Two years ago, I spent the month of October reading Stephen King short stories and writing up my reactions. It was a greatly rewarding experience for me, so I’m going to try it again: throughout the month of October, I’ll be reading one Stephen King short story each day (more or less), and recording my thoughts here.
As time allows, I may poke my head into some of King’s shorter novellas and side projects as well. But for the most part, I’ll be choosing stories from the following King collections:
- Night Shift
- Skeleton Crew
- Nightmares and Dreamscapes
- Everything’s Eventual
- Just After Sunset
If you’ve got ready access to these books, I would love it if you read along with me. First up is “Dolan’s Cadillac” from Nightmares and Dreamscapes.
For the record, here’s what I covered in my first Stephen King short story project:
- You Know They Got a Hell of a Band
- Jerusalem’s Lot
- Fair Extension
- Word Processor of the Gods
- The Moving Finger
- The Raft
- Trucks
- The Road Virus Heads North
- The Doctor’s Case
- The Man in the Black Suit
- Strawberry Spring
- Sorry, Right Number
- The Monkey
- The Lawnmower Man
- That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is In French
- Beachworld
- The End of the Whole Mess
- Sometimes They Come Back
- Survivor Type
- Popsy
- Rainy Season
- In the Deathroom
- Children of the Corn
- Crouch End
- Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut
- Graveyard Shift
- I Am the Doorway
- The Fifth Quarter
I’ll be picking up where that list left off. Here’s my progress so far in round 2:
- Dolan’s Cadillac
- All That You Love Will Be Carried Away
- The Reaper’s Image
- N.
- Dedication
- The Cat From Hell
- Lunch at the Gotham Café
- The Long Walk
- The Night Flier
- Umney’s Last Case
- One For the Road
- The Langoliers
- Battleground
- Night Surf
- Mile 81
And beyond that, there are a few more:
I hope to hear from you in the comments as I read! Let’s get started, Dear Reader!
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Just now getting to this, but as someone with no courage for this kind of reading, I’m looking forward to your month of summaries!
Yeah, seems unlikely that Burt would have worked all that out. Not one of King’s better short stories in my opinion, but undeniably iconic of his early style, as you said. I actually liked the ludicrousy of the third movie – a lot of b-movie blood, corn and general foolishness.
By-the-way, nice to find your blog. We seem to differ on our like or dislike for nearly every one of his short stories, which is entertaining in itself.
Oh, that comment above was meant for “Children of the Corn.”
You should review “I Know What You Need” or “Morality” next!