Rated "Good" in our old book database. ( )

This book is a collection of fourteen short stories. Mr. King has included a brief history and his thoughts on each. The first story, Autopsy Room Four, is a spine-tingler. Second, The Man In the Black Suit is a scary tale of the devil, up close and personal. Third, All That You Love Will Be Carried Away is a weird night with a suicidal man and his odd collection of one-liners. The fourth story, The Death of Jack Hamilton, was made into a movie. I haven't seen it, but this story about John Dillinger on the run didn't impress me. Fifth, In The Deathroom, was an action-packed story right out of a spy novel with quirky characters and was unexpected but not bad. Sixth—and one of my favorites—The Little Sisters of Eluria, features Roland Deschain, the gunslinger from The Tower series. It was outstanding. If you haven't read the Tower series, please do. It's fantastic, and this short story that was "pre-series" was super good.

Seventh, Everything's Eventual is mind-bending and thought-provoking. The eighth story, L. T.'s theory of Pets, is hilarious and more about marriage than pets. The Road Virus Heads North was spine-chilling and brought to mind that old saying: "Every picture tells a story." The tenth story, Lunch at The Gotham Café, was another story about the perils of marriage. Eleventh, That Feeling…, was about Deja vu. 1408, although scary, the movie with John Cusack was even better (or worse, depending on how you look at it). Riding the Bullet was very good. I think it's also been made into a film, but I haven't seen it. The story is pretty eerie and reminds us that death awaits everyone. The last story, Lucky Quarter, is about a cleaning lady at a hotel who gets a quarter tip, which she decides to drop into a slot machine. You can probably imagine what happens there. All-in-all, an excellent collection to keep you up at night. ( )

Boring ideas and obnoxious protagonist voices. ( )

Some very good short stories in here, except I don't care for the Dark Tower series- only one from that in here. ( )

I got this book for "1408" after I'd read ghost stories about the "real" hotel room and later heard Stephen King had written story about the "real" room (while taking some artistic license). I loved the narrative before or after each story, and the stories were all what you'd expect from Stephen King. Always a fan. ( )