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"''The New York Times'' at Special Bargain Rates" is a horror short story by American writer Stephen King, originally published in the October/November 2008 issue of ''
The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction ''The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction'' (usually referred to as ''F&SF'') is a U.S. fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House, a subsidiary of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Press. Editors Anthony Boucher ...
'', and collected in King's 2008 collection ''
Just After Sunset ''Just After Sunset'' is the fifth collection of short stories by Stephen King. It was released in hardcover by Scribner on November 11, 2008, and features a holographic dust jacket. On February 6, 2008, the author's official website revealed t ...
''.


Plot summary

A widow answers a phone call from her husband who died two days earlier in an airplane crash. He is presumably in an afterlife. The husband predicts two tragedies which later come true and helps his wife avoid death herself.


Adaptation

In 2013, ''
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'' reported that "''The New York Times'' at Special Bargain Rates" was being adapted by '' Haven'' writers
Sam Ernst Sam Ernst is a television writer and producer best known for working on shows such as '' Daredevil'', ''Carnival Row'', '' Hand of God'', '' Haven'', and '' The Dead Zone''. He frequently collaborates with his writing partner Jim Dunn. In 2010, ...
and Jim Dunn into a television series titled ''Grand Central'' for
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. When asked about the project in 2016, Jim Dunn said that the series was not moving forward.


See also

* Short fiction by Stephen King


References


External links


"''The New York Times'' at Special Bargain Rates"
at Stephen King's official site
"''The New York Times'' at Special Bargain Rates"
at the
Internet Speculative Fiction Database The Internet Speculative Fiction Database (ISFDB) is a database of bibliographic information on genres considered speculative fiction, including science fiction and related genres such as fantasy, alternate history, and horror fiction. The ISFDB ...
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