The Skeleton Book: Get to know your bones, inside out

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P. 94 - David Clayton, our main character, thinks of a character as "looking like a crazy gunslinger in an existential comedy." Scheletri è composto da ventidue racconti, o meglio, diciannove racconti, due componimenti poetici, e un racconto così lungo che potremmo definirlo una novella. Beachworld: Here, we have a sci-fi tale of a ship stranded on a different planet, where the sand isn't everything one would expect. It’s got madness, creatures, people acting dumb. All good stuff. (4/5) Insomma, per una raccolta di racconti perfetta io vi suggerirei Stagioni diverse, o anche A volte ritornano; ma Scheletri contiene dei racconti che sono delle opere d’arte in miniatura che meritano di essere lette e amate, quindi una sbirciatina a questo libro gliela darei! Survivor Type: This one was worth the price of admission all by itself. Drugs, isolation, the will to live, and making "sacrifices." The best story of the bunch by a very wide margin. Now THIS ONE is classic King. (5+/5)

For me this is the scariest book in the collection. It's about the fear of death essentially, the fear of old people, being alone and not being 'a man' or a grown up. Gramma, is one of those books were if you get it you get and if you don't you don't, for some people/children seeing a grandparent ill or old is nightmarishly scary and I sympathized with the main character so much. I felt an instant fear of Gramma, and as the story progresses it only gets scarier. This one is beautifully written and has the most amazing descriptions. Spine chilling.

The Raft - The title alone sets your mind to wondering. A raft. Water. Isolation. King’s imagination takes you beyond the norm. Give me a shark to contend with. I want off this raft. And what could be the most terrifying part of this story, is that fact that I felt like the fifth person on that raft, just trying to figure a way to shore. In generale ci sono diversi racconti che risiedono nel limbo del “carino, ma niente di che” e molti altri che risiedono nel limbo del “bello! Ma non un capolavoro, sorry”. The Reapers Image is one of King's best stories period. As someone who actually has seen an inexplicable image in a mirror, I love scary stories involving mirrors.

I'm not sure if this is a connection or not, but when David and a few others make the courageous trek to the pharmacy next door, they encounter an "otherworldly" presence that takes the shape of a spider . . . though they know it's something more. Any relation to IT? Totally possible, as that book was published the following year. Survivor Type is so disturbing that while I loved it, I will never read it again. A surgeon is stranded on a island and finds that one particular meat is tastier than the rest. The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands: A creative curse forces a major character in this one make some difficult decisions in this interesting story. (4/5)Here There Be Tygers: A kid goes into a bathroom and there’s a tiger. Didn't quite appeal to me and I candidly found it confusing. (2/5) Word Processor of the Gods. A man who hates his life discovers he can delete or add people and things in his life through his new Word Processor.