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King has put out two great short story collection. Skeleton Crew, and this one. Like all collections, this has a few weak ones, but overall, one of the best horror short story collections out there. You're catching King at time when he was hungry, so the stories are meaner and leaner than what you might find in current King efforts.
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I will probably re-read this at some point in its entirety, but first the three short stories that are relevant to my Dark Tower Project (I will be commenting on them individually when I get around to them):
Night Surf
A fantastically atmospheric depiction of a desolate and lonely world after a massive pandemic. The shadows of hordes of people are palpable, and the revelation at the end leaves a heavy cloud above the survivors. To me, the feeling of incompleteness and lack of answers are beside th ...more
Night Surf
A fantastically atmospheric depiction of a desolate and lonely world after a massive pandemic. The shadows of hordes of people are palpable, and the revelation at the end leaves a heavy cloud above the survivors. To me, the feeling of incompleteness and lack of answers are beside th ...more
A collection of 20 short stories. I didn't realize how many of these stories had been made into movies until I started reading it including Children of the Corn. An enjoyable collection with many huanting stories.
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Terri
marked it as beach-reads
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