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Favorite King short stories

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I love a lot of King's stuff, but sometimes I think his short stories are some of his best. The short story format allows him to do what he does best - scare the crap out of you - with minimal mucking around with side tracks like character and background. :D (Ok, I'm joking. He's certainly capable of handling those elements fantasticly as well - Stand, Shining, DT, It etc. are all great, and nothing if not complex). But the short stories allow him to jump in, hit you with a quick impression and scare, then jump out, and sometimes the unexplained nature of the "event" adds to the scare.


So a couple of my favorites:

1408 - (from Everything's Eventual). The voice over the phone is incredibly effective.

Lunch at the Gotham Cafe - (from EE). The crazy maitre d' is perfect.

The Mist - (from Skeleton Crew). This just rocks. :biggrin:

The Jaunt - (from Skeleton Crew). Creepy interstellar travel story.

So anybody else got any favorties?
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The Mist, Beachworld, The 10 O'clock People.....

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Survivor Type, The Man Who Loved Flowers, and the Lawn Mower Man.
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Oh, and The End of the Whole Mess.
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The Little Sisters of Eluria

...my Borderlands faction is kinda/sorta based on the little sisters...
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Jerusalem's Lot is a nice tribut to Lovecraft.
the Mist is my favorite King story.
the Milkman stories. I wish he had written the novel.
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The Mist
The Raft
Little Sisters of Eluria
Rage
The Long Walk
Dolan's Cadillac
Autopsy Room Four


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