There`s a new shop in town. It seems to have everything anyone wants. A Sandy Koufax baseball card for a young fan. A lalique vase for Monica. And yet there`s a price to pay. There always is when you are bargaining for your heart`s desire...With a demonic blend of malice and affection, Stephen King says farewell to Castle Rock, Maine, the town he put on the map.

Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American writer of contemporary horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy literature, and screenplays. More than 350 million copies of King's novels and short story collections have been sold, and many of his stories have been adapted for film, television, and other media. King has written a number of books using the pen name Richard Bachman, and one short story, "The Fifth Quarter", as John Swithen.
In 2003 the National Book Foundation awarded King the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.