num_pages: 692
description: A gathering of thrillers and chillers—from the master spellbinderHere are twenty superlative stories devilishly designed by Stephen King to take you where you never dreamed of going before. Included, too, are a telescript that made home screen history, a startling poem, and an essay that Stephen King regards as his best nonfiction writing.These versatile selections vary widely in style and subject matter and vividly display the full range of Stephen King's matchless imagination. And to add to his readers' pleasure and curiosity, King includes his own entrancing inside accounts of how the stories came into being and why.Stephen King calls this extraordinary retrospective Nightmares &amp; Dreamscapes. But don't let his title fool you. When you read it, sleep will be the furthest thing from your mind.
language: English
title: Nightmares & Dreamscapes
titlecomplete: Nightmares & Dreamscapes
characters: Clark Willingham, Bedelia Aaronson, Fred Moore, Doris Freeman, John Squales, General Mercantile, Douglas Keefer, Andy Kingsbury, Suzanne Holding, Samuel D. Landry, Paul Jannings, Gloria Demmick, Phil Tarbox, Duke Rhineman, Graf Dracula, Orrin Campbell, Lord Albert Hull, Claire Bowie, Lewis Evans, Richard Dees, Sissy Thomas, Katie Weiderman, Andy Estes, Matt Hoyt, Mrs. Dattlebaum, Violet Mitla, Officer O'Bannion, Ryan Iarrobino, Georgie Ronkler, Cora Leonard, Gary Martin Paulson, Burt Dorfman, Casey Kinney, Lonnie Freeman, Selida McCammon, Tim Flanders, Ray Sarch, Johnny Brinkmayer, Polly Weiderman, La Plata, William Weiderman, Mr. Jefferies, Briggs Sheridan, Henry Eden, Mike Wentworth, Frank Daggett, Jagger Barney, Alden Osgood, Merton Morrison, Johnny Rosewall, Carl Stowe, Vernon Klein, Mama Delorme, Dennis Feeney, Matt Knaide, Clive Banning, Oliver Stanley, Maddie Sullivan, Lester Olson, Peoria Smith, Mrs. Hemphill, Cameron Stevens, Robbie Delray, Phil Budreau, Joe Wilcox, Ron St. Pierre, Boxcar Willie, Lou Reed, Peter Rosewall, Candy Kane, George Sullivan, Mr. Oliver Stanley, Ryan Stretton, Constable Vette, Lady Hull, Carlton Cagnon, Harris Burdick, Mr. Slattery, Amigo Bill, Ching-Ling Soong, Old Clut, Carlton Gagnon, Lenny Partridge, Miss Rotrock, Ramu, Ezra Hannon, Janet Brightwood, Nick Trzaskos, Candi Pulsifer, Kate Weiderman, Reverend Chadband, Dave King, Reverend Johnson, Richard Bachman, Mr. Lathrop, Jory Hull, Matt Arsenault, Mrs. Scooter, Richard Rubinstein, Clem Upshaw
genres: Fantasy, Mystery, Anthologies, Collections, Short Stories, Suspense, Thriller, Supernatural, Fiction, Horror
ratings_count: 81382
places: Willow, Maine, London, England, The United States of America, Las Vegas, Nevada
publisher: Signet