Also, there were a handful of Castle Rock stories, which is always fun to come across if you’re one of King’s Constant Readers, which I’m beginning to consider myself. Then there’s The Reach, which was a poignant way to close out the collection. Only one story actually gave me nightmares, and that was a tale of self-cannibalism that included not a single supernatural element. Some of these story were scary, while others were merely uncomfortable. All of these stories I would have rated anywhere from 4 to 5 stars, which I think is a pretty high percentage for a short story collection. Beyond that, the stories that resonated the most with me were The Monkey, The Jaunt, Word Processor of the Gods, Nona, Survivor Type, The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet, Gramma, and The Reach. The first selection in this collection is one of King’s novellas, The Mist, my review of which you can read here. While not every story was a resounding success, there were far more hits among these twenty two installments than their were misses, and a handful of these stories will be staying with me for a good long while. As with Night Shift, the first of King’s short story collections I read, Skeleton Crew was chockfull of the interesting, terrifying, and uncomfortable. They’re not supposed to really end, which I think is a huge boon in King’s favor.
Thankfully, that’s not really an issue when it comes to short stories.
I have to agree with the masses, however King tends to fall flat when it comes to endings. I’ve come to love him over the past few years, and I now count him among my favorite authors. Stephen King is such a master storyteller.
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