The Life of Chuck

Stephen King’s “The Life of Chuck ” is a “phenomenal” ( USA TODAY ) tale of life and legacy—now a feature film directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Tom Hiddleston Mark Hamill Chiwetel Ejiofor and Karen Gillan—available for the first time in a beautiful stand-alone edition with a new introduction by Stephen King and a design surprise . Originally featured in the acclaimed story collection If It Bleeds this unforgettable mind-bending tale unfolds in reverse taking readers through the extraordinary life of Charles “Chuck” Krantz. In a crumbling world plagued by natural disasters collapsing infrastructure and mass panic bizarre billboards and advertisements appear throughout town: “Charles Krantz. Thirty-nine great years. Thanks Chuck!” Marty Anderson a schoolteacher becomes obsessed with these messages as the world inexplicably linked to Chuck’s life seems to be approaching its end. Told in three acts pr