If It Bleeds

by Stephen King

Sometimes, when you hear a new song on the radio, you instantly recognise the guitar. Even if you’ve never heard the song before, you know the guitarist from the unique sound of their telecaster or from the way that they are picking the strings. For me, this is how it felt when I began reading this collection of novellas.

In these stories, King explores some of his trademark themes. There is the suspenseful locked attics and creaking doors, early hints of the supernatur...