bag of bones

The first Alan Wake, released by the Finnish developer Remedy Entertainment in 2010, was widely regarded as a Stephen King riff: Its tale of a troubled novelist facing a nightmare straight out of one of his own tales was reminiscent of King’s stories “Bag of Bones,” “1408” and “Secret Window, Secret Garden.”

For those of you who like to shiver — and not just from our Arctic blasts — pick up a copy of Beth Gutcheon’s superb and chillingly riveting “More Than You Know,” set on the Blue Hill Peninsula, or the terrifying “Salem’s Lot” or “Bag of Bones,” by Maine’s own Stephen King.

A bag of bones found on a roadside prompting a police probe turned out to be the remains of a sheep.

“Well, Teresita didn’t tell us we were in danger of being boiled alive in a cauldron. So forgive me if I don’t put too much stock into what that old bag of bones had to say,” Velia complained, hiking her backpack higher up over her shoulders before she stalked ahead of us.

He was again the scrawny bag of bones she remembered from the little island.