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Needful Things

Needful Things

Needful Things is a 1991 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It is the first novel King wrote after his rehabilitation from drug and alcohol addiction. The story is about a shopkeeper who runs his business by exchanging goods for money and mysterious deeds performed by the customer. According to the cover, it is "The Last Castle Rock Story". However, the town later serves as the setting for the short story "It Grows on You" as well as King's 2018 novella Elevation. It was made into a film of the same name in 1993 which was directed by Fraser C. Heston.


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“The devil's voice is sweet to hear.”

Needful Things (1991)

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“I'm having a magenta day. Not just red, but magenta!”

Source: Needful Things

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