101 Short Stories
by Stephen King
Date Started : November 1 201650 % Done : December 15 2016
Date Finished
All of these are going to be out of 5 stars instead of my usual 10 star system. I like short stories but they are not something I read with any consistency.
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| 512 Pages, 22 Stories |
The Mist - 4.5 stars I have this as a stand alone novel as well, I can read and reread it over all over. I love the movie too. Some of the first monsters that come to mind when I think of things truely terrifying.
Here There Be Tigers - 3 Stars
The Monkey - 3 Stars
Cain Rose Up - 4 Stars
Mrs. Todds Shortcut - 3.5 Stars
The Jaunt - 3.5 Stars Reminds me of an old radio play I used to listen to wish I could remember the name
The Wedding Gig - 2 Stars
Paranoid : A Chant - 3 Stars
The Raft - 3 Stars
Word Processor of the Gods - 4 Stars
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands - 3.5 Stars
Beachwood - 2 Stars
The Reapers Image - 3 Stars Reminds me of the movie Oculus
Nona - 3 Stars
For Owen - 3 Stars A beautiful poem from King to his son. A little odd among the horrific stories but not out of place at the same time.
Survivor Type - 4 Stars My weird fascination with cannibals
Uncle Otto's Truck - 3 Stars
Morning Deliveries (The Milkman) - 4.5 Stars
Big Wheels : A Tale of the Laundry Game (The Milkman 2) - 4 Stars
Gramma - 3 Stars
The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet - 3.5 Stars another "old" feel like a radio play?
The Reach - 3 Stars It was the perfect note to end on
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| 816 Pages, 24 Stories |
Dolans Cadillac - 3.5 Stars
The End of the Whole Mess - 3 Stars
Suffer the Little Children - 3 Stars Villiage of the Damned
The Night Flier - 4 Stars
Popsy - 4.5 Stars I felt so justified reading this
It Grows On You - 3.5 Stars
Chattery Teeth - 4 Stars Another justified ending!
Dedication - 2 Stars Good story just not my thing
The Moving Finger - 3 Stars
Sneakers - 2 Stars
You Know They Got a Hell of a Band - 4 Stars
Home Delivery - 3 Stars
Rainy Season - 3 Stars Makes me think of The Reaping and Cabin in the Woods
My Pretty Pony - 2 Stars
Sorry, Right Number - 3 Stars
The Ten O'Clock People - 3 Stars
Couch End - 3.5 Stars This I would love to see as a Tv Show Episode
The House on Maple Street - 3 Stars
The Fifth Quarter - 2 Stars Been reading Sin City comics by Frank Miller. Felt very in tune with those stories.
The Doctors Case - 4.5 Stars
Umney's Last Case - 4.5 Stars Inkheart Stephen King style I loved it!
Head Down - 2 Stars
Brooklyn August - 2 Stars
The Beggar and The Diamond - 3 Stars It didn't fit in, was totally the wrong way to wrap up or else it would have been rated higher.
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| 336 Pages, 20 Stories |
Jerusalems Lot - 3.5 Stars
Graveyard Shift - 4 Stars I would love to read a novel like this, reminds me of The Zoo TV show.
Night Surf - The Stands, Captain Trips. Love references to other books.
I am the Doorway - 2.5 Stars
The Mangler - 3.5 Stars
The Boogyman - 3.5 Stars
Grey Matter - 3 Stars
Battleground - 4.5 Stars
Trucks - 4 Stars I love when humanities "brilliance" comes back to bite it in the ass.
Sometimes They Come Back - 4 Stars
Strawberry Spring - 3.5 Stars
The Ledge -
The Lawnmower Man - 3 Stars Love greek mythology references
Quitters Inc. - 3.5 Stars
I Know What You Need - 4.5 Stars
Children of the Corn - 5 Stars One of my favourites
The Last Rung on the Ladder - 4 Stars
The Man Who Loved Flowers - 3.5 Stars
One for the Road - 3 Stars
The Woman in the Room - 3 Stars
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| 367 pages, 13 Stories |
Willa - 3.5 Stars
The Gingerbread Girl - 2.5 Stars I was not a fan of the main character, I just sat there and thought stupid girl over and over and over again. Totally disappointed
Harvey's Dream - 3 Stars
Rest Stop - 3 Stars
Stationary Bike -
The Things They Left Behind - 4.5 Stars
Graduation Afternoon - 3 Stars
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The Cat From Hell - 4.5 Stars
The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates - 3.5 reminded me a lot of Sorry, Right Number. Macabre love story
Mute - 2 Stars *wayyy to long for what it was, if it was shorter it would have been good but just ended up boring
Ayana - 3.5 Stars
A Very Tight Place - 2.5 Stars Good, but lost points for being too drawn out
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| 464 pages, 14 Stories |
Autopsy Room Four - 3 Stars
The Man in the Black Suit - 3 Stars
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away - 2.5 Stars
The Death of Jack Hamilton - 2 Stars
In the Deathroom - 3 Stars
The Little Sisters of Eluria - 4 Stars *the best story of the bunch, and it got points for being part of the Dark Tower Series
Everything's Eventual -
LT's Theory of Pets - 2 Stars
The Road Virus Reads North - 3.5 Stars
Lunch at the Gotham Cafe - 3.5 Stars
That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French - 2.5 Stars
1408 - 3.5 Stars
Riding the Bullet - 3 Stars
Luckey Quarter - 2 Stars
Four Past Midnight : 4.5 StarsThe Langoliers - 4 Stars
Secret Window, Secret Garden - 3.5 Stars
The Library Policeman - 4 Stars
The Sun Dog - 4 Stars
Different Seasons : Stars
Shawshank Redemption - 3 Stars
Apt Pupil - 4.5 Stars
The Body - 4 Stars
The Breathing Method - TBR!
