Spooky stories like the husband who was on the plane blown up during the 9-11 carnage who calls home moments after the crash. He has a conversation with his wife telling her he survived the crash as a matter of fact everyone did but he couldn't tell her where he was until he tells her he thinks he is supposed to go somewhere else, he thinks they are telling him he has to go somewhere else now until there is no sound on the other end of the line as the news in the background on the t.v. says there were no survivors...goosebumps! I also liked the story about the guy who picks up a hitchhike3r holding a sign stating he is deaf and mute. The driver feels sorry for the poor guy and picks up. The driver is distraught as his wife just told him she has been having an affair with a family friend for years and now she wants a divorce so she and her lover cn be together...there is more to the story and the guy is so distraught that he pours our his soul to the deaf mute who keeps his eyes out the side window the whole way turns out fate has a way of evening the playing field. A story about neighbors and the cruelty and heartlessness of people even in your neighborhood and the depths of evil people will go to for "Payback." After "Stationery Bike," which will make your skin crawl you will never look upon that simple piece of exercise equipment the same way - maybe they are better serving as clothes horses - yikes! How a miraculous gift could be given to a child who can save others but what about herself? How Dr. and Patient share a bit of OCDC to their extreme detriment. This collection of short stories brings King back to one of his favorite things telling a deep haunting story concisely knowing ghostly fingers will reach into the reader's psyche so that you cannot let these stories go. Teaching moments? More like screeching moments, but stories so eerily good even though you are pulling the covers up to your chin as you read at night in the dim lamp light as shadows seem to move acoss the ceiling. Settle in. I highly recommend these chilling tales by Stephen King who offers the conversation of every day people doing strangely abnormal things. Bravo! Another winner. .
- Shirley J
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