This was my second time through and better than I remembered. A few stories that could be skipped, but you might as well read them all to get the full experience! The basis for King's only directorial endeavor, the classic Maximum Overdrive (yeah, I said classic! FIGHT ME!) They also made another movie based on it, but I am not sure why. What if all those semis on the interstate took over? Maybe they're mad? There is a nostalgic place in my heart for this story! Creepshow (1982) · Heroes for Hope (1985) · The Secretary of Dreams (2006) · La torre nera (2007–2016) · L'ombra dello scorpione (2008–2012) · The Talisman (2009–2010) · American Vampire (2010) · N. (2010) · Road Rage (2012) · The Dark Man (2013)

This story is psychological, and reminds me of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. If you liked this short story, you'll love it. Love is in the air, but so is murder, and the fateful date of a man with the woman who loves will turn into a tragedy. The basis for The Stand, which is one of my favorites novels of all time. It was short but quite satisfying. I liked how King introduced the disease that would cause so much havoc in The Stand. In questa storia si localizza l'origine del virus nel Sud-est asiatico, diversamente da quanto detto in L'ombra dello Scorpione che indicava la sorgente in California.

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Set a couple of years later of the events of Salem’s Lot, in a bar, two men decided to venture into a deadly blizzard to try to save a family stranded just in the middle of the dreadful Jerusalem’s Lot village. In this story the cycle of the seasons to mirror the cyclic nature of the serial killer. The narrator muses that perhaps the killings stopped when the strawberry spring ended...and now, eight years later, another strawberry spring is winding up. I'm unsure of what to write here. It would make this review damn long if I were to review each short story, so I'll just list down my favorites, and not so favorites, then give a brief explanation why I liked/disliked it. The ones not mentioned were either likable or boring. Dopo, quando ormai quel tale era morto e il puzzo della sua carne bruciata si era disperso nell'aria, tornammo tutti giù alla spiaggia. Corey aveva la radio con sé, uno di quegli aggeggi a transistor grandi come una valigia che funzionano con una quarantina di batterie e che hanno il magnetofono incorporato.

Theres a great sense of Lovecraftian homage with the presence of the worm, and the rats. See: The Rats in the Walls That little show of paranoia should show you that I’m a bit of a masochist when it comes to horror. It should also indicate you that most of the stars given to this short story collection come from King’s talent to scare me shitless. From electronic appliances from hell to the torture of memories, these tales bring to your door a big bag of uncomfortable feelings and triggers for insomnia. Among the ones that impacted me the most are: There is a successful lawnmowing company, however, none client has ever being able to see who s the owner of it, one of the clients decided to take a peek and found out the mystery… A man shows up at Harolds door that is the blue collar charming man of his nightmares. He instantly decides this man is both grimy and charming enough to bed his wife and take his money at the same time. No matter, even though Harold feels some misgivings about this strange man, he leaves him to the yard. But this man is strange. He's muttering things about Circe, and oh goodness, is he eating the grass too? Cuando nuestra hija ha prometido llegar a casa a las once y ya son las doce y cuarto y la nieve azota la ventana como arena seca, nos sentamos y fingimos contemplar el programa de Johnny Carson y miramos de vez en cuando el teléfono silencioso y experimentamos la emoción que nos ciega, la emoción que reduce el proceso intelectual a una piltrafa."In an industrial laundry facility, due an odd series of coincidences, a speed ironer machine tasted blood… Passano gli anni e Jim, il superstite, che ha relegato nelle nebbie della memoria quel tragico ricordo, è diventato insegnante di lettere in un liceo. Alcuni studenti della sua classe vengono uccisi misteriosamente e sostituiti da ragazzi che somigliano a quelli che lo aggredirono e uccisero il fratello. Questo racconto è stato tradotto in immagini nel primo episodio del film L'occhio del gatto (1985) di Lewis Teague con James Woods nel ruolo del protagonista. Soy la puerta: Me gustó mucho porque es la primera historia del autor que leo donde describe una parte del espacio, y me atrapó inmediatamente, pero, sí algunos viajes terrestres tienen consecuencias, los viajes espaciales no se quedarán atrás.

This is a story about ancestry, about the evil we inherit, and about the past we can't escape. The beauty and the genius of this story is the way it is told. The epistolary form is perfect for creating tension as we slowly see the narrator go from "yay I love my new home" to "hmm I think there must be a large rat infestation in the walls" to "umm why won't the townsfolk speak to me" to "um so theres an abandoned town next door suffused with a poisonous miasma." to "oh goodness! I don't think those are rats in the walls" A masterclass in tension, pacing, and atmosphere. The very young King´s first short story collection, a Bradburyian and Lovecraftian overkill of short, sharp, and vicious terror pearls.

I am the Doorway: An astronaut has to deal with the after effects of an exploration to Venus that goes reall This story really makes you feel like you are out on the ledge. You feel the wind, You feel the vertigo, the fear! A bunch of awful teenagers go to the beach at night, in the middle of an apocalyptical world where the most of population have died due a contagious decease.