Spoopy, scary, just in time for spooky season. This book actually came out in May of this year but I got around to it within the last month.

I feel like King needs no introduction. A master of his craft, and refined with age, I find myself completely absorbed with his newer stuff. Don’t come for me on the old stuff, some of that is good too, but a little before my time. (28! So young, and yet, so old. Don’t believe me? Ask my fucking knees).

It’s a book of short stories! A couple of the stories are anything but short, but that’s okay!

In this collection, King insists we readers keep coming back for more, because we like it darker, and darker, and darker. Most of the pieces in this book absolutely deliver on that front.

Danny Coughlin’s Bad Dream is about one man’s brush with clairvoyance, and man, is it good. We follow Danny’s story after he has a dream of where the body of a dead girl is located. This launches a series of events as Danny quickly begins to regret telling anyone about her, as he’s now the prime suspect in her murder investigation. You’ve got to read it to get the full impact, of course, but this one kept me glued to the edge of my seat. I listened to it and read it on my Kindle.

Another standout is Rattlesnakes. Vic Trenton visits the Florida Golf Coast to escape torturous memories of his dead wife and son. He stays in a friend’s McMansion, where odd and odder things begin to happen. Things are moved around where they shouldn’t be, he’s having crazy dreams and the old woman next door might be at the center of it. It’s a slam dunk of a story.

You Like It Darker is a pricey read if you’re buying on Kindle. And King has enough money. But I won’t tell you what to do with yours. Hit up your local library for this one, on Libby, CloudLibrary, or in person, of course! Go say hi to your favorite librarian and if you don’t have a favorite librarian, go make friends with one!

Till next time.

Thanks for reading,

Alicia