I'm really surprised Mr. King again passed up the opportunity to finally collect great tales like Weeds and The Crate. I thought they'd show up in this book for sure now that they both have been recently reprinted in several anthologies. Any idea why he chose to keep them uncollected, Ms. Mod?
I wonder if he would consider doing a small book of maybe 10 or 12 earlier uncollected stories at some point? "Weeds" and "The Crate" have been reprinted recently as you mentioned and so have "The Glass Floor" (in Cemetery Dance magazine) and "The Dark Man" (as a Cemetery Dance collector's edition). Some of the other poems were collected in an anthology within the last decade, I believe. Then there is "The Night of the Tiger," "The Blue Air Compressor," "Man with a Belly," and "The Reploids." If he wanted he could even include "The Revelations of 'Becka Paulson," which is a bit different from what was inserted into "The Tommyknockers" or even "Stud City" and "The Revenge of Lard Ass Hogan" from "The Body." There's also the unpublished "Squad D."
It seems to me that this would be the perfect length for a slim, relatively low-profile paperback release similar to "The Colorado Kid" and "Joyland" (although Hard Case Crime probably isn't a good fit in this case). I hope he will consider releasing something like this at some point to tide us over in between collections of new stories. If he doesn't, maybe Richard Bachman will.