My Favorite Stephen King Short Stories to Re-Read!

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  • Опубликовано: 27 янв 2025

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  • @hdervish2497
    @hdervish2497 Год назад +4

    What I appreciate about Uncle Steve's vampires is that there's no romantic bs, just monsters inside and out

    • @lazyhomebody1356
      @lazyhomebody1356 Год назад

      But he DOES include the romantic Byronic vampires! I love that some are classy and some are like worms. But yeah, wouldn't it be awful if there was an Edward type dating one of the heroines

  • @darekjones2912
    @darekjones2912 Год назад +1

    Batman and Robin have an altercation is super dope

  • @JakeBrannan5499
    @JakeBrannan5499 Год назад +2

    Admittedly, I haven't read too many of King's short stories, and from what I have read I have a hard time remembering much of them, so I need to go back and re-read those ones, as well as get through all the others. However, the ones I do remember and really enjoy are The Boogeyman and One for the Road from Night Shift. I once had someone say to me that King overwrites and he can't stop himself, to which I pointed out these stories, because they are super brief and the creep factor in them is at a 10 for me. More so with One for the Road, with the eyes in the dark and the little girl waiting for her goodnight kiss (and I also just love the setting and vibe), but I also love how The Boogeyman ends, and I've yet to see the film adaptation that just came out.

  • @sloanchessman5783
    @sloanchessman5783 Год назад

    I love me some Dolan’s Cadillac….there’s several that I enjoy re-reading, but that one is my all-time favorite one, and the first one that sprang to mind.

  • @beninebot1
    @beninebot1 Год назад

    So many good stories! Uncle Otto's Truck from Skeleton Crew always stood out to me. That imagery of the truck in the field was just so vivid
    Also yeah can't believe people hate JAS! So many good stories. N and The Things They Left Behind are great

  • @supernova1969
    @supernova1969 Год назад +2

    Hello E. The Cat from Hell is awesome. The Night Flyer is a good one. Children of the Corn is just amazing. I teach them in my contemporary Short Story course. What do you think?

  • @darekjones2912
    @darekjones2912 Год назад +1

    I’ve only went through the short stories once. I’m gonna do the audiobooks soon but The Mist, The Langoliers and 1408 stand out in my memory.

  • @patcoston
    @patcoston Год назад +1

    Upon watching your video, I was reminded that I also like Night Shift, Quitters, Inc., The Last Rung on the Ladder, and A Death.

  • @lazyhomebody1356
    @lazyhomebody1356 Год назад +1

    My favorite rereads are:
    Children of the Corn, The Ledge, I Know What You Need, A Good Marriage, and Rat. My favorite is The Ledge. (My mean parents wouldn't buy me trucks. They were for boys. Or dinosaurs or Hot Wheels or even boy dolls!)

  • @إسماعيلسعيد-خ8ذ
    @إسماعيلسعيد-خ8ذ Год назад +2

    Hi E. I just love 1408. A great story and movie, ones of Samuel Jackson's best movies. The Breathing Method is worthy of a movie

  • @patcoston
    @patcoston Год назад +1

    I totally expected you to say Vast Majority. LOL!

  • @cindys4722
    @cindys4722 Год назад

    Your video reminds me how much i loved reading his short story collections!...Word Processor of the Gods, Mrs Todds Shortcut, Jerusalems Lot(classic), Last Rung on the Ladder,...on and on...how he can he be great at short stories as well as mammoths like The Stand?!

  • @patcoston
    @patcoston Год назад +2

    I'm posting this before watching your video so I'm not influenced. The Jaunt, Drunken Fireworks, 1408, The Raft, Mrs. Todd's Shortcut, and Batman and Robin Have an Altercation.

    • @cindys4722
      @cindys4722 Год назад

      YES ...Mrs Todd's Shortcut is a classic for me!❤

  • @MrJaycrow30
    @MrJaycrow30 6 месяцев назад

    Gramma is my favorite short story from King. I also enjoyed the Twilight Zone adaptation too. This was a great vid!! Thanks for putting in the effort! cheers

  • @patcoston
    @patcoston Год назад +1

    I consider N., and Dolan's Cadillac to be novellas, not short-stories but if we're including them, I too like to re-read those.

  • @pearcegreatesteverleftback03
    @pearcegreatesteverleftback03 Год назад +1

    Night Shift is Awesome😎👍🏻 I Love it. None of his others come close but I can say that, so far (Not read all of N&D yet) I’ve enjoyed more from each than I’ve disliked though that Survivor Type is one that I like least but I do like Popsy & The Gingerbread Girl.

  • @bobbyq1452
    @bobbyq1452 Год назад

    Great video! I appreciate the In the Hills, the Cities shoutout, as well!

  • @barrymorgan5609
    @barrymorgan5609 Год назад

    Ok so this is an almost impossible list to make for me because i absolutely love almost all of Stephen King's short stories, hes the true master of the art form.
    The Night Flier
    The Jaunt
    The Langoliers
    N
    Survivor Type
    And my absolute favourite
    The Wedding Gig

  • @ShyMac27
    @ShyMac27 3 месяца назад

    Reading Night Shift as we speak! Miss ya friend!

  • @bradperkins4669
    @bradperkins4669 Год назад

    The stories I found myself rereading alot that I'm not sure you mentioned are One for the Road, The Reach, Home Delivery, Willa, Weeds and The End of the Whole Mess

    • @EdwardLorn
      @EdwardLorn  Год назад

      I meantioned "One for the Road" but I personally don't reread the others nearly as much.

  • @juliewashington2253
    @juliewashington2253 Год назад +2

    Yey doobly doo is back 😊

  • @patcoston
    @patcoston Год назад +1

    There are at least 5 Live action Dollar Babies for Survivor Type. Cain Rose Up has at least six!

    • @EdwardLorn
      @EdwardLorn  Год назад

      I want a full length feature film tho...

  • @michaelroy2054
    @michaelroy2054 Год назад

    Any thoughts about ranking all the stories in each King collection from least favorite to most favorite?

    • @EdwardLorn
      @EdwardLorn  Год назад +1

      As I said in the video, I plan do to a tier list soon. Just gotta figure out how I wanna do it, and if I'm gonna include his unpublished/unfinished stories

  • @chadlutzke5509
    @chadlutzke5509 Год назад +1

    Sorry, buddy. But I've never thought SK was a great short-story writer. Do keep in mind, most of his shorts I read as a reader and not with writer's eyes. You know how that goes. Your perspective changes after you start writing. I've only read NIGHT SHIFT, BAZARR, some of CREW, some of EVERYTHING EVENTUAL, and some of NIGHTMARES/DREAMSCAPES. My favorites are DOLAN'S CADILLAC and SURVIVOR TYPE. My least fave is that horrible baseball one in BAZAAR. When I think of great short-story writers it's Barker, Rash, Joe Hill, Poe, Ketchum, some of Carver's, Lansdale, as well as Flannery. And I'm with you on the NIGHT/DREAM book cover. It's always been my favorite King cover.

  • @CliffsDarkGems
    @CliffsDarkGems Год назад

    I've read every Stephen King collection besides Let It Bleed and I will give you my shocking, highly controversial top 5, just wait tell you see number one! You and everyone else will throw your toys.
    5. You Know They Got One Hellova Band
    4. 1408
    3. Survivor Type
    2. The Jaunt
    1. Willa ( Personal loss- I do not expect anyone to understand how much this tale haunts me.)

  • @patcoston
    @patcoston Год назад +1

    You said King has been writing since the 70s but he's been writing since the 60s. King completed The Aftermath in 1963 at age 15. He completed The Long Walk in 1967 at age 19, although he did revise the published version in the late 70s. I suspect he rewrote the whole thing or at least did a major overhaul. I really hope I can read the 1967 version someday.

    • @EdwardLorn
      @EdwardLorn  Год назад +3

      Publishing since the 70s. PUBLIHSING.

  • @KevinsKontentKorner
    @KevinsKontentKorner Год назад

    I’m thinking about taking the dark tower trek soon. I made it halfway through wizards and glass but it’s been so long I’d be doing myself a disservice not to start at the beginning especially because the first two books are kinda short. Do you think it’s better to read them all in a row or spread it out and digest?

    • @EdwardLorn
      @EdwardLorn  Год назад +1

      Read the first four, digest, then read the last three. That's what I do, anyway.

    • @KevinsKontentKorner
      @KevinsKontentKorner Год назад

      @@EdwardLorn but what of the wind through the keyhole, read it chronologically or save it for a little dessert after?

    • @EdwardLorn
      @EdwardLorn  Год назад +1

      You can totally include it, it's just not gonna add much, because it's not referenced again in the series.

  • @wrv341
    @wrv341 Год назад

    I think The Jaunt is one of the most disturbing stories I've ever read, but it doesn't fall anywhere near my most liked because I don't find it believable - With technology to teleport would come technology to tell if someone was under anesthetics or holding their breath. And even if there weren't a way to tell with some medical device, there surely would be a needle injection instead or simply a way to do a poke test of some kind.

    • @EdwardLorn
      @EdwardLorn  Год назад

      Please tune in this coming Monday's video. 😁

    • @wrv341
      @wrv341 Год назад

      @@EdwardLorn Sure thing!

  • @LiteraryStoner
    @LiteraryStoner Год назад +1

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