His first collection in six years, King delivers his strongest, most broadly appealing stories ever. "Gingerbread Girl," is a riveting, fabulously dramatic stalker tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable-and resourcefulas Audrey Hepburn's character in "Wait Until Dark." "Willa" published in Playboy, blurs the lines between living and the dead. "Ayana," one of the most beautifully written and haunting stories, was published in The Paris Review. From the subtle and disturbing to the outright terrifying, these tales will thrill every known King fan and-we hope-convert some readers of more traditionally literary collections.