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The Wedding Gig: A Roaring 20's style, noir-feeling, story - a shift in style from King's usual setting and feel. 4.5stars
Paranoid: A Chant: A 100 line poem. The first stand-alone King poetry I've encountered. Experimental King? Not sure yet how to rate it. Will definitely require re-reading (•᷄ᴗ•́ ).

The Monkey Best to fish in the less-than-deepest part of the lake! The fish may be a few pounds smaller but your risk of infernal terror is order of magnitudes less, just say'n. 4stars
Cain Rose UpAt just shy of 6pgs & originally published in 1968 it predates RAGE by almost a decade & loosely shares a similar theme. 4stars
Mrs. Todd's Shortcut The road less travelled! Twilight Zone style. 5stars

The Mist - story's ending is infinitely better than the movie's! 4stars
Here There Be Tigers - I attended 1st grade at PS41 on Staten Island, NY; the bathroom was, as it is in this 4pger, referred to as The Basement.When permitted to go, we had to use the buddy system & go in pairs.Now I understand why! 4 stars
Currently in the middle of The Monkey. My cuz had one of those cymbal bashing monstrosities!

Ewww, the frayed bloodied clothesline 😩. Well, I just don't want to give too much away all at once ヾ( ˃ᴗ˂ )◞ • *✰꧁꧂

"a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger. []but kisses can be sweet, & their very brevity forms their own attraction. Writing short stories hasn't gotten easier for me over the years; it's gotten harder.[]The thing to do is keep trying, I think. It's better to keep kissing & get your face slapped a few times than it is to give up altogether."
A bit of wisdom, 1980's style, from The King!