prisoners, not guests. And there is no hope of escape. But great events can turn on small hinges and Luke is about to team up with a new, even younger recruit, Avery Dixon, whose ability to read minds is off the scale. While the Institute may want to harness their powers for covert ends, the combined intelligence of Luke and Avery is beyond anything that even those who run the experiments - even the infamous Mrs Sigsby - suspect. Thrilling, suspenseful, heartbreaking, THE INSTITUTE is a stunning novel of childhood betrayed and hope regained.

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"Riding the Bullet" is the story of Alan Parker, who's hitchhiking to see his dying mother but takes the wrong ride, farther than he ever intended. In "Lunch at the Gotham Café," a sparring couple's contentious lunch turns very, very bloody when the maître d' gets out of sorts. "1408," the audio story in print for the first time, is about a successful writer whose specialty is "Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Graveyards," or "Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Houses," and though Room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel doesn't kill him, he won't be writing about ghosts anymore. And in "That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French," terror is déja vu at 16,000 feet.Whether writing about encounters with the dead, the near dead, or about the mundane dreads of life, from quitting smoking to yard sales, Stephen King is at the top of his form in the fourteen "brilliantly creepy" (USA TODAY) tales assembled in Everything's Eventual. Intense, eerie, and instantly compelling, they announce the stunningly fertile imagination of perhaps the greatest storyteller of our time.

In der Vorweihnachtszeit richtet eine Paketbombe an einer Schule nahe Pittsburgh ein Massaker an. Kinder sterben. Holly Gibney verfolgt die furchtbaren Nachrichten im Fernsehen. Der Reporter vor Ort erinnert sie an den gestaltwandlerischen Outsider, den sie glaubt vor nicht allzu langer Zeit zur Strecke gebracht zu haben. Ist jene monströse, sich von Furcht nährende Kreatur wiedererwacht?Die titelgebende Geschichte »Blutige Nachrichten« - eine Stand-alone-Fortsetzung des Bestsellers »Der Outsider« - ist nur einer von vier Kurzromanen in Stephen Kings neuer Kollektion, die uns an so fürchterliche wie faszinierende Orte entführt. Mit einem Nachwort des Autors zur Entstehung jeder einzelnen Geschichte.

= SE RECLUTAN NIÑOS CON MENTES PRODIGIOSAS =La nueva e inquietante novela del maestro Stephen King.En mitad de la noche en un barrio tranquilo de Minneapolis raptan a Luke Ellis, de doce años, tras haber asesinado a sus padres. Una operacion que dura menos de dos minutos. Luke se despierta en la siniestra institucion conocida como el Instituto, en un cuarto que se asemeja al suyo pero sin ventanas. En habitaciones parecidas hay mas niños: Kalisha, Nick, George, Iris y Avery Dixon, entre otros, que comparten capacidades especiales como la telequinesia o la telepatia. Todos ellos se alojan en la Mitad Delantera de la institucion. Los mayores, en cambio, se encuentran en la Mitad Trasera. Como dice Kalisha: El que entra no sale.La señora Sigsby, la directora, y el resto del personal se dedican a aprovecharse sin compasion del talento paranormal de los chicos. Si te portas bien te premian. Si no, el castigo es brutal. Luke se da cuenta de que las victimas van desapareciendo y son trasladadas a la Mitad Trasera, asi que se obsesiona con huir y pedir ayuda. Pero nunca nadie ha escapado del Instituto...Deudora deOjos de fuego y con un elenco de personajes juveniles (como enIt y enStand By Me) con los que podemos empatizar,El Institutonos recuerda de inmediato al mejor King, incluso aunque trate temas tan oscuros como los que copan los titulares hoy en dia y que nos hacen temer por nuestro futuro.Reseñas:Bajo los fuegos artificiales de su imaginacion incansable, Stephen King nos muestra en sus mejores novelas que lo raro, lo extraordinario, lo verdaderamente insolito es vivir.El MundoLas tramas deIt y deEl Instituto son totalmente distintas, pero en el fondo de ambas historias hay algo que el autor dice que le importa cada vez mas estos dias: no generar miedo, sino disiparlo.The New York TimesCon el correr de los años, algo profundo ha cambiado en King. (...) Aqui esta resumido lo sorprendente del nuevo Stephen King deEl Instituto: su prosa.La RazonUna obra desgarradora, comica, triste, feliz. Una obra en la que el terror no golpea sino que se arrastra. Su maestro vuelve a atacar.El espectador

Kinder für einen geheimen Krieg - der neue große Stephen KingIn 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.

Castle Rock é uma pequena cidade, cenário de muitos livros de Stephen King, e as notícias correm depressa. É por isso que Scott Carey quer confiar o seu estranho segredo apenas ao Dr. Bob Ellis: anda a perder peso sem emagrecer e a balança regista o mesmo peso independentemente da roupa que usa.Scott tem duas vizinhas que abriram uma requintada experiencia de jantar na cidade, mas a populaço no esta convencida. Deidre e Missy Donaldson e um casal de lesbicas que no encaixa muito bem nas expectativas da comunidade. E agora Scott parece estar em guerra com elas, porque os ces do casal gostam de ir fazer as necessidades ao seu relvado.Scott começa a compreender a vida dificil das vizinhas e tenta ajudar. Enquanto a comunidade se une e se prepara para mais uma comemoraço do Dia de Aço de Graças, alianças improvaveis so criadas, mostrando que podemos encontrar uma base comum apesar das nossas diferenças to enraizadas.

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