false<![CDATA[Just After Sunset]]>http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1255963064m/2906039.jpg290603922Stephen King-who has written more than fifty books, dozens of number one New York Times bestsellers, and many unforgettable movies-delivers an astonishing collection of short stories, his first since Everything's Eventual six years ago. As guest editor of the bestselling Best American Short Stories 2007, King spent over a year reading hundreds of stories. His renewed passion for the form is evident on every page of Just After Sunset. The stories in this collection have appeared in The New Yorker, Playboy, McSweeney's, The Paris Review, Esquire and other publications. <P>Who but Stephen King would turn a Port-a-San into a slimy birth canal, or a roadside honky-tonk into a place for endless love? A book salesman with a grievance might pick up a mute hitchhiker, not knowing the silent man in the passenger seat listens altogether too well. Or an exercise routine on a stationary bicycle, begun to reduce bad cholesterol, might take its rider on a captivating-and then terrifying-journey. Set on a remote key in Florida, "The Gingerbread Girl" is a riveting tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable-and resourceful-as Audrey Hepburn's character in Wait Until Dark. In "Ayana," a blind girl works a miracle with a kiss and the touch of her hand. For King, the line between the living and the dead is often blurry, and the seams that hold our reality intact might tear apart at any moment. In one of the longer stories here, "N.," which recently broke new ground when it was adapted as a graphic digital entertainment, a psychiatric patient's irrational thinking might create an apocalyptic threat in the Maine countryside . . . or keep the world from falling victim to it. <P>Just After Sunset-call it dusk, call it twilight, it's a time when human intercourse takes on an unnatural cast, when nothing is quite as it appears, when the imagination begins to reach for shadows as they dissipate to darkness and living daylight can be scared right out of you. It's the perfect time for Stephen King.
Stories:
Willa
The Gingerbread Girl
Harvey's Dream
Rest Stop
Stationary Bike
The Things They Left Behind
Graduation Afternoon
N.
The Cat from Hell
<i>The New York Times</i> at Bargain Rates
Mute
Ayana
A Very Tight Place292724311112008Just After Sunsettotal:2436|5:441|4:1017|3:749|2:205|1:24|243689544060602411falsefalseMon Nov 10 10:18:56 -0800 2008Mon Nov 10 10:31:32 -0800 2008 The problem with loving anyone with prolific genius is that they tend to fall into an every-other movie / album / book scenario. If you really love it, chances a...more...]]>
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Vault of Horror mode.
"N." - An incredibly effective Lovecraft pastiche. Had me enthralled.*
"A Very Tight Place" - A delightfully gross revenge fantasy.
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"It's not the heat, it's the humidity" appears in probably at least 3 other SK stories/novels. Pretty sure it's in The Mist and I *know* it's in Rain...more...]]>
41falsefalseFri Oct 02 00:00:00 -0700 2009Mon Sep 28 15:43:03 -0700 2009Sun Oct 04 09:48:08 -0700 2009 I ended up liking all of the stories, ...more...]]>
41falsefalseSat Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008Sat Jan 03 23:06:02 -0800 2009Sat Jan 03 23:10:20 -0800 2009 My favorite stories were: Harvey's Dream, Stationary Bike and N. It's also cool that Mr. ...more...]]>
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45falsefalseWed Dec 31 00:00:00 -0800 2008Sun Dec 21 04:54:29 -0800 2008Mon Jan 05 03:39:08 -0800 2009 Overall, this was not a typical Stephen King short story collection. His short stories generally give me nightmares. ...more...]]>
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41falsetrueTue May 26 00:00:00 -0700 2009Fri Oct 31 12:14:31 -0700 2008Tue May 26 02:15:24 -0700 2009 But, as always with short story collections, it may take some time before I am done reading it--since I tend to read...more...]]>
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UR, it's only fair to give the devil himself his due for this collection of short stories. Of course, anyone who reads short story collections already knows the selections are uneven -- and pretty much dependent on what kind of story any ...more...]]>
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