King wrote this story after seeing a Harris Burdick illustration. Only dedicated Bronies need apply, and even then, they might find themselves extremely disappointed. It’s essentially one long conversation, and while it’s kind of pleasant, it doesn’t stick with you at all. Scatalogical humor is not King’s forte, and the concept is disappointingly executed.īesides sharing a name with a My Little Pony rip-off, this one doesn’t have much going for it. King continues his puerile streak with this queasy tale of bathroom ghosts and gay record producers. Half of the story makes no sense, and when it does, you almost wish it didn’t. You could totally read this one if you wanted to, but be prepared for some crazy stuff. Each mini anecdote is completely unrelated, with one straight up being once again, impossible to describe here.

It focuses on a house somewhere, and the people that have lived in its walls. If you judge King’s work by the amount of revolting content, It Grows on You is a masterpiece. We cannot even summarize this one, because of its repulsive central premise. Skip this one, dear reader, because failing to do so would be an incredible mistake. Words cannot describe the utter disgust felt upon reading this. King’s poems were never all that good, and this is no exception. King continues with a baseball theme in this slight poem. It’s cute, and King is fine as a nonfiction author, but it doesn’t hold much interest if you’re not interested in baseball. This uncharacteristic story is a long nonfiction piece about his son’s Little League baseball team. He didn’t even write the story in the first place, and for that reason, it belongs at the bottom. I honestly don’t remember anything about it. This story is a Hindu parable that King randomly decided to stick in at the end of his collection. So without much further ado, let’s get into ranking the 24 stories of Nightmares and Dreamscapes. Generally, it’s nowhere near as well-regarded as the first three volumes, but it still has charm and a handful of good stories. King sprinkled in a few poems and nonfiction stories and called it a day, and with that, 1993’s Nightmares and Dreamscapes would be his longest short story series up to that point. Much of the collection would end up being odds and ends, with the majority serving as homages to other writers.

Art by Suntup Editions, graphic by Oliver Barnfield.Īfter the phenomenal success of Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, and Different Seasons, Stephen King was ready to make another short story anthology. ‘Nightmares and Dreamscapes’ is the true definition of a mixed bag, and today we rank all of the stories contained.

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