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Just After Sunset
by Stephen King
A solid collection of stories.
Willa: a story about death and haunting, yet it’s actually quite sweet. A nice little story about love, and denial.
The Gingerbread Girl: very creepy and effective horror story about a serial killer who has trapped someone. It has a horror movie vibe (and indeed the idea of horror movies is mentioned late in the story) to the point that I found myself shaking my head at what choices the character makes. It takes place in Florida where, like with Duma Key, he’s good at showing how isolated the keys can be.
Harvey’s Dream: short and sweet, basically about nightmares coming true. OK but nothing special. King says in the notes that he just transcribed a dream he had.
Rest Stop: this is a weird one. Basically, it’s about using your pseudonymous author name as a way to think like another, tougher person. It’s King rethinking old ideas—the relationship between the novelist, his pseudonym, and his ideas. In the notes, he mentions Richard Bachman. Kind of peters out at the end, though.
Stationary Bike: this is kind of a dopey one, with a moral about not letting exercise become an obsession.
The Things They Left Behind: a quite sentimental story about the survivors of 9/11.
Graduation Afternoon: an odd, very short story about a massive bomb exploding in New York City. King says it was another transcription of a dream.
N.: Frankly, I found this story repetitive and tedious. People develop OCD in order to save the world, so to speak. The OCD character in the story lives in Castle Rock (though sadly there is no real discussion of it) and notes that the number 19 is “powerful and bad.” At the end, there is a news article by Julia Shumway (from Under the Dome).
The Cat From Hell: a very basic “evil animal” story. Not so exciting.
“The New York Times” at Special Bargain Rates: a nicely creepy story about the afterlife.
Mute: A really compelling story about a man who picks up someone he thinks is deaf mute, though the end just fizzles out. Mentions Derry.
Ayana: A story about performing miracles, but it doesn’t really go anywhere.
A Very Tight Place: A really twisted story about a rivalry (using Florida again). King goes straight for the serious gross-out. As he writes in the notes, “I even grossed myself out.” The end is meh.
Willa: a story about death and haunting, yet it’s actually quite sweet. A nice little story about love, and denial.
The Gingerbread Girl: very creepy and effective horror story about a serial killer who has trapped someone. It has a horror movie vibe (and indeed the idea of horror movies is mentioned late in the story) to the point that I found myself shaking my head at what choices the character makes. It takes place in Florida where, like with Duma Key, he’s good at showing how isolated the keys can be.
Harvey’s Dream: short and sweet, basically about nightmares coming true. OK but nothing special. King says in the notes that he just transcribed a dream he had.
Rest Stop: this is a weird one. Basically, it’s about using your pseudonymous author name as a way to think like another, tougher person. It’s King rethinking old ideas—the relationship between the novelist, his pseudonym, and his ideas. In the notes, he mentions Richard Bachman. Kind of peters out at the end, though.
Stationary Bike: this is kind of a dopey one, with a moral about not letting exercise become an obsession.
The Things They Left Behind: a quite sentimental story about the survivors of 9/11.
Graduation Afternoon: an odd, very short story about a massive bomb exploding in New York City. King says it was another transcription of a dream.
N.: Frankly, I found this story repetitive and tedious. People develop OCD in order to save the world, so to speak. The OCD character in the story lives in Castle Rock (though sadly there is no real discussion of it) and notes that the number 19 is “powerful and bad.” At the end, there is a news article by Julia Shumway (from Under the Dome).
The Cat From Hell: a very basic “evil animal” story. Not so exciting.
“The New York Times” at Special Bargain Rates: a nicely creepy story about the afterlife.
Mute: A really compelling story about a man who picks up someone he thinks is deaf mute, though the end just fizzles out. Mentions Derry.
Ayana: A story about performing miracles, but it doesn’t really go anywhere.
A Very Tight Place: A really twisted story about a rivalry (using Florida again). King goes straight for the serious gross-out. As he writes in the notes, “I even grossed myself out.” The end is meh.