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The Real Nimda — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 12:15 PM)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popsy_(short_story)
https://sites.google.com/a/northiowa.org/bakerb8/short-stories/-popsy
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The Real Nimda — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 12:41 PM)
i just finished reading the popsy story!
After luring him into the van, Sheridan handcuffs him and drives off to make his delivery. On his way to the drop-off point, the boy shows unusual strength, biting Sheridan hard enough to leave two deep marks on his hand, as well as nearly ripping out the steel bar he is handcuffed to. In addition to these demonstrations of strength, the boy makes odd comments about his Popsy, such as his ability to find him and his ability to fly. By the time they are nearing their destination, night has fallen, and Sheridan sees an odd shape swoop by. The boy claims this is his Popsy, and although Sheridan doesn't immediately believe it, he becomes nervous. Moments later, a wing covers the windshield and the door is ripped off, revealing a horrific, bat-like creature which slits Sheridan's throat and feeds the blood to the child.
Stephen King is the best. You best be reading it to understand what it felt like reading this story.
Another story from Nightmares and Dreamscapes which i like a lot, wait, two:
make it three
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolan's_Cadillac_(short_story)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Flier
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/You_Know_They_Got_a_Hell_of_a_Band
all classics. I think this is Stephen King's best collection of short stories.
Buy it. Worth every letter.
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The Real Nimda — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 12:45 PM)
Dolan's cadillac is a movie too.
The narrator, known only by his surname, Robinson, is a schoolteacher who lives in Las Vegas. He has become a widower after Dolan, a wealthy crime-boss, had his wife murdered with a car bomb in order to prevent her from testifying against him. The murder remains unsolved, and Robinson, unskilled in the arts of revenge, has no recourse. Over a seven-year period, however, Robinson—mentally haunted by his wife's voice—devises a scheme of retaliation.Feed me dicks!
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The Real Nimda — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 12:46 PM)
The story centers on Richard Dees, a deeply cynical reporter from a trashy supermarket tabloid called Inside View. Dees' current subject of investigation is the Night Flier, an apparent serial killer who travels between small airports in a Cessna Skymaster, gruesomely killing people in a way that leads Dees to think the man is a lunatic who believes himself to be a vampire.
After only a few days of interviewing witnesses and following the killer's trail in his own Beechcraft Bonanza, Dees overtakes the Night Flier during a violent thunderstorm at Wilmington International Airport, and quickly learns that he is badly mistaken about his would-be quarry: it is, indeed, a vampire that is doing the killings. After Dees watches the Night Flier casually empty the bloody contents of his bladder into an airport urinal (or as much of this act as he can see reflected in a mirror), the creature warns off his "would-be biographer", destroys his photographic evidence, and leaves the mortally shaken reporter amidst a scene of carnage to explain himself to police, and watch as the Night Flier's plane takes off.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Night_Flier_(film)
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The Real Nimda — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 12:48 PM)
"You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" is a 1992 horror short story by American writer Stephen King. It was first published in the horror anthology Shock Rock and later included in King's collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes.
It concerns a young couple on a road trip in Oregon when they accidentally wander into a small town inhabited by dead rock and roll legends.
The title of the work, and the name of the town—Rock and Roll Heaven—both come from the chorus of "Rock and Roll Heaven", a song first recorded by Climax in 1973 and was a Top 10 hit by The Righteous Brothers the following year.
Clark and Mary Willingham are a couple traveling through Oregon. Clark is being transferred out of state, so they opt to take a more scenic route. The two plan to visit Toketee Falls, and Clark insists on taking a road through the deep forest despite Mary's fears of becoming lost. While Mary takes a nap, Clark does indeed become increasingly lost on a narrow stretch of road. He is forced to admit to Mary that he's given up hope of finding Toketee Falls and that, furthermore, he had rejected an opportunity to turn around. Frustrated, yet hesitant to push the issue, Mary agrees to press forward in the hopes of reaching a point where they can safely turn around.
The couple abruptly comes upon a sign announcing, "Welcome to Rock and Roll Heaven, Ore." The road becomes wider and paved, giving them another chance to turn around. Again, Clark refuses, arguing that it would be easier and safer to do so inside the town itself. They discover Rock and Roll Heaven is a small town with a 1950s theme, described as looking identical to a Norman Rockwell painting. Mary feels worried about the too-perfect town, but Clark becomes irritated and the two argue. As the two explore the town, Clark insists on entering a local diner. Afraid of being left alone, she follows.
Inside the diner, they see that the town is inhabited by dead musicians. After a waitress named CeCe Pryor attempts to warn them off, Clark slips out, but Mary is confronted by two dead musicians. At first cordial and friendly, one begins to bleed from his eyes and another vomits hundreds of maggots, revealing that they've simply been playing with her. Clark and Mary drive frantically through the town, chased by dead music legends. As they drive, Mary notices other citizens of Rock and Roll Heaven, all of whom look exhausted and apathetic; she realizes that these are the "true" inhabitants, lured in and trapped in the town. Mary and Clark think they have escaped but are easily captured in the outskirts of town after hitting a psychedelic bus. A police car bearing the mayor (a deceased Elvis Presley) and the chief of police pulls up. The musicians ominously reveal that they couldn't have escaped, as the road out is surrounded by swamp, quicksand, bears, and "other things".
As the sun begins to set over Rock and Roll Heaven, Mary and Clark join the ranks of the other imprisoned souls in the park, where the concert is prepared. Mary looks at the other exhausted townsfolk, and chooses to sit next to the waitress from the diner. The young woman has the glazed look of one who is stoned, and talks with the couple. She tells them that her name is Sissy, and reveals that one of her fingers was cut off by Frankie Lymon as punishment for assisting the pair. She also explains that while the concerts must end at midnight, "time is different" in Rock and Roll Heaven; the songs sometimes go on for years. The disc jockey Alan Freed takes the stage and begins to announce an endless series of legendary rock stars. Mary voices her worst fear when she asks Sissy her age; she is twenty-three, and has been that way for seven years. Mary realizes that these are the people who get "lost in the woods" and didn't do anything wrong to deserve this, as Freed continues to scream the names of musicians. He finally shouts: "Rock and roll will never die!", to which Mary thinks the last line of the story: "That's what I'm afraid of. That's exactly what I'm afraid of."
Classic.
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The Real Nimda — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 12:48 PM)
https://www.tvmaze.com/episodes/161606/nightmares-dreamscapes-1x08-you-know-they-got-a-hell-of-a-band
https://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/4303/nightmares-dreamscapes-you-know-they-got-a-hell-of-a-band-tv/
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NZer — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 08:40 PM)
I have all of Stephen King's books. I think I like his earlier stuff best, but most of his stories hook my interest like no other writer does. I know that writing short stories is meant to be more difficult than creating full novels, but King is an expert at it. The four that you mentioned are my favorites too.
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The Real Nimda — 5 years ago(April 27, 2020 12:42 PM)
TV series disappointed me. For example that story They got a hell of a band should have been portrayed as that movie was, From Dusk till Dawn.
Instead they showed a town that was too green and hilly instead of desert landscape it supposed to be was in that doggone bookit.
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Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. 