The King of horror is on a roll in this book.He gives us not one or two but twenty creepy stories which get weirder by the minute.However there are only three previously unpublished stories in this one-Bad Little Kid,Mister Yummy and Obits.The rest have been previously published at some time or other.Each story begins with a small note by him explaining just what led him to write it.I love his irreverance when it comes to writing.How everything about it just shocks you and Im talking about much more than the plot here.I find his stories always toe the line between the impossible-but-could-happen-sometime to completely bizarre-but-maybe-could-happen-sometime.And of course theres no time like the night to read the books when you are free to internalize those screams.
So lets get started!I will try and not reveal what the plot lines are and just say what I felt after I read them.
Mile 81:Did I mention that he writes weird stuff.This story is about a station wagon which is not a station wagon at all.Stephen King fans will probably know what Im hinting at but the rest of us will have to read this story.I waited for a bit after reading this one and found myself thinking that something like this could happen.
Premium Harmony : So all the stories need not be macabre and bloody to evoke the feelings of horror.This one disturbed me and made me rethink what marriage can really turn into sometime.
Batman and Robin Have an Altercation: I liked it.Life continues to throw surprises and we just have to deal with them.
The Dune: Loved it!I didnt see it coming so was appropriately shocked.Should have guessed.But I am not usually at my alert best on weekends.
Bad Little Kid: Loved it!Downright Eerie.Sometimes you are so sure about things that you do not entertain any other possibility.What was he thinking?What was I thinking?We definitely werent thinking the same thing.This one kind of creeped me out.
A Death: Awesome!Totally unexpected yet expected,if you know what I mean.Classic King.Continues to shock.
The Bone Church: Didnt work for me.
Morality: Was weird but makes you just sit still and think.
Afterlife: Totally loved it.I had so many questions after this.And some things just made so much sense.The only time I ever wished Stephen King was a friend.
Ur: Strictly OK.Kindle users ,Beware!
Herman Wouk is still Alive: Sad.Just random stuff happening to everyone around.Thats another thing I like about his books.The randomness in them mimics life sometimes.Predictable but not entirely.
Under The Weather: Figured it out as soon as I started reading this.Not a novel plot at all.Old wine in new bottle.
Blockade Billy: Good.But not in the same league as the ones I really liked.
Mister Yummy: Stranger things are known to happen and when its Mr King we expect nothing less.
Tommy: Didnt work for me.
The Little Green God Of Agony: This one was stretching it a bit too far.Totally over the top.Lots of eyerolls from me while reading this one but nicely written.
That Bus is Another World: Bizarre!Could really happen sometime,somewhere.Or maybe it already has.
Obits: Whoa!What a mean little story.Feel horrible to even think about it.But what if.....
Drunken Fireworks:Enjoyed this one!What a story!
Summer Thunder: Scary to contemplate.The end of the world ,Stephen King style!
You need to read this book to see what Im really talking about.Its surely worth a shot.Read it when you are missing a nightmare.
I rate it a 4 out of 5.
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