Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars (USA 2025)

From the Publisher:
"The pages practically turn themselves" (USA TODAY) in this collection of four "disturbing, fascinating" (The Washington Post) novellas centered around the theme of retribution from the #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King.

"1922" (also a Netflix original film): A violence awakens inside a man when his wife proposes selling off the family homestead, setting in motion a grisly train of murder and madness.

"Big Driver": A mystery writer is brutally assaulted by a stranger along a Massachusetts back road and plots a revenge that will bring her face-to-face with another stranger: the one inside herself.

"Fair Extension": Making a deal with the devil not only saves a man from terminal illness but also provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment.

"A Good Marriage": The trust forged by more than twenty years of matrimony is irrevocably shattered when a woman makes a chance discovery leading to the horrifying implications of just who her husband really is.

Like the #1 bestselling novella collections Different Seasons and Four Past Midnight, Stephen King's Full Dark, No Stars is "gripping storytelling" (People) and "an extraordinary collection, thrillingly merciless, and a career high point" (The Daily Telegraph, London).

Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars. Pocket Books, ISBN: 9781668084298 (November, 2025), 544 p., $11.99.

Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars (USA 2018)

From the Publisher:
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR STEPHEN KING remains the master of the long story form in this unforgettable collection of four novellas.
"I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up "1922," the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerizing tales from Stephen King. For James, that stranger is awakened when his wife, Arlette, proposes selling off the family homestead and moving to Omaha, setting in motion a gruesome train of murder and madness.

In "Big Driver," a cozy-mystery writer named Tess encounters a stranger along a back road in Massachusetts when she takes a shortcut home after a book-club engagement. Violated and left for dead, Tess plots a revenge that will bring her face-to-face with another stranger: the one inside herself.

"Fair Extension," the shortest of these tales, is perhaps the nastiest and certainly the funniest. Making a deal with the devil not only saves Dave Streeter from a fatal cancer but provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment.

When her husband of more than twenty years is away on one of his business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable and she discovers the stranger inside her husband. It's a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitively ends "A Good Marriage."

Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars. Scribner's, ISBN: 9781501197949 (June, 2018), 384 p., $17.00.

Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars (USA 2011)

From the Publisher:
"Stephen King knows exactly what scares you most" (Esquire)... and he delivers it in spades, plumbing the depths of human depravity in the "onsettling fiction" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) collected in

           FULL DARK, NO STARS.

Five unforgettable short works from the #1 internationally bestselling author "Raw looks at the limits of greed, ravenge. and self-deception" (Booklist, starred review) from the greatest storyteller of our time,

Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars. Includes the new short story »Under the Weather«. Pocket Books, ISBN: 9781439192603 (September, 2011), 576 p., $9.99.

Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars (UK 2011)

From the Publisher:
What tips someone over the edge to commit a crime?
For a Nebraska farmer, the turning point comes when his wife threatens to sell off the family homestead.

A cozy mystery writer plots a savage revenge after a brutal encounter with a stranger.

Harry Streeter gets the chance to cure himself from illness- if he agrees to impose misery on an old rival.

And Darcy Anderson discovers a box containing her husband's dark and terrifying secrets - he's not just the man who keeps his nails short and collects coins. And now he's heading home...

Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars. With a bonus short story. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 9781444712568 (July, 2011), 480 p., £7.99.

Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars (USA 2011)

From the Publisher:
"Stephen King knows exactly what scares you most" (Esquire)... and he delivers it in spades, plumbing the depths of human depravity in the "onsettling fiction" (Publishers Weekly, starred review) collected in

           FULL DARK, NO STARS.

Five unforgettable short works from the #1 internationally bestselling author "Raw looks at the limits of greed, ravenge. and self-deception" (Booklist, starred review) from the greatest storyteller of our time,

Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars. Pocket Books, ISBN: 9781451650600 (May, 2011), 400 p., $16.00.

Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars (UK 2010)

From the Publisher:
'I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger...' writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up '1922', the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerising tales from Stephen King, linked by the theme of retribution. For James, that stranger is awakened when his wife Arlette proposes selling off the family homestead and moving to Omaha, setting in motion a gruesome train of murder and madness.

In 'Big Driver', a cozy-mystery writer named Tess encounters the stranger is along a back road in Massachusetts when she takes a shortcut home after a book-club engagement. Violated and left for dead, Tess plots a revenge that will bring her face to face with another stranger: the one inside herself.

'Fair Extension', the shortest of these tales, is perhaps the nastiest and certainly the funniest. Making a deal with the devil not only saves Harry Streeter from a fatal cancer but provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment.

When her husband of more than twenty years is away on one of his business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable and she discovers the stranger inside her husband. It's a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitively ends 'A Good Marriage'.

Like DIFFERENT SEASONS and FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT, which generated such enduring hit films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, FULL DARK, NO STARS proves Stephen King a master of the long story form.

Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 9781444712544 (November, 2010), 340 p., £18.99.

Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars (USA 2010)

From the Publisher:
"I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger..." writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up "1922," the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerizing tales from Stephen King. For James, that stranger is awakened when his wife, Arlette, proposes selling off the family homestead and moving to Omaha, setting in motion a gruesome train of murder and madness.

In "Big Driver," a cozy-mystery writer named Tess encounters the stranger along a back road in Massachusetts when she takes a shortcut home after a book-club engagement. Violated and left for dead, Tess plots a revenge that will bring her face-to-face with another stranger: the one inside herself.

"Fair Extension," the shortest of these tales, is perhaps the nastiest and certainly the funniest. Making a deal with the devil not only saves Dave Streeter from a fatal cancer but provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment.

When her husband of more than twenty years is away on one of his business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable and she discovers the stranger inside her husband. It's a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitively ends a good marriage.

Like Different Seasons and Four Past Midnight, which generated such enduring films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, Full Dark, No Stars proves Stephen King a master of the long story form.

Stephen King: Full Dark, No Stars. Scribner's, ISBN: 9781439192566 (November, 2010), 384 p., $27.99.