If It Bleeds (novella)
"If It Bleeds" is one of the four novellas published by Stephen King in his collection If It Bleeds (2020). It was released on April 28, 2020.[1]
| If It Bleeds | |
|---|---|
| Author | Stephen King |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Supernatural horror |
| Published in | If It Bleeds |
| Publisher | Scribner |
| Media type | Hardcover |
| Publication date | 2020 |
The audiobook is read by Will Patton, Danny Burstein, and Steven Weber.[2]
Plot
Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog when she sees footage of a school bombing on TV. But when she tunes in again, to the late-night report, she realizes there is something not quite right about the correspondent who was first on the scene. Soon, she will find that she is not the only one to have suspicions about the reporter.
Gibney is one of King's recurring characters, having appeared in his Bill Hodges trilogy (Mr. Mercedes, Finders Keepers and End of Watch), and in The Outsider.[3]
Adaptation
On July 10, 2020, it was reported by Deadline Hollywood that If It Bleeds could be acquired by HBO, due to their use of the Gibney character in The Outsider.[4]
Footnotes
- Squires, John (March 31, 2020). "Stephen King's New Book 'If It Bleeds' Now Being Released in April Rather Than May". Bloody Disgusting!. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- "If It Bleeds Audiobook by Stephen King, Will Patton, Danny Burstein, Steven Weber". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- Haysom, Sam (March 14, 2020). "How HBO's 'The Outsider' differs from the book — and what that could mean for Season 2". Mashable. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- Mike Fleming Jr (July 10, 2020). "Stephen King Novella 'If It Bleeds' Draws Movie Deals From Netflix & John Lee Hancock/Jason Blum/Ryan Murphy, Two Others From Ben Stiller And Darren Aronofsky". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
