Status Updates From Night Shift

Jim has the dream again, but it's worse this time. After Robert(?) stabs Wayne, he calls after Young Jim and tells him he's next. Yeesh!

Sally notices Jim is troubled and asks what's wrong, but Jim won't answer, understandably. She tells him to go to bed early that night, but he doesn't.

Jim tries to convince himself that Robert Lawson is not the same kid who stabbed his brother sixteen years ago. But when he meets the kid while arriving at class, the resemblance is just uncanny. Is this really the same kid? Is he a ghost or a demon or something? Or is he the son of one of the original bullies? Something weird is going on.

Jim receives tragic news that one of the more well-behaved students in Living with Lit got killed in a hit-and-run during the holiday. A transfer student named Robert Lawson has just come in to take his place. Jim looks at Robert's file and is shocked to discover that Robert looks exactly like one of the bullies who killed his brother. What the hell?

While not every story in the collection is great, the ones that are are truly special. Some truly surprising ones that I didn’t expect to love but absolutely do. This is a fantastic collection that also expands on the budding lore of what King has now built.

During the month-long winter holiday, Jim has the dream again twice at the beginning, but not again afterwards. Jim and Sally spend the holiday at Sally's sister's house, and Jim returns to school feeling better.