José Óscar Hernández Sendin Books

Jake Epping is a thirty-five-year-old high school English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching adults in the GED program. He receives an essay from one of the students—a gruesome, harrowing first person story about the night 50 years ago when Harry Dunning’s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a hammer. Harry escaped with a smashed leg, as evidenced by his crooked walk. Not much later, Jake’s friend Al, who runs the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to 1958. He enlists Jake on an insane—and insanely possible—mission to try to prevent the Kennedy assassination. So begins Jake’s new life as George Amberson and his new world of Elvis and JFK, of big American cars and sock hops, of a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and a beautiful high school librarian named Sadie Dunhill, who becomes the love of Jake’s life—a life that transgresses all the normal rules of time.

A dark pencil line on a blank page symbolizes the beginning of Edgar Freemantle's tumultuous journey after a construction accident that costs him his right arm and disrupts his memory. Struggling with rage and the aftermath of his marriage's collapse, Edgar contemplates whether he should have survived. His psychologist, Dr. Kamen, proposes a "geographic cure" and encourages him to rediscover his passion for sketching as a means of coping. Relocating to a rented house on Duma Key, a beautiful yet eerie part of the Florida coast, Edgar finds solace in the sunsets and the sound of shells on the beach, which inspire his artistic revival. A visit from his daughter, Ilse, helps him break free from isolation, and he forms a bond with Wireman, who shares his own hidden scars. Edgar also encounters Elizabeth Eastlake, an elderly woman with deep ties to Duma Key, whose past begins to unravel, revealing the ghosts that haunt her. As Edgar's painting talent surges, it becomes both a source of wonder and a dangerous force. The unfolding mysteries of Elizabeth's history and the supernatural elements connected to it lead to devastating consequences. This gripping tale explores the complexities of love, creativity, memory, and the supernatural, offering a captivating and terrifying experience.

An anthology of turbulent tales edited by Stephen King and Bev Vincent. This exciting new collection, perfect for airport and aeroplane reading, includes an original introduction and story notes for each story by Stephen King, and brand new stories from Stephen King and Joe Hill.