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You Like It Darker by Stephen King
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You Like It Darker
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Maine’s resident gentleman maniac returns with a short story collection on the abiding terrors of the human condition—fate and mortality, tragedy and violence. Also: rattlesnakes. King is the king of the horror novel, of course, but he’s a master of short fiction, too, and many are calling this collection his finest yet. This makes his 11th win across Horror, Mystery & Thriller, Fantasy, and Science Fiction.

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