The Body

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This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

This story was previously published in Different Seasons copyright © 1982 by Stephen King

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Interior design by Erich Hobbing

Cover design by David Litman

Cover artwork: Running Boys by Tahreer Photography, Joel Sartore/Getty Images; Bridge by Crew141/Getty Images; Grunge Background Texture by R. Tsubin/Getty Images

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ISBN 978-1-9821-0353-8

ISBN 978-1-9821-0559-4 (ebook)

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