It's been over 40 years since Stephen King's rabid dog classic Cujowas published,Female Hostel 3 but it's about to get a sequel.

OK, so it's not another novel we're looking at, but a short story from King's newly announced collection You Like It Darker, the title of which is "Rattlesnakes".

The author linked to an Entertainment Weeklyarticle that has the extract from the story.

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"A grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead receives an unexpected inheritance — with major strings attached," reads the description, but anyone familiar with Cujowill immediately recognise the story's protagonist: Vic Trenton, now an old man in the 2020-set story, who was married to Donna Trenton in the 1981 novel. Donna is Cujo's protagonist, a mother who becomes trapped in her car along with her young son, Tad, while the rabid dog waits outside.

The excerpt and story description don't give too much away, other than the fact that Donna is now clearly dead. Cujo himself is dead at the end of the 1981 novel, so it remains to be seen what threat her husband will face in this new tale.

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You Like It Darkeris available to pre-order now. It releases on May 21, 2024.