After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. The novella is a form King has returned to over and over again in the course of his amazing career, and many have been made into iconic films, If It Bleeds is a uniquely satisfying collection of longer short fiction by an incomparably gifted writer. So begins 'If It Bleeds', a stand-alone sequel to The Outsider featuring the incomparable Holly on her first solo case.ĭancing alongside are three more long stories - 'Mr Harrigan's Phone', 'The Life of Chuck' and 'Rat'. But when she tunes in again, to the late-night report, she realizes there is something not quite right about the correspondent who was first on the scene. Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog - and on her own need to be more assertive - when she sees the footage on TV. And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin. News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads'. Harrigan’s Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat, and the title story If It Bleeds- each pulling readers into intriguing and frightening places.Ī collection of four uniquely wonderful long stories, including a stand-alone sequel to The Outsider. If it Bleeds is a collection of four new novellas - Mr.
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