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If Samuel D Landry isn't a nod to author Samuel R. Delaney then it's a hell of a big coincidence.
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“The Beggar and the Diamond”
A short story based on a Hindu fable where the archangel Uriel is wracked with sympathy for the least fortunate man in the world (it is however this man’s job to be the biggest sufferer). He pleads with God, and God kind of relents as he humors Uriel, but God is kind of a stinker to his archangel in this one. Not mean, exactly; just a stinker.
— Sep 17, 2026 12:26PM
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A short story based on a Hindu fable where the archangel Uriel is wracked with sympathy for the least fortunate man in the world (it is however this man’s job to be the biggest sufferer). He pleads with God, and God kind of relents as he humors Uriel, but God is kind of a stinker to his archangel in this one. Not mean, exactly; just a stinker.
Jesse
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“Brooklyn August”
A short poem that King wrote about baseball which he likes because it keeps getting selected for inclusion in anthologies and the like, as though this has transcended his reputation for horror.
— Sep 17, 2026 12:19PM
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A short poem that King wrote about baseball which he likes because it keeps getting selected for inclusion in anthologies and the like, as though this has transcended his reputation for horror.
Jesse
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“Head Down”
I was initially cool to this narrative of King’s son Owen’s last Little League season (Owen is not a major player in this story as it is a total chronicle with its own distinct characters) but boy did I get swept up in it. It might have helped that I didn’t know ahead of time how the state championship tournament was going to play out, but I think that it’s King’s storytelling that sold me.
— Sep 17, 2026 12:15PM
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I was initially cool to this narrative of King’s son Owen’s last Little League season (Owen is not a major player in this story as it is a total chronicle with its own distinct characters) but boy did I get swept up in it. It might have helped that I didn’t know ahead of time how the state championship tournament was going to play out, but I think that it’s King’s storytelling that sold me.
Jesse
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“Umney’s Last Case”
A private detective starts out his day only to find that things are wrong. No noise from the noisy couple next door; the paperboy is quitting and hates him; his diner, Blondie’s, has shut down; his elevator operator is retiring due to cancer; and his secretary has quit. It’s been a bad day, for sure, but things only get worse for Clyde Umney from here.
— Sep 17, 2026 11:08AM
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A private detective starts out his day only to find that things are wrong. No noise from the noisy couple next door; the paperboy is quitting and hates him; his diner, Blondie’s, has shut down; his elevator operator is retiring due to cancer; and his secretary has quit. It’s been a bad day, for sure, but things only get worse for Clyde Umney from here.
Jesse
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“The Doctor’s Case”
John Watson solves the case! This story has a Murder on the Orient finish but also features a Sherlock Holmes who is deathly allergic to cats as well as very antagonistic banter between Holmes and Inspector Lestrade. It’s been awhile since I read Sherlock Holmes so I don’t have recent memory to compare this to, but I was caught off guard by how snippy everyone was.
— Sep 17, 2026 08:04AM
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John Watson solves the case! This story has a Murder on the Orient finish but also features a Sherlock Holmes who is deathly allergic to cats as well as very antagonistic banter between Holmes and Inspector Lestrade. It’s been awhile since I read Sherlock Holmes so I don’t have recent memory to compare this to, but I was caught off guard by how snippy everyone was.
