Blood And Smoke
King, Stephen. 2007. Blood And Smoke. Unabridged. Simon & Schuster Audio.
Rating:
8
Summary:
good short stories, but that’s all they are
“Lunch at the Gotham Café” – Steve Davis shows up for a lunch meeting with his ex-wife and her lawyer but ends up facing down a psycho maitre’d who goes berserk for no reason.
“1408″ – Mike Enslin, a best-selling author of a number of ghost story books (he is actually a ghost-story debunker) decides to spend the night in what is supposed to be a haunted hotel room in New York City. A skeptical introduction turns into a nightmare as Mike finds out that this one is the real deal.
“In the Deathroom” – Fletcher, a U.S. citizen in Central America, is brought in by the police of the country because of his affiliation with some insurgents. He is introduced to a torture device, but pulls a quick one and gets away, then uses the device on his captors.
Review:
These were pretty good stories. As is the case with most short stories, there isn’t much depth to these stories, but they are pretty interesting nonetheless. I would definitely recommend them for anyone who likes Stephen King and is looking for some good short stories.