Bag of bones not rated 2h 43min drama horror mystery tv mini series 2011 episode guide 2 episodes 034 trailer 2 videos 68 images after his wifes sudden death a best selling author returns to his cabin retreat where he receives paranormal visitations and becomes involved in a custody battle. Bag of bones is a 1998 horror novel by american writer stephen kingit focuses on an author who suffers severe writers block and delusions at an isolated lake house four years after the death of his wife it won the 1999 bram stoker award for best novel the 1999 british fantasy award for best novel and the 1999 locus award for best dark fantasy horror novel. Bag of bones definition is a very thin person or animal how to use bag of bones in a sentence. Bag of bones or stephen kings bag of bones is an american horror television miniseries adaptation of stephen kings 1998 novel of the same namedirected by mick garris from matt vennes screenplay it was first aired in 2011 on the ae network in two parts when shown on british channel 5 on 29 december 2012 it was however shown as a single 2 1 2 hour 162 min film