Post by Marv on Jun 29, 2020 21:40:31 GMT
Kings collections are usually pretty solid overall. Theres usually a few bad eggs but for the most part I tend to really enjoy his short story work. This one is no different.
The ones that stood out as quite enjoyable were...
The Things They Left Behind, which dealt with 9/11 fallout as a man who called in sick that day is haunted by his former coworkers. I had weirdly been more interested in 9/11 stuff the past few years. I don't know if its some morbid curiosity that finally kicked in but this story struck a chord for that reason mostly.
N, Kind of a trippy, almost hallucinogenic story about obsessive compulsion and its weird ties to potentially the universe. I don't know youd have to read it but I dug it.
A Very Tight Place, Man locked in portajohn, it falls face down on its door, cant get out. A nice tale of claustrophobia and spiteful neighbors.
Those were prob my 3 favorite. The rest ranged from ok to somewhat boring. But that's the best thing about short story collections. Even the boring ones only last a couple dozen pages.
The ones that stood out as quite enjoyable were...
The Things They Left Behind, which dealt with 9/11 fallout as a man who called in sick that day is haunted by his former coworkers. I had weirdly been more interested in 9/11 stuff the past few years. I don't know if its some morbid curiosity that finally kicked in but this story struck a chord for that reason mostly.
N, Kind of a trippy, almost hallucinogenic story about obsessive compulsion and its weird ties to potentially the universe. I don't know youd have to read it but I dug it.
A Very Tight Place, Man locked in portajohn, it falls face down on its door, cant get out. A nice tale of claustrophobia and spiteful neighbors.
Those were prob my 3 favorite. The rest ranged from ok to somewhat boring. But that's the best thing about short story collections. Even the boring ones only last a couple dozen pages.
