Just After Sunset (2008) Overview

Don’t let the sun go down on me I hope they take you away. And as long as I remember how to do it, I’ll keep at it. Stephen King, Just After Sunset‘s introduction It feels like only a recently that King put out his last short story collection. Previously, he averaged about one a

Just After Sunset (2008)

Observations and Connections Presented here, story by story, is a quick review of each, any connections to the wider Stephen King mythos and more general observations. A basic understanding of the stories is assumed, and spoilers freely discussed. Willa This was the story that got King back to writing short stories, the one that led

From a Buick 8 (2002)

Look in the tunk. But then, there have always been two sorts of people in the world. Curt was of the sort who believed satisfaction actually did bring felines back from the other side of the great divide. Stephen King, From a Buick 8 Prior to reading this book, this was one I was aware

Everything’s Eventual (2002) Overview

Inevitable, really. I mean, come on here, ladies and gentlemen, whom can I possibly kid at this late date, except maybe myself? I sold my first story when I was twenty-one and a junior in college. I’m now fifty-four, and have run a lot of language through the 2.2-pound organic computer/word processor I hang my

Everything’s Eventual (2002)

Observations and Connections Presented here, story by story, is a quick review of each, any connections to the wider Stephen King mythos and more general observations. A basic understanding of the stories is assumed, and spoilers freely discussed. Autopsy Room Four Though not nearly as grim as Survivor Type, this put me in the same

Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993) Overview

Clear the decks Remember it’s belief we’re talking about here, and belief is the cradle of myth. What about reality you ask? Well, as far as I’m concerned, reality can go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut. Stephen King, Nightmares & Dreamscapes‘s introduction With Night Shift, there was a sense of the kind

Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993)

Observations and Connections Presented here, story by story, is a quick review of each, any connections to the wider Stephen King mythos and more general observations. A basic understanding of the stories is assumed, and spoilers freely discussed. This is the first collection where King spends a substantial amount of time going into the origins

The Tommyknockers (1987)

I’d rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy In the last few seconds before the crunching impact, he still can’t comprehend how things got serious so fast. Stephen King, The Tommyknockers This is arguably one of the most important books Stephen King ever wrote. Not because it is a seminal

It (1986)

Almost everything you want to know about It but were too afraid to ask Come on back and we’ll see if you remember the simplest thing of all – how it is to be children, secure in belief and thus afraid of the dark. Stephen King, It Where do you begin to talk about It?

Skeleton Crew (1985) Overview

Yeh best start believing in ghost stories… We are going into a number of dark places, but I think I know the way. Just don’t let go of my arm. Stephen King, Skeleton Crew‘s introduction Note: due to its The Mist has been covered separately in a previous essay. To read about that in more