I enjoyed this collection of short stories, Stephen King's first. The better stories in the batch were, "Jerusalem's Lot", "The Boogeyman", "Strawberry Spring", and "Children of the Corn". It is clear from the stories that King is a natural writer of short fiction, which makes his transition to novels all the more impressive. I'm looking forward to reading his other short fiction collections. ( )

King is a great short story teller. The stories are truly magnificent. ( )

Great collection of stories by the master of horror ( )

This is King's first collection of short stories. It is very strong, although I liked Skeleton Crew better. Still good, scary, vintage King. ( )

I think this is some of the best of King - old classic stories. Someone should really tell the film makers that stories like "The Lawnmower Man" are best left in print form, however. Most of them are a little too short to transfer well into a feature film (the possible exception being "Children of the Corn" which had a lot of possibilities left open). Sixteen out of the 20 here are very memorable. A good proportion for a short story collection. ( )