If It Bleeds; Stephen King

A collection of short stories that rang from technology being a gateway for commmunication after death to an author making a deal with a rat to get his work published. A fun collection, an entertaining read. Finders Keepers centers on a woman that runs her own small time detective agency, but starts to realize something isn't right with the news, mainly with one of the reporters who seems to feed on the heartbreak and sadness that occurs in the tradgeties he covers. With the help of an old man she uncovers that the reporter isn't human at all and has been feeding on the pain of others for many years. Mr. Harrigan’s Phone follows a little boy who gives the older man (neighbor) he reads to a cell phone. When Mr Harrigan dies, the boy puts the cell phone in the pocket of the suit he iis buried in. He calls the phone to hear Mr Harrigan's voice, but the cell phone's battery lasts for years and sometimes he gets a response from the phone. He calls Mr Harrigan to tell him about troubles he is having and the troubles mysteriously go away. In "Rat" an author stays at his family cabin to write and saves a rat's life in a snow storm. The Rat offers him a deal, the death of a friend, who was sick with cancer, for a finished piece of work. The author agrees and his friend seems to recover from his illness only to die in a car crash after his book gets published.