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So many of the characters in this short story collection are widowers that I just Googled to double check that Tabitha King is still alive (as of May 10, 2025, she is).
Makes sense, I suppose. When you're a young parent, your worst nightmare is your kids dying (King's "dead toddler period" in the early 80s). Now his stories are about the horrors of being old - being widowed, your body breaking down, etc.
— May 10, 2025 05:23AM
Makes sense, I suppose. When you're a young parent, your worst nightmare is your kids dying (King's "dead toddler period" in the early 80s). Now his stories are about the horrors of being old - being widowed, your body breaking down, etc.
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Covid really did a number on Uncle Stevie's psyche, didn't it? I mean, it's perhaps unreasonable for him to never mention it at all, but it's like a refrain he keeps going back to like a dementia patient who's spiralling.
— May 09, 2025 06:38AM
