Status Updates From Skeleton Crew

Onto chapter 2 of The Mist, where the storm has come and gone, but the damage is still around, even the neighbouring tenant, Norton, is having trouble clearing the damage. Yet there is a foreboding presence that will soon take hold.

This tension is ramping up as the titular mist is waiting for the right moment to strike. Also, nice knowing you Steff. What horror will lurk in the mist? We will have to find out.

Started reading Stephen King’s Skeleton Crew short stories. First up is The Mist, which follows a family of one who find themselves up against a foreboding mist. The first chapter features them trying to survive a massive storm.

Looks like this story is off to a good start. I’m not sure if the storm will have a bigger bearing on the plot, but something at the end is obviously foreshadowing to the biggest danger.

22 Kurzgeschichten starten morgen mit "the Mist"

The Raft

Cain Rose Up: 1/5
Genuinely what the fuck

Paranoid: A Chant

The Monkey. 3/5
Creepy but didn’t wow me

Paranoid a chant: interesting and effective; was this related to jfk at all? I’m not very knowledgeable in poetry but I don’t think this is a great poem, but it does feel like you’re in the mind of a conspiracy theorist so I think it works. Would grind if it went on longer but luckily it doesn’t. Doesn’t really have much of a punch either. But it’s fun.

The wedding gig: i REALLY liked this one. The story was interesting, the writing style felt in tone with the time without being caricature. It’s interesting to see king try to reckon with his racism and hatred of fat people here while still fully leaning in. Like, I think he does an interesting thing with both here, it’s just I’ve read his other work.