Holly

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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.

Copyright © 2023 by Stephen King

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First Scribner hardcover edition September 2023

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Names: King, Stephen, 1947– author. Title: Holly : a novel / Stephen King. Description: First Scribner hardcover edition. | New York : Scribner, 2023. Identifiers: LCCN 2022052466 (print) | LCCN 2022052467 (ebook) | ISBN 9781668016138 (hardcover) | ISBN 9781668014943 (paperback) | ISBN 9781668014950 (ebook) Subjects: LCGFT: Horror fiction. | Detective and mystery fiction. | Novels. Classification: LCC PS3561.I483 H56 2023 (print) | LCC PS3561.I483 (ebook) | DDC 813/.54—dc23/eng/20221031 LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022052466 LC ebook record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2022052467

ISBN 978-1-6680-1613-8

ISBN 978-1-6680-1495-0 (ebook)