So many stories. Autopsy Room 4, Strawberry Spring, End of the Whole Damn Mess. Just off the top of my head.
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We have very similar taste, MM I'd add 1408--it gets overshadowed by the movie, but DAMN that was one creepy, disorienting story! THE LAST RUNG ON THE LADDER has stuck in my mind--I think I could just about repeat it verbatum, and I haven't read it in years--since I was 13, so I have to add that one, too.And The Breathing Method and A Very Tight Place.
We have very similar taste, MM I'd add 1408--it gets overshadowed by the movie, but DAMN that was one creepy, disorienting story! THE LAST RUNG ON THE LADDER has stuck in my mind--I think I could just about repeat it verbatum, and I haven't read it in years--since I was 13, so I have to add that one, too.
Nope, I won't argue. I think our hearts and minds and desires can be so very powerful. That is my favorite of all the stories in DIFFERENT SEASONS (and that's saying a lot, because all of them were A+)We do . . .I noticed that a while back . . .I love 1408 too, didn't really care much for the movie --thought it was just 'OK' . . .The Last Rung on The Ladder would make a nice movie.
Something tells me in my heart that The Breathing Method could really happen . . .it's all in a person's will. Call me crazy . . .
Nope, I won't argue. I think our hearts and minds and desires can be so very powerful. That is my favorite of all the stories in DIFFERENT SEASONS (and that's saying a lot, because all of them were A+)
I need all these books.Pick up a copy of the Best American Short Stories - it comes out annually, and you can occasionally find an older volume. Every year they have a guest editor (Sai King was "it" in 2007), several great authors have taken a turn. I have been turned on to so many writers I would have never read by this series. The editors read them blindly so you end up with a collection that includes authors you know and some you've never heard of. And then there's a blurb by each author in the back of the book where they explain how the story came to be. I have the collection from 1993 forward.