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The End of the World as We Know It

New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand
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Since its initial publication in 1978, The Stand has been considered No. 1 bestselling author and master storyteller Stephen King's seminal masterpiece of apocalyptic fiction, with millions of copies sold and adapted twice for television. Although there are other extraordinary works exploring the unravelling of human... Read More
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The End of the World as We Know It

An original short story anthology based on master storyteller Stephen King's No. 1 international bestselling classic The Stand!

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Since its initial publication in 1978, The Stand has been considered No. 1 bestselling author and master storyteller Stephen King's seminal masterpiece of apocalyptic fiction, with millions of copies sold and adapted twice for television.

Although there are other extraordinary works exploring the unravelling of human society, none have been as influential as this iconic novel - with generations of writers impacted by its dark yet ultimately hopeful vision of the end and new beginning of civilisation, and its stunning array of unforgettable characters.

Now for the first time, Stephen King has fully authorised a return to the harrowing world of The Stand through this original short story anthology as presented by award-winning authors and editors Christopher Golden and Brian Keene. Bringing together some of today's greatest and most visionary writers, The End of the World as We Know It features remarkable, all-new stories set during and after the events of The Stand - brilliant, terrifying, and painfully human tales that will resonate with readers everywhere as an essential companion to the classic bestselling novel.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781399738682

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 19 August 2025

Country: United Kingdom

Imprint: Hodder & Stoughton

Contributors:

  • Edited by Christopher Golden
  • Foreword by Stephen King
  • Edited by Brian Keene

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 153.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 1020g

Pages: 800

About the Author

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers including, recently, Never Flinch, You Like It Darker and Holly. He is the recipi ent of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

CHRISTOPHER GOLDEN is the New York Times bestselling author of the novels The House of Last Resort, The Night Birds, Road of Bones, and the Stoker Award-winning Ararat, among many others. Golden cocreated (with Mike Mignola) the fan-favorite comic book series Baltimore and Joe Golem: Occult Detective. He has also written and cowritten comic books, video games, and screenplays. His work has been nominated for the British Fantasy Award, the Eisner Award, and multiple Shirley Jackson Awards. He has been nominated eleven times in eight different categories for the Bram Stoker Award, and has won twice.

BRIAN KEENE is the bestselling, multiple-award-winning author of more than forty books, more than two hundred short stories, and dozens of comics and graphic novels. His novel The Rising is often credited with renew ing pop culture's interest in zombies. He serves on the board of directors for the Scares That Care! 501(c)(3) charity organization. The father of two sons and one stepdaughter, he lives in rural Pennsylvania with his wife, author Mary SanGiovanni. The two co-own Vortex Books & Comics-a genre-specific brick-and-mortar bookstore.

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