You Like It Darker

We can always count on King for a dark story. A collection of King's short stories was just what I was craving (it has been since 2015 with Bazaar of Bad Dreams since we got a collection of short stories).

This book contains 12 stories of various levels of creepy. Some will keep you on the edge of your seat and have a satisfying ending. Some will leave you with ??? and a seemingly abrupt ending. Those that left me with those ??? had my mind exploring what might have come after. I liked that.
I also liked that there are many characters in the stories that are fully grown and/or older; making it more relatable for us fully grown/older folks. I like that there is a mix weird, scary, disturbing. I like that there are references to other stories and places from his prior works.

-Two Talented Bastids (novella) was a slow burn that picks up toward the end. I did like the story very much. References Noonan Place from Bag of Bones, but it's not really a spoiler.
-The Fifth Step and Willie the Weirdo, short but disturbing.
-Willie the Weirdo and Finn ended in a way that left it open and had my mind wandering for awhile after I read them. Same with Red Screen.
-Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream (novella). This may have been my favorite.
-On Slide Inn Road had a predictable ending, but I love it when when things work out the way they did.
-The Turbulence Expert was more a sci-fi story.
-Laurie is a story about a man and his dog.
-Rattlesnakes (novella). Sequel to Cujo. We learn a bit about what Vic Trenton has been up to since Cujo. It was kind of like reconnecting with an old friend, in a weird way. Also references to Duma Key.
-The Dreamers (novella). I thought this one was the scariest.
-The Answer Man (novella), great story that leaves you with a lot to think about.