Just After Sunset EXP: Stories

Does a bad story from Stephen King even exist? Well, if it does, you won’t find it in this collection. The stories in Just After Sunset are as entertaining and wonderfully written as expected. My favorite story is “N.”—the letter format is intriguing, the patient reports of N.’s growing mental illness stopping demons entering our sphere (is it really an illness?) even more so. Another highlight is “A Very Tight Place”—I felt I was the one being captured in this lonesome, fallen-over Dixi toilet. “The Gingerbread Girl” could have run a little less at the beginning, this darned cat from “The Cat from Hell” I will never forget, and the rest is just as good with some stories conveying a deeper sense than horrific entertainment.

... dazu viel sagen? Stephen King, eben. Nicht weniger. Und im Original allemal besser zu lesen und zu verstehen als in den teilweise nur schwer nachvollziehbaren Übersetzungen (wer IT / ES sowohl-als-auch gelesen hat, weiß, was ich meine), denn er ist nicht nur der Gruselmeister, sondern auch der englischen Sprache meisterlich fähig. Punkt.