I Am A Dark Man

("The Dark Man") You're not alone if you don’t know what The Dark Man is. It was on my list in between Joyland and Doctor Sleep, so I of course decided to read it. I couldn’t find it in ebook form, but I did find an itty bitty hardcover by Cemetary Dance on Amazon that … Continue reading I Am A Dark Man →

The Last Good Time Always Comes, And When You See The Darkness Creeping Toward You, You Hold Onto What Was Bright and Good

(Joyland) I remembered Joyland as a ghost story, but it’s not. Not really. There is a ghost. Some characters see the ghost (though our point of view character does not). But it’s really a mystery… and also a coming-of-age tale. When I looked it up, I found that a reviewer compared it to "The Body", … Continue reading The Last Good Time Always Comes, And When You See The Darkness Creeping Toward You, You Hold Onto What Was Bright and Good →

You Could Have Cut The Lack of Surprise and Spread it On Bread

(In the Tall Grass) This story is neither a book, nor a collection of shorter fiction, nor the first short e-story of King’s to appear online. It’s just a Kindle Single, with one important distinction — it’s an example of something that we’ll see again, a collaboration between King and one of his sons. I’m … Continue reading You Could Have Cut The Lack of Surprise and Spread it On Bread →

The Stories We Hear in Childhood Are The Ones We Remember All Of Our Lives

(The Wind Through The Keyhole) I don’t know if Stephen King will return to the Dark Tower again, or if he wants to, but we know that he at least did at one point, because this is part of the main Dark Tower series. Although it came years after the end of the series, it … Continue reading The Stories We Hear in Childhood Are The Ones We Remember All Of Our Lives →