austinstorm 's review for:

Nightmares & Dreamscapes by Stephen King

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not a review but spoiler summaries so that I can remember

1. Dolan's Cadillac - ok cask of amantiago type revenge story - 4/5
2. End of the Whole Mess - good apocalyptic unreliable narrator 4/5
3. Suffer the Children - paranoia and insanity 2/5
4. Night Flyer - long 2/5
5. Popsy - tables turned karmic 2/5
6. It Grows on You - decent evil house story done better in the author's Rose Red 3/5
7. Chattery Teeth - love this one. Gonzo; absurd. 5/5
8. grosss body trsnsferrence variant 2/5
9. skipped
10. ghost story 3/5
11. skipped
12. Home Delivery - beautiful. apparently Guillermo del Toro produced a short of this once 5/5
13. Rainy Season - a take on The Lottery, but not as inneresting 3/5
14. Sorry, Right Number 5/5 predestination paradox
15. 10 O'clock People - clever concept 3/5
16. Crouch End - Lovecraft tribute 5/5
17. House on Maple Street - great karmic fantastical 5/5
18. Fifth Quarter - tough guys, simple revenge just ok 3/5
19. Umney's last case - he does one of these in every collection - a magic typewriter story. I love them all.

at the end he talks about how the stories came to be. turns out he loves the magic typewriter stuff as much as I do.