November 1, 2010 – 9:35 am
The Book: The Library Policeman, by Stephen King
The Story: Yet another Stephen King novella. Only one more in Four Past Midnight, then maybe I’ll back off for a little bit. We’ll see.
In this one, Sam Peebles goes into the library to get some good quotes for a speech he has to make. He’s greeted by [...]
October 4, 2010 – 9:19 am
The Book: Secret Window, Secret Garden, by Stephen King
The Story: Yet another Stephen King novella? Yup. I’m on a roll.
Mort Rainy’s wife left him for another man. He is a well known author who is struggling with writer’s block. He decides to retreat to their remote lake house and try to get over his wife [...]
September 2, 2010 – 10:06 am
The Book: Horns, by Joe Hill
The Story: Ig (as in Ignatius…huh?) is kind of going through a rough patch. Last year, his long-time girlfriend, Merrin, was murdered and while he was never formally charged, everyone in his small town assumes that he was responsible. His brother is a famous talk show host and everyone loves [...]
August 26, 2010 – 9:20 am
The Book: Heart-Shaped Box, by Joe Hill
The Story: Judas Coyne (a stage name…. get it?) is kind of this aging “hardcore” rocker guy. He wears black clothes, has facial hair, has girlfriends that are 20, 30 years younger than him, and has this collection of gross/scary stuff, a used noose, a snuff film, a skull [...]
August 21, 2010 – 9:47 am
The Book: Blockade Billy, by Stephen King
The Story: This is just an old man telling a story from the earlier days of baseball, when he was the third base coach for the Tigers. Due to circumstances out of any one’s control, a new catcher had to be found asap just days before the first game. [...]
August 18, 2010 – 11:50 am
Heart-Shaped Box, by Joe Hill
Seriously, I used to be braver than this! Even when I was younger I would get so excited about a good, scary book. The last couple I’ve read, I’ve had to have a back-up book going that I could read to un-freak myself out. I’m the same way with movies. I [...]
The Book: The Running Man, by Richard Bachman/Stephen King
The Story: The year is 2025 and everything is kind of in shambles. Ben Richards’ young daughter has come down with the flu and because they can’t afford to take her to the doctor, it is just getting worse and worse. America is pretty much obsessed with [...]
Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark, by Alvin Schwartz
I have always been a little bit morbid. I know I’ve told you that before, but it just comes up so often. This week I was struggling between Summer of My German Soldier and Scary Stories. Huh? I guess even as a kid I was quite [...]
The Book: The Regulators, by Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman
The Story: Hmmm. This one is a little bizarre. Not completely sure where to start.
It’s a normal day on a normal street in a normal town in Ohio. All of a sudden, a van pulls on to the street, rolls down the window and mows [...]