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Carrie
Carrie is a high school student living with her mother. Everyone knows her mother is a religious fanatic and Carrie is treated as a freak. They have no idea what Carrie's homelife is like. However, no one, even Carrie's mother suspects Carrie has a special talent.
Don't make Carrie mad.

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Delores Claiborne
Delores married Joe St. George. Three children later, Joe died falling into an old well during the eclipse in 1963. Although it was proved that Joe was drunk, some people think Delores may have murdered her husband. 30 years later, Vera, the woman Delores works for as housekeeper/companion falls from the top landing of the stairs. Since Vera was a stroke victim and supposedly unable to walk, and other small evidences, Delores becomes suspect again. When she enters the police department to make a statement, she admits to one murder, but not a 2nd. The story that follows is a riveting tale of abuse and courage. The societal situations that lead to decisions most of us believe we are incapable of is another topic of horror Stephen King has been able to portray with his uncanny insight into human nature.
This novel has a referral to the novel Gerald's Game. The stories are paralleled in time and incidents of similar nature. The underlying theme triggering the similarities is incest and its' ultimate consequences in the lives of victims.

A small town named Desperation near an old mine. Travelers who disappear close to the town. A policeman roaming the roads ... an unusual policeman ... tak. What ... is going on?
Stephen King has created one of his alternate reality stories using his Bachman pseudonym. To read a different plot with the same characters, check out Stephen Kings' The Regulators which was released simultaneously to Desperation. He first introduced this possibility in the The Gunslinger (the first of his Dark Tower Series) and has referred alternate realities in some of his other novels/stories.

Gerald's Game
Sex games are played by many couples. Gerald has become fond of bondage, but Jessie has lost interest. She really needs to let him know how much but waits until she is handcuffed to the bed. The events that follow have deadly consequences and Jessie must fight for her life ... and her sanity. This story is an incredible psychological thriller that can keep a reader riveted as Jessie hunts for the solution to her dilemma.
This novel has a referral to the novel Delores Clairborne. The stories are paralleled in time and incidents of similar nature. The underlying theme triggering the similarities is incest and its' ultimate consequences in the lives of victims.

Insomnia
Ralph's wife is dying of cancer. It's very hard for him because he loves her. He takes long walks as he reconciles himself to the situation. During one of his walks he witnesses an accident involving his neighbor, Ed. A lot of people have accidents, but Ralph notices something unusual about his neighbor. He rants his delusions with foul language Ralph didn't think Ed was even capable of thinking ... about the contents of the truck his car collided with ... the fertilizer truck he tries to prove carries aborted babies from the women's clinic in Derry. This is just the beginning of Ralph's future experience. After the passing of his wife, Ralph develops insomnia and his friends McGovern and Lois express their concern. Waking earlier and earlier, Ralph begins to experience strange things, like seeing auras around living things ... and men coming out of his neighbors house in the middle of the night ... a neighbor who turns out to be dead. What else is going to happen to Ralph and his friends ... ?

Misery
Famous people always have fans don't they? Well, DON'T they? The question is ... do the famous people want to meet their fans? This story may make you think twice about becoming a celebrity, especially if they have to save your life to meet you ... and keep you ...

Everyone has different needs and the new store in town "Needful Things" seems to be ready and able to provide for those needs. Then people who get those "things" aren't the same. Did they really NEED what they got?

Pet Sematary
Are you willing to bury your dead pet or loved one in the Pet Sematary? Maybe you need to find out what can happen if you do.

Rose Madder
Rose Daniels wakes up one morning with a spot of blood on her pillow and decides to leave her husband. With just her husbands ATM card and the clothes on her back, she walks out the door. This isn't just a wild fling, Norman, (as in Norman "Psycho" Bates) is abuse and jus as crazy as Bates. Norman is a "cop". Norman knows how to find people. Rose knows it ... and she know Norman is mad enough to look for her. Is her new life safe ...?

The Shawshank Redemption
Shawshank is the prison where the narrator, a murderer, is incarcerated. This is not only his story, but also of another prisoner convicted of a murder he claims he did not commit. This is an incredible tale of the abuse and mis-use men can perform on each other, and the lengths the abused can go to in order to maintain some kind of insanity.

The Shining
A couple and their child become caretakers for an empty old mountain resort. This seemingly idealic job in a beautifully kept setting. Then something sinister begins to seep into their lives, and they start to learn the history of the resort...

This is one of Kings' most outstanding tales of the battle between good and evil. He uses a modern setting depicting the destruction of the majority of the human race. The instrument of destruction is a virus prepared for biological warfare. Due to human oversight (?) the virus is released. For any human, horse, or dog that is susceptible to the virus, it is contagious. However, not everyone is susceptible. Survivors dream of two leaders, an old black woman over one hundred years old and a younger man, the walking dude, Randall Flagg. As the survivors gather together in two separate locations, the battle between good and evil escalates to a necessary confrontation to determine the fate of the world. Who will win? What will this new world be like?
Stephen King's story provides an incredible amount of insight into human nature and the diversity of thought processes. From the faithful who act without doubt to the doubting who are converted to good or evil, or sometimes act without a conscious choice of philosophy, King has been able to portray a world with a question mark at the end of the story. Will Human Kind recognize and repeat its' previous mistake or ... not?

Thinner
Everyone likes to look good, right? Thin people like to gain weight, fat people like to lose ... usually. A hefty 250+ man accidently runs over an old gypsy woman and kills her. After getting off without any serious penalties, he is approached by an old gypsy man who touches him on the cheek and says "Thinner". Over the next few weeks, the hefty man eats like a horse ... and gets thinner. And then there is the judge ... and the police officer who took information on the accident ... what is going on with them? ... and what will it take to take the curse off ... if the gypsy can be persuaded to remove it.

The Tommyknockers
An ancient area with a bad reputation for unpleasant happenings dating back to the Spanish settlements provide the setting for an unusual close encounters ... the ghosts of aliens. Or ARE they ghosts? The woman who finds a ship draws the surrounding community into an excavation of the artifact. Then things start to change, people disappear into her shed and don't come out. Everyone, even the men start to wear make-up to cover up but ... cover-up what ...? And the air ...

A small town named Desperation near an old mine. Travelers visit the mine. These visitors go home, but something happens to the family and the only survivor, an autistic boy goes to live with his Aunt and Uncle. Here are many of the characters from Desperation in a different setting. What is the story ... and who will survive this time?
Stephen King has created one of his alternate reality stories using his Bachman pseudonym. He first introduced this possibility in the The Gunslinger (the first of his Dark Tower Series) and has referred alternate realities in some of his other novels/stories.

Best selling novelist Mike Noonan's wife Jo, went to the drug store and dies very suddenly after witnessing an accident. At first, a shocked Mike takes the death at face value ... his wife died when a previously undetected brain aneurism burst ... along with the unborn child she carried, a child Mike hadn't know about. But Mike has a more serious problem. When Jo dies, so does his writing. For the next four years he lives off the novels he had stashed back for a rainy day. Then Mike decides to return to Sara Laughs, the summer home he and his wife had renovated. Here he learns that Jo had been keeping secrets from him. He also discovers there are even more secrets at Sara Laugh's then Jo had been keeping from him. There are ghosts at Sara Laughs. Mike is wanting to know what they want. ... And Mike meets a young widow and her young daughter. Mike becomes involved in a struggle to help the young woman keep her young daughter from her wealthy father-in-law. In the meantime, the ghosts at Sara Laughs want something.
What ... IS going on at Sara Laughs?

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