A novel writer, Stephen King has always been considered also a brilliant master of short prose—because precisely these works brought him the prestigious O. Henry Prize.
King’s new collection of stories, “The Shop of Bad Dreams,” is a unique book. For the first time, the master precedes each work with an astonishingly frank story about how it was created—opening a “door” into his creative workshop. Gripping and frightening, stirring the imagination and warning readers—these are little masterpieces that only the great Stephen King could have written. “I made them especially for you,” the writer tells his reader. “You can look, you can touch—but be careful. The best ones have teeth.”