The Man in the Black Suit: 4 Dark Tales

Written by Stephen King

Narrated by John Cullum, Peter Gerety and Becky Ann Baker

Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine

An intense, eerie, and instantly compelling collection of unabridged stories from Stephen King!

"The face of the man in the black suit grows ever clearer, ever closer, and I remember every word he said. I don't want to think of him, but I can't help it, and sometimes at night my old heart beats so hard and so fast I think it will tear itself right clear of my chest."

A haunting recollection of a mysterious boyhood event, The Man in Black Suit read by John Cullum, leads off this masterful collection from Stephen King.

Other dark tales include: All That You Love Will Be Carried Away read by Peter Gerety, in which a man checks into a Lincoln, Nebraska Motel 6 to find meaning in his life; That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French read by Becky Ann Baker presents the ultimate case of déjà vu; and The Death of Jack Hamilton read by Arliss Howard—a blistering tale of Depression-era outlaws on the run.

Whether about encounters with the dead, the near dead, or about the mundane drudgery of life—Stephen King's The Man In The Black Suit: Four Dark Tales is not to be missed.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
• Release date: Nov 1, 2002
• ISBN: 9780743563406

Stephen King

Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of 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. 

Reviews for The Man in the Black Suit

[bookworm12_1 · Rating: 4 out of 5 stars]

I quickly realized that I?d read all four of these stories before. They are all included in King?s ?Everything?s Eventual? collection. Though it had been 10 years since I read that, I remembered almost every detail of the title story. An old man recounts meeting the Devil while fishing as a young boy. The audio version was fantastic and brought the creepy characters to life beautifully. For me, the weakest story of the four is ?All That You Love Will Be Carried Away.? The piece is about a traveling salesman who is contemplating suicide. He also has a strange habit of collecting graffiti in a notebook. ?The Death of Jack Hamilton? is about John Dillinger?s gang. One of the members tells us the stories about the days leading up to Dillinger?s dramatic death and the unexpectedly loss of their friend. ?That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is In French? offers readers a trippy case of Deja Vu with an ominous tone. After 25 years of marriage a couple decides to take a second honeymoon. The story gives us a glimpse of their ill-fated vacation. BOTTOM LINE: Great collection, though I wish I?d known this was a republication of selections from another collection of short stories.?

[Sam Barnett · Rating: 2 out of 5 stars]

None of these grabbed me :( Usually I am a fan.

[Frank 001 · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

Pretty interesting. Good book and not that long to hear

[bohemiangirl35 · Rating: 3 out of 5 stars]

4 short stories...The title story was pretty good. The Death of Jack Hamilton was awful! The story was good, but the man's death was horrific. Jack Hamilton was one of Dillinger's gang and was shot during a car chase. All that You Love Will Be Carried Away was slightly funny. How do you let something so arbitrary decide if you will move forward or not? The sayings the man collected from bathroom walls during his travels were funny. That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is In French...how can a man be so good at inhabiting a woman's mind when she's irritated with her husband and trying not to show it?

[Angel White · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

I can't believe there are still some short stories I haven't read by this author. Definitely going to work through them. I love how different he stories are when in short form. Perfect audio while diamond painting.