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Miles To Go Before I Sleep
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105 pages, Unknown Binding
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Bentley Little
135 books2,581 followersBentley Little is an American author of horror fiction. Publishing an average of a novel a year since 1990, Little avoids publicity and rarely does promotional work or interviews for his writing.
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October 5, 2017
In 'Miles To Go Before I Sleep', Ed leads a miserable life though he doesn't show it. He was in an accident that had cost him his manhood hence creating a distance between him and his wife. Meanwhile, he works as a janitor and believes his wife and daughter are ashamed of that. When he finds a leather glove with long razor fingers and puts it on, everything changes..
Ed's gradual transformation and descend into horror were convincing and aptly creepy. It quickly became evident that the glove was to be blamed as it led to him being possessed by Freddy Krueger. Ed's lack of knowledge and initial confusion were written realistically; I even found myself feeling a little sorry for him considering how his awful life had taken a turn for the worse. However, that soon changed because he started to .
The murders were briefly described but with just the right amount of details to paint a graphic image. The pacing was a tad rushed at times. That aside, it was fun reading about the other characters namely his daughter putting two and two together. Ed was completely believable as a villain as he had a lot of repressed negative emotions, lacked confidence and desperately wanted to believe that his wife wasn't being unfaithful.
Overall, 'Miles To Go Before I Sleep' was a dark and enjoyable short story that managed to fit in a couple of terrifying scenes before reaching the inevitable ending.
Ed's gradual transformation and descend into horror were convincing and aptly creepy. It quickly became evident that the glove was to be blamed as it led to him being possessed by Freddy Krueger. Ed's lack of knowledge and initial confusion were written realistically; I even found myself feeling a little sorry for him considering how his awful life had taken a turn for the worse. However, that soon changed because he started to .
The murders were briefly described but with just the right amount of details to paint a graphic image. The pacing was a tad rushed at times. That aside, it was fun reading about the other characters namely his daughter putting two and two together. Ed was completely believable as a villain as he had a lot of repressed negative emotions, lacked confidence and desperately wanted to believe that his wife wasn't being unfaithful.
Overall, 'Miles To Go Before I Sleep' was a dark and enjoyable short story that managed to fit in a couple of terrifying scenes before reaching the inevitable ending.
July 27, 2019
Hard to find Bentley Little novelette from an Elm Street anthology. Short and slight but nonetheless brimming with Bentley's on brand dreamscape weirdness. Made me realise how much I miss the Elm Street movies. Well, three or four of them anyway...
Regardless, this is a fine read while waiting for the release of the next version of Bentley's "The [Noun]"
Regardless, this is a fine read while waiting for the release of the next version of Bentley's "The [Noun]"
January 27, 2018
Miles To Go Before I Sleep
PLOT: Misfortune seems to be falling all around a school janitor by the name of Ed. He's struggling with his marriage after an accident deprived him of his private parts, and he's found this clawed glove at the school(which he instantly feels a connection with). And why all of a sudden does he wear a (very familiar to us) red and green stripped sweater.? Then there are the dreams/nightmares. Students around him are getting killed off one by one. Students he just so happens to have a hazy memory of sharing the same dreams with. Only as someone else. (And if you look at the cover I think you just might have some clue of who that someone is). And thus begins the Nightmare on Ed's street.
MY THOUGHTS: HANDS DOWN without a doubt Freddy Krueger is the MOST entertaining horror movie killer there is!! POINT BLANK! PERIOD! There's nothing (what-so-ever) funny about murdering a slew of people. Yet he always seems to put humor in his kills and does it with the most bizarre infectious laugh. Am I not the only one that can appreciate the dark, twisted, sadistic brilliance that is Freddy Krueger? So being me, I wondered was this character based on a book. I wrongly thought that I read something that said he was. Which is what lead me to this book. Which isn't an inspiration for the movies. It's just inspired by the movies. I did like this. How it started out, I wondered had I downloaded the wrong thing. The cover CLEARLY shows Freddy's clawed glove, but it opens with a man frustrated with his sexless marriage. But it doesn't take long for it to relate to the source material of the story. Which it does a great job of with the tie in's to the familiar symbols (the found glove/the sweater/the dreams/the basement) and they all work beautifully. I was just a little bit confused about Ed's connection to Freddy tho. Was the book trying to say Ed is the re-carnation of Freddy? He just doesn't know it. Cause I can see Freddy being reborn from the ashes as another person. (Wouldn't that have made a great movie Freddy Re-born?) Or was the book trying to say that Freddy was controlling Ed through his dream's to get in his head and make him think he was him? Kind of like Freddy himself was the puppet master and pulling Ed's strings. Either method works for me. Or maybe there was no Ed at all. Maybe somehow Freddy killed the "real" Ed in "the accident" (which really was it just an accident?) and took over in his place. In the movie's we've seen countless times how that he has the power of transfiguration (disgusting himself). No doubt he could take over as Ed in a heartbeat. Or was it that Ed was Freddy's brother and that's why the connection was there? So many possibilities to play around with. And Miles To Sleep leaves your imagination wide open. It's probably the only time in a book I haven't minded not being given a concrete explanation. This kicked off my Halloween themed reads and I enjoyed every single page of it! Wes Craven would be PROUD!
RATING: 10
PLOT: Misfortune seems to be falling all around a school janitor by the name of Ed. He's struggling with his marriage after an accident deprived him of his private parts, and he's found this clawed glove at the school(which he instantly feels a connection with). And why all of a sudden does he wear a (very familiar to us) red and green stripped sweater.? Then there are the dreams/nightmares. Students around him are getting killed off one by one. Students he just so happens to have a hazy memory of sharing the same dreams with. Only as someone else. (And if you look at the cover I think you just might have some clue of who that someone is). And thus begins the Nightmare on Ed's street.
MY THOUGHTS: HANDS DOWN without a doubt Freddy Krueger is the MOST entertaining horror movie killer there is!! POINT BLANK! PERIOD! There's nothing (what-so-ever) funny about murdering a slew of people. Yet he always seems to put humor in his kills and does it with the most bizarre infectious laugh. Am I not the only one that can appreciate the dark, twisted, sadistic brilliance that is Freddy Krueger? So being me, I wondered was this character based on a book. I wrongly thought that I read something that said he was. Which is what lead me to this book. Which isn't an inspiration for the movies. It's just inspired by the movies. I did like this. How it started out, I wondered had I downloaded the wrong thing. The cover CLEARLY shows Freddy's clawed glove, but it opens with a man frustrated with his sexless marriage. But it doesn't take long for it to relate to the source material of the story. Which it does a great job of with the tie in's to the familiar symbols (the found glove/the sweater/the dreams/the basement) and they all work beautifully. I was just a little bit confused about Ed's connection to Freddy tho. Was the book trying to say Ed is the re-carnation of Freddy? He just doesn't know it. Cause I can see Freddy being reborn from the ashes as another person. (Wouldn't that have made a great movie Freddy Re-born?) Or was the book trying to say that Freddy was controlling Ed through his dream's to get in his head and make him think he was him? Kind of like Freddy himself was the puppet master and pulling Ed's strings. Either method works for me. Or maybe there was no Ed at all. Maybe somehow Freddy killed the "real" Ed in "the accident" (which really was it just an accident?) and took over in his place. In the movie's we've seen countless times how that he has the power of transfiguration (disgusting himself). No doubt he could take over as Ed in a heartbeat. Or was it that Ed was Freddy's brother and that's why the connection was there? So many possibilities to play around with. And Miles To Sleep leaves your imagination wide open. It's probably the only time in a book I haven't minded not being given a concrete explanation. This kicked off my Halloween themed reads and I enjoyed every single page of it! Wes Craven would be PROUD!
RATING: 10
March 30, 2022
Es un poco complicado hacer una reseña de esta historia porque todavía no he encajado que el autor haya visto las películas de Freddy Krueger.
La historia es parte de una antología dedicada a Freddy Krueger, y yo que me alegro de que exista algo así. Tengo intención de buscarla porque si todos los relatos son como este merecerá mucho la pena.
El personaje protagonista es un buen tipo al que le ocurrió algo terrible y poco a poco el orden de esta frase cambia. No hay espacio para sorpresas, pero es bastante disfrutable. Me habría gustado una historia más retorcida, degenerada y gore, pero no voy a decirle al autor cómo escribir; incluso en el peor de sus libros hay momentos brillantes, así que seguiré alegrándome al ver su nombre y leyendo todo lo que decida escribir.
La historia es parte de una antología dedicada a Freddy Krueger, y yo que me alegro de que exista algo así. Tengo intención de buscarla porque si todos los relatos son como este merecerá mucho la pena.
El personaje protagonista es un buen tipo al que le ocurrió algo terrible y poco a poco el orden de esta frase cambia. No hay espacio para sorpresas, pero es bastante disfrutable. Me habría gustado una historia más retorcida, degenerada y gore, pero no voy a decirle al autor cómo escribir; incluso en el peor de sus libros hay momentos brillantes, así que seguiré alegrándome al ver su nombre y leyendo todo lo que decida escribir.
September 4, 2018
I guess this is how Freddy got started
October 14, 2018
I found it Kinda "The Shining" type. But enjoyed till the end.
October 2, 2021
Would be an awesome way to continue the series without having to just repeat what's been done. Does sorta end pretty quick, but otherwise had a blast with it.
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May 21, 2018I was hoping this might avoid the whole "reading like you're watching a movie" thing where these licensed works tend to end up. Doesn't seem to avoid it, (although the author does seem to try in places), and the content isn't lurid enough to make up for it. Dunno; kids might like it. DNF.
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