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À l’été 1988, Richard Chizmar, récemment diplômé de l’université, retourne à Edgewood, sa ville natale, dans le Maryland, pour préparer son mariage et se lance dans une carrière d’écrivain, bien loin de se douter qu’il plonge au cœur d’une histoire d’horreur. Les corps mutilés de plusieurs jeunes filles disparues sont retrouvés. Les preuves conduisent la police à l’hypothèse terrifiante qu’un tueur en série sévit dans cette banlieue tranquille. Un couvre-feu est décrété et une milice est formée pour mettre la main sur le meurtrier, qui reste insaisissable… Les forces de l’ordre sont persuadées que le tueur joue avec elles et, très vite, une rumeur se répand : ce qui a assassiné les adolescentes n’est pas humain. Pour la communauté, autrefois paisible, prise au piège dans la paranoïa et la suspicion, cela ressemble à un cauchemar qui ne finira jamais.
Préface de James Renner.
Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Michel Pagel.
A CASTLE ROCK NOVEL WITH A FOREWORD BY STEPHEN KING
PREPARE TO RETURN AGAIN TO STEPHEN KING'S CASTLE ROCK, THE SLEEPY LITTLE TOWN BUILT ON A BEDROCK OF DEEP, DARK SECRETS, JUST AS IT'S ABOUT TO AWAKEN FROM ITS QUIET SLUMBER ONCE MORE.
Something evil has swept into the small Maine town of Castle Rock on the heels of the latest winter storm. Sheriff Norris Ridgewick and his team are desperately searching for two missing girls.
In Washington D.C., thirty-seven-year-old Gwendy Peterson couldn't be more different from the self-conscious teenaged girl who once spent a summer running up Castle Rock's Suicide Stairs. That same summer, she was entrusted - or cursed - with the extraordinary button box by a mysterious stranger in a black suit.
Gwendy has never told a soul about the box - not even her husband. But one day it shows up again. Inspired by the curious appearance of the box and the troubling disappearances in her hometown, Gwendy returns to Castle Rock, where time is running out for the girls as a dangerous man is preparing the unthinkable . . .
The New York Times bestselling coauthor of Gwendy's Button Box brings his signature 'thrilling, page-turning' (Michael Koryta, author of How It Happened) prose to this story of small-town evil that combines the storytelling of Stephen King with the true-crime suspense of Michelle McNamara.
In the summer of 1988, the mutilated bodies of several missing girls begin to turn up in a small Maryland town. The grisly evidence leads police to the terrifying assumption that a serial killer is on the loose in the quiet suburb. But soon a rumor begins to spread that the evil stalking local teens is not entirely human. Law enforcement, as well as members of the FBI are certain that the killer is a living, breathing madman-and he's playing games with them. For a once peaceful community trapped in the depths of paranoia and suspicion, it feels like a nightmare that will never end.
Recent college graduate Richard Chizmar returns to his hometown just as a curfew is enacted and a neighborhood watch is formed. In the midst of preparing for his wedding and embarking on a writing career, he soon finds himself thrust into the real-life horror story. Inspired by the terrifying events, Richard writes a personal account of the serial killer's reign of terror, unaware that these events will continue to haunt him for years to come.
A clever, terrifying, and heartrending work of metafiction, 'Chasing the Boogeyman does what true crime so often cannot: it offers both chills and a satisfying conclusion' (Stephen King). Chizmar's 'brilliant . . . absolutely fascinating, totally compelling, and immediately poignant' (C.J. Tudor, New York Times bestselling author) writing is on full display in this truly unique novel that will haunt you long after you turn the final page.
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"Words from the Editor" by Richard Chizmar
"Cemetery Dance Reviews"
"Feature Review of Mr. Mercedes by Stephen King" by Bev Vincent
'A resonant novella set in one of King's signature locales: the small town of Castle Rock, Maine' Washington Post
The small town of CASTLE ROCK, MAINE has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told...until now.
There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside.
At the top of the stairs, Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground. From a bit farther away comes the chink of an aluminum bat hitting a baseball as the Senior League kids practice for the Labor Day charity game.
One day, a stranger calls to Gwendy: 'Hey, girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you and me.'
On a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black suit coat, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat...
Journey back to Castle Rock in this chilling new novella by Stephen King, bestselling author of The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, and Richard Chizmar, award-winning author of A Long December.
Au lendemain d’une tempête de neige, le shérif Norris Ridgewick et son équipe recherchent désespérément deux jeunes filles disparues, mais le temps presse et les chances de les retrouver vivantes s’amenuisent.
À Washington DC, Gwendy Peterson, trente-sept ans, n’a plus rien à voir avec l’adolescente complexée qui passait son été à courir dans Castle Rock. L’été de ses douze ans, on lui avait confié l’extraordinaire boîte à boutons de Richard Farris, l’homme énigmatique au costume noir. Gwendy recevait des cadeaux de la part de la fameuse boîte en échange de ses soins et de son attention. Jusqu’au jour où Farris a disparu en l’emportant avec lui.
Vingt-cinq ans plus tard, la boîte réapparaît. Cette mystérieuse résurgence, couplée avec les étranges disparitions à Castle Rock, mène Gwendy à retrouver le chemin de sa maison. Peut-être parviendra-t-elle à arrêter la folie d’un homme avant qu’il ne soit trop tard ?
Préface de Stephen King.
Traduit de l’anglais (États-Unis) par Michel Pagel.
Gwendy, inzwischen in einem hohen politischen Amt und für Klimafragen zuständig, begibt sich zu wissenschaftlichen Zwecken in die Erdumlaufbahn. Dabei ist sie aber auf ihrer eigenen geheimen Mission unterwegs. Der Wunschkasten ist zu ihr zurückgekehrt, mächtiger und zerstörerischer denn je. Die Aufgabe, die Welt zu retten, könnte für sie zu einer Reise ohne Rückkehr werden.
Mit dem Winter hält das Böse wieder Einzug in der kleinen Stadt Castle Rock in Maine. Sheriff Norris Ridgewick und sein Team suchen verzweifelt nach vermissten Mädchen. Die Zeit läuft ihnen davon, sie lebend zu finden. Die 37-jährige Gwendy Peterson ist nun Politikerin in Washington. Vor 25 Jahren wurde sie hier in Castle Rock von einem mysteriösen Mann mit einem seltsamen Wunschkasten betraut – oder verflucht? Damals konnte sie ihn wieder loswerden und hat ihn längst vergessen. Das mysteriöse Wiederauftauchen des Kastens führt Gwendy nun nach Hause ... wo sie vielleicht helfen kann, die vermissten Mädchen zu retten und einen Verrückten zu stoppen, bevor Grässliches passiert.
Eerie, suspenseful, poignant, the stories in The Long Way Home run the gamut from horror to suspense, crime to dark fantasy, mainstream to mystery. This brand new collection features more than 100,000 words of short fiction, as well as more than 5,000 words of autobiographical Story Notes.
Chizmar's previous short story collection, A Long December, was published in 2016 to starred reviews from Library Journal and Kirkus, and was included on numerous "Best Books of the Year" lists. Entertainment Weekly gave the book high praise: "Each tale is a magic trick, luring you toward the light while leading you down an ever-darkening path. There is hope mingled with horror, and that's Chizmar's secret power. His storytelling always beats with a huge, passionate heart."
Stephen King says he writes "terrific stories served with a very large slice of Disquiet Pie," and with The Long Way Home, Richard Chizmar has taken his evocative and compelling storytelling to an entirely new level.
En esta secuela de La caja de botones de Gwendy, de Stephen King y Richard Chizmar, la adulta Gwendy Peterson vuelve a Castle Rock tras la desaparición de dos jóvenes... y el regreso de su misteriosa caja de botones.
Han pasado 15 años desde que Gwendy Peterson dejó Castle Rock. Ahora tiene 37, vive en Washington D. C. y apenas recuerda a la adolescente que volvía a casa en verano a través de las Escaleras de los Suicidios.
Sin embargo, su caja de botones reaparece y Gwendy descubre que en Castle Rock han desaparecido dos chicas. El sheriff Ridgewick y su equipo trabajan a contrarreloj para encontrarlas sin saber a qué clase de enemigo se enfrentan. Pero Gwendy sí lo sabe, y es consciente de que solamente ella podrá traerlas de vuelta..., pero solo si utiliza la poderosa pero peligrosa caja de botones una vez más.
La crítica ha dicho:
«Dos jóvenes son secuestradas y una Gwendy paranoica que no puede dejar de vigilar sus espaldas. La trama criminal avanza con presteza, pero, en el fondo, esta es la historia de cómo Gwendy encuentra el poder necesario para enfrentarse a los demonios de la caja. Una opción segura para los fans de la mitología de Castle Rock».
Booklist
«Una protagonista encantadora y la estremecedora posibilidad de caer en la tentación cautivarán a los fans de la serie y a los nuevos lectores que se acerquen a ella».
Publishers Weekly
Sobre La caja de botones de Gwendy:
«¡Tío, me encanta esta historia! Va a toda prisa, tiene la longitud perfecta y es triste y escalofriadamente relevante. Me encantaron los personajes... y cómo una pequeña niña rara conecta con el mundo entero a través de un extraño artefacto.»
J. J. Abrams
«Esta novela sobre el fin de la infancia mezcla un tono dulce con otro más amenazante... La historia brilla especialmente cuando se hace preguntas universales: ¿Cuánto de lo que pasa en nuestras vidas es fruto de nuestras acciones y no el resultado de fuerzas impredecibles? ¿Y cuánto poder tenemos cualquiera de nosotros para salvar el mundo... o para destruirlo? Los lectores devorarán esta estimulante historia».
Booklist
«Una joya de pequeño tamaño pero llena de fuerza».
Publishers Weekly
«Una fábula para un mundo que se vuelve más loco cada día».
Washington Post
«Una lectura muy entretenida que nunca pierde su impulso inicial».
USA Today
Shivers VIII contains chilling fiction from many of today's most popular authors of horror and suspense including Stephen King, Bentley Little, Tananarive Due, Ray Garton, Laird Barron, Jack Ketchum, Kealan Patrick Burke, David Niall Wilson, Brian James Freeman, Alan Peter Ryan, Adam-Troy Castro, Bev Vincent, Keith Minnion, Norman Prentiss, and more than a dozen other authors!
Of special note to collectors: this special anthology will include "Squad D" by Stephen King, which was originally written in the 1970s for a famous anthology that was never published, and the story itself has been locked away in Stephen King's office ever since. Now, for the first time ever, the world can read King's chilling take on the ghostly, lingering horror of the Vietnam War.
Featuring original dark fiction with a handful of rare reprints, Shivers VIII is available only from Cemetery Dance Publications.
Table of Contents:
"Squad D" by Stephen King
"Summer" by Tananarive Due
"Gamma" by Laird Barron
"Hoarder" by Kealan Patrick Burke
"The Shrieking Woman" by Bev Vincent
"A God Unknown" by Tina Callaghan
"Transfiguration" by RC Matheson
"The Blue Cat" by Keith Minnion
"Gorilla in my Room" by Jack Ketchum
"The Chair" by Bentley Little
"Eyes Like Poisoned Wells" by Ian Rogers
"Above the Buried City" by Daniel Braum
"Open Wound" by Darrell Speegle
"Spice" by David Gerrold
"Dearly Beloved" by Bruce McAllister
"Ms. Wysle and the Licorice Man" by Shane Nelson
"The Hour In Between" by Adam-Troy Castro
"Always and Forever" by Greg Kishbaugh
"Autophagy" by Ray Garton
"Sexual Exploration Is a Crime" by Alan Peter Ryan
"Lucien's Tale" by David Niall Wilson
"The Carbon Dreamer" by Jack Dann
"Red Earth" by Blu Gilliand
"A House for the Wee Ones" by Michael M. Hughes
"The Gorgon" by Lisa Morton
"The Dungeon of Count Verlock" Norman Prentiss
"Mama's Sleeping" by Brian James Freeman
Longtime residents of Harper's Cove believe that something is wrong with the Widow's Point Lighthouse. Some say it's cursed. Others claim it's haunted.
Originally built in 1838, three workers were killed during the lighthouse's construction, including one who mysteriously plunged to his death from the catwalk. That tragic accident was never explained, and it was just the beginning of the terror. In the decades that followed, nearly two dozen additional deaths occurred in or around the lighthouse including cold-blooded murder, suicide, unexplained accidents and disappearances, the slaughter of an entire family, and the inexplicable death of a Hollywood starlet who was filming a movie on the grounds.
The lighthouse was finally shuttered tight in 1988 and a security fence was erected around the property. No one has been inside since.
Until tonight.
Thomas Livingston is the acclaimed author of thirteen books about the supernatural and this evening he will enter the Widow's Point Lighthouse, searching for material for his next bestseller. He will be locked inside for the weekend with no way of contacting the outside world. And although no human has stepped foot inside the structure in nearly three decades, Livingston will not be alone.
In this remarkable collaboration, father and son writing team, Richard and Billy Chizmar, combine forces to tell a chilling ghost story that will make you think twice about what is waiting for you in the dark. This novella is a much-expanded version of the short story of the same title.
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