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A short story collection is like a box of chocolates — you
never know what you’re gonna get when you bite into each story. But, at the same time,
you get plenty of variety.
I read Everything’s Eventual in the
format that seems to be the hip way to read King these days — on ebook (you can get it
for Microsoft
Reader or Adobe
Reader). After all, King was one of the ebook-publishing pioneers, as he discusses
at length in the introduction to the book (an introduction that will touch anyone who
writes for the sheer love of it — like I do).
The fourteen stories in
this collection cover the full range of King stories: suspenseful, bizarre, gory,
horrifying, and just plain creepy… King notes that he created the book’s table of
contents in a totally random way — but it worked out perfectly. The collection opens
with “Autopsy Room Four,” an eerie story from the point of view of a body on the autopsy
room table — a body that may or may not be a dead body.
There aren’t
many really low points in this collection — though “Lunch at the Gotham Café” was a bit
too stomach-turning for me and “The Little Sisters of Eluria” was a little too close to
fantasy to suit my tastes. But I loved most of the stories in the collection — like the
title story, about a kid with “a good job” and “L.T.’s Theory of Pets,” about a man who
came home one day to find that his wife had left and took the dog with her. “The Road
Virus Heads North,” a story about a creepy painting that appears to be prophetic, is one
of my favorites, as is “Luckey Quarter,” the final story — about a Nevada chambermaid
and her dream tip.
As an added bonus, each story includes the author’s
comments — a conversation with the reader about what, exactly, was going on in King’s
head when he wrote it. You’ve always wondered what goes on in Stephen King’s head,
didn’t you? I know I did… So here’s your chance to find out — and, in the meantime,
you’ll get to read some great stories, too.
Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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Kristin Dreyer Kramer has been writing in some form or another (usually when she was supposed to be doing something else) since the ripe old age of ten—when she, her cousin, and their two Cabbage Patch Dolls formed the Poo Authors’ Club. After a short career in advertising, Kristin got sick of always saying nice things about stuff that didn’t deserve it—so now she spends her days criticizing things, and she’s much happier for it.
Since creating NightsAndWeekends.com in February of 2002, Kristin has spent her life surrounded by piles and piles of books and movies—so many that her office has become a kind of entertainment obstacle course.
As if her writing and editing responsibilities for N&W.com weren’t enough to keep her out of trouble, Kristin also hosts a number of weekly radio shows: Reel Discovery, Shelf Discovery, and On the Marquee. She’s also a proud member of the Broadcast Film Critics Association (CriticsChoice.com), the Central Ohio Film Critics Association (COFCA.org), the Online Film Critics Society (OFCS.org), and the Women Film Critics Circle (WFCC.Wordpress.com).
Kristin lives in Columbus, Ohio, with her husband, Paul, and their daughter, Anna. She welcomes questions, comments, and fan mail at kdk@nightsandweekends.com.
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