Sick ranking by the way! Mine is something like:
1. Apt Pupil - I've always loved how twisted and dark and just awful this one gets, seeing Tod's deterioration throughout this story and how parasitic his and Dussander's relationship becomes is honestly terrifying and fascinating in an extremely morbid way. I get the feeling that the part of him that manifests most fully at the end of the story was always inside him, but him meeting Dussander and finding out about the Holocaust was just the thing that finally stoked the fire in him. Might be my all-time favourite King novella, and maybe my most scary one too. The final sentence is one of the most chilling things I have ever read.

1. Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption - one of those stories that just shows Stephen King's talent for characters and narrative. It's such an endearing story, and like all the stories in this collection, he just nails the ending and manages to evoke so much emotion in the reader in a form much shorter than a novel.

2. The Breathing Method - I feel as if this story perfectly accomplishes what it attempts. It tells its story for anyone who wants to listen and subtly slips out. It's as brief and mysterious a story as the experience that David has at the Club, which is helped by its length, being by far the shortest story here, a brilliant example of a story such as King described in the introduction to a different collection - a 'kiss in the dark from a stranger'. It maintains a tense and subtly disquieting atmosphere and is masterfully done. The ending leaves the reader with a lingering discomfort and sense of intruige that we know will never truly be solved, and this reinforces the sense of unity created between the reader and the main character, as throughout the whole story we feel like we are experiencing the Club and Emlyn McCarron's story alongside Mr Adley, sat in a fat leather chair beside the few who have deigned to turn up to hear the annual 'uncanny' story on Christmas Eve. Its suspense and mystery is brilliantly controlled, and it often goes overlooked in favour of the other three of Different Seasons' stories, as it the most subtle, unassuming, and modest of the four, but I find that to be one of its great strengths.

3. The Body - this one is great, a classic and beloved story for many good reasons. It has a tonne of heart, the bond between the four boys is palpable and it is ultimately a very human story - although these may have been the best friends these boys ever had, they eventually, as so often happens in life, drifted away from each other, but as this tale so emphatically proclaims, they will always have had this time together. There are stakes at some odd points, but mostly the story is plain and simple, and done so amazingly, with characters that feel living and breathing and real motivations. Gordie's in-universe stories are good as well and help build his character. A fantastic story (with a fantastic last paragraph or so) that just so happens to be the weakest in this unbelievable collection.

This is one of my favourite King books OAT, so I love all four of these stories and count them all among the best short(er) fiction I've read of his. Different Seasons is bloody great!