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The Sun Dog

An iconic story from the No. 1 bestseller

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The Sun Dog

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Tim Sample
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Summary
 The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's novella The Sun Dog, published in his award-winning 1990 story collection Four Past Midnight, is now available as a standalone publication.

It's mine - that was what he had thought when his finger had pushed the shutter-button for the first time. Now he found himself wondering if maybe he hadn't gotten that backward.

Kevin Delevan wants only one thing for his fifteenth birthday: a Polaroid Sun 660.

There's something wrong with his gift, though. No matter where Kevin aims the camera, it produces a photograph of an enormous, vicious dog. In each successive picture, the menacing creature draws nearer to the flat surface of the Polaroid film as if it intends to break through.

When old Pop Merrill, Castle Rock's sharpest trader, gets wind of this phenomenon, he devises a way to profit from it. But the Sun Dog, a beast that shouldn't exist at all, turns out to be a very dangerous investment.

(P) 2016 Simon & Schuster Audio©1990 Stephen King Anthologies & Short Stories Horror Short Stories Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Scary Paranormal
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Critic Reviews

The Sun Dog works beautifully as another addition to those metaphorical stories about King's own personal fears
A fabulous teller of stories who can create an entire new world and make the reader live in it
Without doubt one of the world's greatest storytellers, King has an uncanny knack of finding horror in the midst of the commonplace
All stars
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A great story with mention of a few old favourites as well. I'd love to see this become a movie!

What a little gem!

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it's not the first time I have read the sun dog it makes me glad it came from Stephen's mind and it's not real Thank you Stephen thank you Tim Sample for reading to me To both Much Appreciated 💜💜💜💜

The Sun Dog by Stephen King

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Not as good as your usual King stories. The concept was promising, but I don’t think it really lived up to its potential.
The narration was good, but it could have done without the hokey music between chapters.

The Sun Dog.

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