SKELETON CREW – STEPHEN KING
The first and last time I read this collection was back in 2002/2003, and I figured it was time enough at last to revisit it. Sad to say, I only really liked seven out of the twenty-two stories: “The Mist”, “The Monkey”, “The Jaunt”, “Word Processor of the Gods”, “Beachworld”, “Gramma”, and “The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet”. The remaining stories were either meh, started off strong but ended on a weak note, or – in the case of “Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut” – nigh-unreadable.
Usually such a low good-to-otherwise ratio leads to weeding, but “Word Processor of the Gods” happens to remain one of my favourite King short stories, so I’ll be hanging onto my copy of the book.
6/10