Every night the whole nation watched the ultimate live game show on TV, as the contestants tried to beat annihilation at the hands of the hunters in order to win the billion dollar jackpot. And now there was a new contestant, the latest Running Man, staking his life while a nation watched.
De verhalen in Nachtmerries laten King op zijn best zien: ogenschijnlijke alledaagse gebeurtenissen enherkenbare situaties veranderen in een nachtmerrie...
A single mom turned stripper finds herself locking horns with a high-powered Congressman when a bachelor party gets out of hand in this inventive tale yet of savage appetites and sweet justice. Only in America could an innocent, if drunken, guest of honor at a strip joint bachelor party become a mortal threat against Big Money and Big Government. Only in south Florida, land of roadside honky-tonks and sinister pleasure boats -- not to mention blackmail and murder -- would a virtuous topless dancer join forces with a cool but clueless cop. And only in the fiction of Carl Hiaasen do readers experience riveting suspense and razor-sharp characters along with the most wicked humor imaginable. Don't miss Strip Tease, Hiaasen's crazed romp through lust, murder, and government machinations.
Twenty-three short works include vampire thrillers, ingenious imitations of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle mysteries, a teleplay from "Tales of the Darkside," and a nonfiction Little League story
Tijdsbeeld van een generatie - Met een voorwoord van Boudewijn de Groot
Douglas E. Winter, de samensteller van deze bundel opmerkelijke verhalen, is een vooraanstaand recensent van horrorliteratuur. Dertien schrijvers kregen vrije baan wat betreft onderwerp en verhaallengte. Meesters van het Kwaad is het resultaat: een kleurrijke verzameling horrorverhalen, waarin zeer uiteenlopende stijlen vertegenwoordigd zijn.
Prosecutor Rusty Sabich is transformed from accuser to accused when he is handed an explosive case--that of the brutal murder of a woman who happens to be his former lover.