The Bazaar of Bad Dreams 
Since his first collection, Nightshift, published thirty-five years ago, Stephen King has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of short fiction. In this new collection he assembles, for the first time, recent stories that have never been published in a book. He introduces each with a passage about its origins or his motivations for writing it.
There are thrilling connections between stories; themes of morality, the afterlife, guilt, what we would do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past. “Afterlife” is about a man who died of colon cancer and keeps reliving the same life, repeating his mistakes over and over again. Several stories feature characters at the end of life, revisiting their crimes and misdemeanors. Other stories address what happens when someone discovers that he has supernatural powers—the columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries in “Obits;” the old judge in “The Dune” who, as a boy, canoed to a deserted island and saw names written in the sand, the names of people who then died in freak accidents. In “Morality,” King looks at how a marriage and two lives fall apart after the wife and husband enter into what seems, at first, a devil’s pact they can win.
Magnificent, eerie, utterly compelling, these stories comprise one of King’s finest gifts to his constant reader—“I made them especially for you,” says King. “Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. The best of them have teeth.”
I just realized I havent reviewed this book yet even though I finished it weeks ago. (Im so far behind!)I listened to this on audio and it was phenomenally done. It had a full cast- Stephen King reads the introductions himself (as well as one story) which really gave me that cozy feeling of being read to. And the rest of the cast did a great job.Most of these stories were excellent. I dont want to review them all because some were quite short, but my stand out favorite was far and away: Drunken
Stephen King's latest short story collection consists of twenty (more or less) original stories and novellas, once again proving that King's imagination has not yet ceased to create new horrifying and stunning scenarios which he is able to put so easily and fluently into words. However, there are quite a few reasons for why this collection generally rather disappointed me, even though King managed to hide some true gems in here.I am going to talk about some of them in depth in the rest of this

Not my favorite short fiction from King. He has such a knack of writing from the perspective of the very young or the very old. Here, the tale is told by a septuagenarian we are led to believe is in his final days of life. Or is he...I love when King gives us a mind blowing ending and I think thats what he was going for here, but somehow he fell short. The narrative itself was good, I just dont like when it feels like an author is reaching too hard. Merged review:Overall - 4.35 starsMile 81 - 3
I waited so, so long for this book, and while I cannot say I disliked it, I do feel that it wasn't as strong as some of Mr. King's other collections. There were some stories here I loved, and some that, as some of Mr. King's more colorful characters might say, "Sucked the big one." I don't want to bog you down in Reviewland, so I'll just give a sentence or two for each, and an individual rating. It may or may not average out to four stars, but I'm giving it one for the cover. Sue me. Mile 81 -
I don't know how long this Stephen King binge is gonna last but I'm enjoying it. I thought I'd be sick of him by now but no I just keep right on reading, I already have the next book picked out. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams wasn't really on my radar but last Friday I was browsing Half Price Books and saw it for $4 and bought it. I didn't even read what it was about until I got home(when I'm in a book buying frenzy I'm dangerous) I was very pleased to find out it was collection of stories. I've said
Damn, I love when a book beats my expectations. I enjoyed a bunch in this collection of 20 varied stories. My personal favorites:Batman and Robin Have an Altercation - A son taking care of his old man with dementia. Well, Vice-versa Batman.The Dune - The Judge has been visiting this little island just off the shore of his home all his life - for a hell of a good reason. Kicker of an ending too.Bad Little Kid - This little fucker deserves some pay back. Let's hope he gets it.Ur - A Kindle with
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Title | : | The Bazaar of Bad Dreams |
Author | : | Stephen King |
Book Format | : | Hardcover |
Book Edition | : | Special Edition |
Pages | : | Pages: 495 pages |
Published | : | November 3rd 2015 by Scribner (first published 2011) |
Categories | : | Horror. Short Stories. Fiction. Fantasy |
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A master storyteller at his best—the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each story.Since his first collection, Nightshift, published thirty-five years ago, Stephen King has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of short fiction. In this new collection he assembles, for the first time, recent stories that have never been published in a book. He introduces each with a passage about its origins or his motivations for writing it.
There are thrilling connections between stories; themes of morality, the afterlife, guilt, what we would do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past. “Afterlife” is about a man who died of colon cancer and keeps reliving the same life, repeating his mistakes over and over again. Several stories feature characters at the end of life, revisiting their crimes and misdemeanors. Other stories address what happens when someone discovers that he has supernatural powers—the columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries in “Obits;” the old judge in “The Dune” who, as a boy, canoed to a deserted island and saw names written in the sand, the names of people who then died in freak accidents. In “Morality,” King looks at how a marriage and two lives fall apart after the wife and husband enter into what seems, at first, a devil’s pact they can win.
Magnificent, eerie, utterly compelling, these stories comprise one of King’s finest gifts to his constant reader—“I made them especially for you,” says King. “Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. The best of them have teeth.”
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Original Title: | The Bazaar of Bad Dreams |
ISBN: | 1501111671 (ISBN13: 9781501111679) |
Edition Language: | English |
Literary Awards: | Shirley Jackson Award for Single Author Collection (2015) |
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Reseña de todos los relatos y de la colección en general en el blog: Click aquíThe Bazaar of Bad Dreams is a collection of 18 short stories and 2 poems by Stephen King and, as with every collection he has published, it's a mixed bag: there were some very good stories and a couple that were kind of lame. Still, the only one I really hated was a poem because I'm not a big fan of those.Even though I think that none of these stories deserves a five star rating, it's a very solid collection that keptI just realized I havent reviewed this book yet even though I finished it weeks ago. (Im so far behind!)I listened to this on audio and it was phenomenally done. It had a full cast- Stephen King reads the introductions himself (as well as one story) which really gave me that cozy feeling of being read to. And the rest of the cast did a great job.Most of these stories were excellent. I dont want to review them all because some were quite short, but my stand out favorite was far and away: Drunken
Stephen King's latest short story collection consists of twenty (more or less) original stories and novellas, once again proving that King's imagination has not yet ceased to create new horrifying and stunning scenarios which he is able to put so easily and fluently into words. However, there are quite a few reasons for why this collection generally rather disappointed me, even though King managed to hide some true gems in here.I am going to talk about some of them in depth in the rest of this

Not my favorite short fiction from King. He has such a knack of writing from the perspective of the very young or the very old. Here, the tale is told by a septuagenarian we are led to believe is in his final days of life. Or is he...I love when King gives us a mind blowing ending and I think thats what he was going for here, but somehow he fell short. The narrative itself was good, I just dont like when it feels like an author is reaching too hard. Merged review:Overall - 4.35 starsMile 81 - 3
I waited so, so long for this book, and while I cannot say I disliked it, I do feel that it wasn't as strong as some of Mr. King's other collections. There were some stories here I loved, and some that, as some of Mr. King's more colorful characters might say, "Sucked the big one." I don't want to bog you down in Reviewland, so I'll just give a sentence or two for each, and an individual rating. It may or may not average out to four stars, but I'm giving it one for the cover. Sue me. Mile 81 -
I don't know how long this Stephen King binge is gonna last but I'm enjoying it. I thought I'd be sick of him by now but no I just keep right on reading, I already have the next book picked out. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams wasn't really on my radar but last Friday I was browsing Half Price Books and saw it for $4 and bought it. I didn't even read what it was about until I got home(when I'm in a book buying frenzy I'm dangerous) I was very pleased to find out it was collection of stories. I've said
Damn, I love when a book beats my expectations. I enjoyed a bunch in this collection of 20 varied stories. My personal favorites:Batman and Robin Have an Altercation - A son taking care of his old man with dementia. Well, Vice-versa Batman.The Dune - The Judge has been visiting this little island just off the shore of his home all his life - for a hell of a good reason. Kicker of an ending too.Bad Little Kid - This little fucker deserves some pay back. Let's hope he gets it.Ur - A Kindle with
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