โ Scribed by Stephen King
No coin nor oath required. For personal study only.
Jet passengers are stuck in a time-slip, a psychopath accuses a writer of plagiarism, a man with an overdue book encounters a demonic librarian and a boy's camera snaps photos of a huge and nasty dog in these four horror novellas. According to PW , "None is wildly scary, and only "The Library Policeman" offers King's typical, colloquial, hard-driving conversational style with its compulsive readability."
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
YA-- Like some denizen of the dark, King weaves a spell evoking terror and shivers as he takes readers on a nightmarish journey in this quartet of novellas. In "Longoliers" a group of airline passengers awake to an empty plane, and an empty world. They have become stuck in time, out of sync with the present at 20,000 feet. "Secret Window, Secret Garden" finds novelist Mort Rainey confronted by an eerie character who accuses him of plagiarism, and has come to settle up. In "Sun Dog," Kevin Delevan gets exactly what he wanted for his 15th birthday, a Polaroid "Sun 660" camera, but every picture he takes shows a salivating "hell hound" getting closer and closer. In "Library Policeman," the best of the four, Sam Peebles borrows two books from the library late one night, and the librarian warns him not to be late returning them. What Sam doesn't know is that she was a child murderer who committed suicide in 1960, and when he loses the books, her library policeman pays him a visit. Four Past Midnight is one of King's best recent works. It is hard to put down, truly chilling, and sure to be enjoyed by YA horror aficionados everywhere.
- John Lawson, Fairfax County Public Library, VA
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.
๐ SIMILAR VOLUMES
A collection of four stories on the theme of 'midnight', the moment when the familiar world gives way to an alternative reality, and a new and terrifying world is revealed. **The Langoliers** You are strapped in an airplane seat on a flight beyond hell. **Secret Window, Secret Garden** You are tra
Four Times Fear Equals Total Terror ... The Langoliers You are strapped in an airplane seat on a flight beyond hell. Secret Window, Secret Garden You are trapped in the demonic depths of a writer's worst nightmare. The Library Policeman You are forced into a hunt for the most horrifying secret a sma
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The scary story has never been the same since. An extraordinary quartet of full-length novellas: *The Langoliers*, *Secret Window*, *Secret Garden*, *The Library Policeman*, and *The Sun Dog*.
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The scary story has never been the same since. An extraordinary quartet of full-length novellas: *The Langoliers*, *Secret Window*, *Secret Garden*, *The Library Policeman*, and *The Sun Dog*.
Four Times Fear Equals Total Terror.... **The Langoliers** You are strapped in an airplane seat on a flight beyond hell. **Secret Window, Secret Garden** You are trapped in the demonic depths of a writer's worst nightmare. **The Library Policeman** You are forced into a hunt for the most horrify
EDITORIAL REVIEW: The scary story has never been the same since. An extraordinary quartet of full-length novellas: \*The Langoliers\*, \*Secret Window\*, \*Secret Garden\*, \*The Library Policeman\*, and \*The Sun Dog\*.