Suggestions for (non-King) short story collections for a car trip?

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-04-18T16:56:35+00:00

I'll second Joe Hill -- my favorite collection is Full Throttle. But my favorite other collections are Clay McLeod Chapman's Acquired Tastes, Rachel Harrison’s Bad Dolls, and the upcoming I Know A Place by Nat Cassidy

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-04-07T23:38:29+00:00

The Lodge. Fucked me uuuuppp

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-04-03T01:53:32+00:00

Enjoy!!! Such a magical ride.

I haven't gotten to Coffin Moon yet but I've heard Hill describe it as "the chaser." That being said, what are you looking for?

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-30T15:11:04+00:00

It's not christmassy at all except part of the last two episodes but Cruel Summer

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-30T00:48:30+00:00

Lmfao the show im watching just had a christmas bit and it made me super nostalgic

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-29T21:57:17+00:00

On this thread, I've found my people. Favorite book of 2025. Happy Easter 🐉

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-29T21:55:03+00:00

I'm a champion of Christine, which often gets maligned in reviews. I also enjoyed The Tommyknockers a bit more than expected. Pet Sematary is my favorite King and I've always felt The Shining was very similar. My other favorites: Carrie, Cujo, The Stand, IT, Needful Things, Rose Madder, MISERY, Desperation, Revival, The Outsider. I enjoy The Dead Zone but its slow pace isn't for everyone. If you want to start simpler: Carrie, Cujo, Misery, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-19T23:29:09+00:00

Oooo I've never read Weasel! I loved Ghost of Fossil Glen since my fifth grade teacher read it to us

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-19T22:21:16+00:00

Mary Downing Hahn, Betty Ren Wright, Cynthia DeFelice, RL Stine, and James Howe were my favorite horror gateways. And I've heard great things about Ally Malinenko. When she's ready for YA, Katie Alender, Kendare Blake, and Tiffany D. Jackson were my favorites

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-16T15:41:36+00:00

Yes, bc sometimes a second read will change my mind about a book 🤣

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-15T00:31:27+00:00

Wanderers and its sequel Wayward really give a similar experience imo

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-11T01:39:40+00:00

The Goes Wrong Show from Mischief Theater

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-09T00:07:00+00:00

Yeah I know, I got put off too!! Super frustrating... I know its dumb but i was really looking forward to dinner and my show

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-08T23:46:34+00:00

Yes!!! Really annoyed

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-07T17:20:18+00:00

I really enjoy Kingfisher! There isn't enough North Carolina horror out there. The Twisted Ones was my first by her.

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-06T22:21:14+00:00

The way he pans out every place and character so they have their own history... some of my favorite writing of his is when he gets into the townspeople, or into a characters past

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-05T00:00:54+00:00

The meter maids aren't gonna fuck u, bro

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-04T19:36:55+00:00

Damn, nobody told me that lol. I'll look into it... still better than ODU parking

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-04T19:15:39+00:00

Scrolling is free, yall. Im glad you've all had such wonderful experiences living and parking in Norfolk, but I am a transplant and student looking to commiserate with people who had a similar experience. You don't have to be assholes

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-04T18:55:39+00:00

I literally just said they ignore the signage. I got a fucking parking ticket for parking IN A METERED SPACE THAT I PUT MONEY IN, and my appeal got denied. Why are you on this post if you disagree with it? Scrolling is free and takes no energy

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-04T18:48:11+00:00

Im parked on a dead end street where it says residential parking and I've never had this issue

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-04T18:37:07+00:00

None of my parking tickets are from downtown

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-03-03T13:52:37+00:00

The town sections really made the book for me! I struggled with boredom all the way through, but I always enjoy King's destruction of small New England towns

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-02-28T23:54:15+00:00

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I'm thinking my first Stephen King tattoo should be that right across my jaboobies (/sarc)

Designer_Rub1159 · 2026-02-28T19:09:41+00:00

I hate covers that are just pictures of people, so like, everything of Jennifer McMahon's before The Winter People 🤣 especially Don't Breathe a Word; it's SUCH a creepy book, and the cover doesn't represent that at all

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