In The Tall Grass

[Haunted]

Was delighted to find a connection to B&N in announcement of Messieurs Kings' new tale. In two minutes I had accessed my account and ordered the audiobook. With three days delivery I should have it in time for our trip!!

But then I just remembered SO wants to take the dumb ol' Town Car which only has a cassette player. WELL, POOIE:down:

But thanks, Ms. Mod, for making it so easy to order!:love:

[Moderator]

Sounds like a good excuse for a new car! :biggrin2:

[Spideyman]

Was delighted to find a connection to B&N in announcement of Messieurs Kings' new tale. In two minutes I had accessed my account and ordered the audiobook. With three days delivery I should have it in time for our trip!!

But then I just remembered SO wants to take the dumb ol' Town Car which only has a cassette player. WELL, POOIE:down:

But thanks, Ms. Mod, for making it so easy to order!:love:


Do you have a boombox style CD player? That's what I use for audiobook with my daughter's car.

[Haunted]

Do you have a boombox style CD player? That's what I use for audiobook with my daughter's car.

Was thinking about that too, Mz. Spidey.:love:

[Haunted]

Sounds like a good excuse for a new car! :biggrin2:

Have the newer car--but SO prefers the PimpMobile when he visits with old classmates.:eek2:

[GNTLGNT]

....what?...no 8-track player????...you don't realize the audiophile delights you're missing!....

[AchtungBaby]

Just read this story and loved it! Very Children of the Corn-ish.

[carrie's younger brother]

Absolutely LOVED this story. Pure King with a Joe Hill accent to it. King and Hill need to write a few more tales together. This one gave me the creeps like I haven't felt for a while now. LOVED IT!!!

[cat in a bag]

I loved it. Completely grossed me out! :laugh:

So glad it was released for the kindle, since I couldn't find Esquire magazine anywhere when it was in there.

[GNTLGNT]

...just downloaded it to my e-reader, now to crack the spine(mine, since it ain't a REAL book)and get to readin' bits and bytes...:wink2:

[Slow Reader Luke]

loved the first half, got lost with the jumping and didn't care for the ending? With 'N' being sooo good I was expecting more.

[Tyson]

I surely enjoyed it. Short and (not so) sweet.

[GNTLGNT]

...welllll, that was a gorge raisin' tale!!!...in udder words....LOVED IT!......

[Tery]

Loved it! And thanks for the name check of my Boyz and Permanent Waves :biggrin2:

[tmac61]

I really enjoyed this story. The sneak peeks of upcoming works by SK and JH were also pretty cool.

[fljoe0]

Just finished it. It was real good and real gross too. :y: It's against my religion to read sneak previews but I couldn't help myself with Dr. Sleep (since I was breaking my own rule, I went ahead and read Joe's sneak preview too). I loved the preview and can't wait for this one. I also liked Joe Hill's preview. Seems like a pretty twisted book, I should love it. I haven't read all of Joe Hill's work (yet) but I have liked everything of Joe's that I've read.

I sure do like the e-book for short stories. No searching around for magazines, just go and download the stories. I really think the e-readers can help revive the short story. It seems like there are getting to be quite a few authors selling short stories in e-book form.

[GNTLGNT]

I really enjoyed this story. The sneak peeks of upcoming works by SK and JH were also pretty cool.

...oh yesirree T!....I'm actually sorta stoked this far in advance, rather than as it gets closer to time......

[Antony butterworth]

i have quiet a colection wich i would like to put on to an ipod so could listen to them on the go

[Doc Wilson]

I thought it was a good a short story as either of them have ever written, which is to say it was quite awesome. Reminded me a bit of The Ruins.

[Antony butterworth]

just listened to the sample i think i will be getting this as soon i can it sounds awesome

[Mary19]

I just finished this one...I loved it! This was my first JH read..I will read more. Can't wait for Dr. Sleep!! Forgive me for being ignorant but does Joe Hill have a collection of his short stories to purchase or are they all individual?? I guess I could google it but you guys always know everything.

[91rewoT]

Got to read this on my sister's Nook - awesome!

[Moderator]

I just finished this one...I loved it! This was my first JH read..I will read more. Can't wait for Dr. Sleep!! Forgive me for being ignorant but does Joe Hill have a collection of his short stories to purchase or are they all individual?? I guess I could google it but you guys always know everything.


Twentieth Century Ghosts is a short story collection.

[fljoe0]

Ms Mod, I asked a similar question a long time ago but I'm going to ask again since some time has passed and a few more e-book short stories and novellas have been published.

Is SK happy with the e-book as an outlet for his shorter works? Do they sell as well as when they are in a magazine? To me, the e-book seems like an excellent way to sell a novella as opposed to a magazine with the word count restrictions he may encounter with that. Just kind of curious if you've heard any feedback around the office about this subject.

[Moderator]

I don't have sales number comparisons for print vs. ebook releases for the short stories and probably wouldn't be able to get that for you until things settle back into a more normal routine with NYC. It's still about the story more than the format in which it's released for Steve so as far as he's concerned, I don't think that factors into it. He's a big reader of ebooks as well as print and doesn't feel it will be the downfall of publishing. I think you may be correct about their selling better in ebook format--word count considerations aside--as it makes them available to a wider audience than print magazine sales would.

[fljoe0]

I don't have sales number comparisons for print vs. ebook releases for the short stories and probably wouldn't be able to get that for you until things settle back into a more normal routine with NYC. It's still about the story more than the format in which it's released for Steve so as far as he's concerned, I don't think that factors into it. He's a big reader of ebooks as well as print and doesn't feel it will be the downfall of publishing. I think you may be correct about their selling better in ebook format--word count considerations aside--as it makes them available to a wider audience than print magazine sales would.

Thanks - I just happened to be re-reading Shawshank last night and I read the afterword of Different Seasons where he mentioned how hard it was to do anything with a novella. Of course, with Different Seasons he made a way to deal with it and started the 4 novella to a book format.

[Bryan James]

The second half kinda fell apart for me (I got the two doses via Esquire Mag)...not that it was bad, but because the buildup of the first was mayhap too good? Critics who use question marks are to be as trusted as skinny Chefs in the early 20th Century.

I think they have both written Ultrazone stuff, but this collaborative effort was merely "Above Cool," so it should be read.

Final Remark on the work.

[Bryan James]

Final Remark on the work.

One last: My Esquire Mag dead tree version smells better than your e-reader thingy (unless you are supermegagay and rub it down with something) version. Not that there's anything wrong with that except it proves that you are a fashionable waste of oxygen.

Full Dicksclosure: I did rub some of the Esquire fragrance advert panels on my wrists before going out and doing yard work. Brunoface?

[EMTP513]

The most disgusting story I ever read, b/c it was created with no other thought in mind than to give birth to a story that represents violence for the sake satisfying bloodlust and nothing else. IOW, sadistic people are the only ones who will truly enjoy this story.
I have no idea why they wrote it, and I expect no answer will be given in the matter.

Why do people lust for senseless violence in their quest for literary and televised entertainment, but if they meet someone who's suffered a real as opposed to imagined act of violence, then they run 5,000 miles away from that person never to set eyes on or speak to the person ever again?

WTF is that? A perfect example of the quote "When it happens in real life it's called a tragedy, when it happens on television and in books it's called entertainment?"

I'd bet money this won't even be posted, but the question will remain whether it makes an appearance here or not. And the answer, I'd gather, will not be forthcoming in my lifetime.

I can handle violence that has a purpose, no matter how dark. But I draw the line at violence for the sake of violence. I simply can't handle it and have no comprehension how other people can accept all this televised and novelized destruction but turn around and shun people who have had violent acts visited on their persons.

[GNTLGNT]

The most disgusting story I ever read, b/c it was created with no other thought in mind than to give birth to a story that represents violence for the sake satisfying bloodlust and nothing else. IOW, sadistic people are the only ones who will truly enjoy this story.
I have no idea why they wrote it, and I expect no answer will be given in the matter.

Why do people lust for senseless violence in their quest for literary and televised entertainment, but if they meet someone who's suffered a real as opposed to imagined act of violence, then they run 5,000 miles away from that person never to set eyes on or speak to the person ever again?

WTF is that? A perfect example of the quote "When it happens in real life it's called a tragedy, when it happens on television and in books it's called entertainment?"

I'd bet money this won't even be posted, but the question will remain whether it makes an appearance here or not. And the answer, I'd gather, will not be forthcoming in my lifetime.

I can handle violence that has a purpose, no matter how dark. But I draw the line at violence for the sake of violence. I simply can't handle it and have no comprehension how other people can accept all this televised and novelized destruction but turn around and shun people who have had violent acts visited on their persons.

...oughta get yourself a relaxed fit pair of boxers-coz yers are cinched up WAY to tight!...and you've gotta be kidding "violence with a purpose"?...short of prison executions or hunting and fishing, some professional sports etc.-I don't see much in the way of "acceptable" violence...and remember pard, nobody twisted your arm to read the damn thing-obviously you don't know much about EITHER author, since your were expecting what?-the Hillbilly Bears meet the Care Bears?...get real and get over it...

[Sundrop]

[QUOTE=GNTLGNT;554795your were expecting what?-the Hillbilly Bears meet the Care Bears?...get real and get over it...[/QUOTE]

:rofl:
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[Mary19]

Atta boy Gnt..you tell him!!

[GenXAccord]

Would you be even more disgusted, or less, if I suggested that this story, read at just the right angle, is really an allegory for both of the authors feelings and thoughts about Christianity? The Christian symbolism is there, as is the way it is used in the story to convey very, very negative views about it.

[JellybeanJay]

i really got lost in the last probably 5 pages and really didn't understand the ending. What I mean is where did the baby go?

[GNTLGNT]

i really got lost in the last probably 5 pages and really didn't understand the ending. What I mean is where did the baby go?

....baby=food...

[carrie's younger brother]

The most disgusting story I ever read, b/c it was created with no other thought in mind than to give birth to a story that represents violence for the sake satisfying bloodlust and nothing else. IOW, sadistic people are the only ones who will truly enjoy this story.
I have no idea why they wrote it, and I expect no answer will be given in the matter.

Why do people lust for senseless violence in their quest for literary and televised entertainment, but if they meet someone who's suffered a real as opposed to imagined act of violence, then they run 5,000 miles away from that person never to set eyes on or speak to the person ever again?

WTF is that? A perfect example of the quote "When it happens in real life it's called a tragedy, when it happens on television and in books it's called entertainment?"

I'd bet money this won't even be posted, but the question will remain whether it makes an appearance here or not. And the answer, I'd gather, will not be forthcoming in my lifetime.

I can handle violence that has a purpose, no matter how dark. But I draw the line at violence for the sake of violence. I simply can't handle it and have no comprehension how other people can accept all this televised and novelized destruction but turn around and shun people who have had violent acts visited on their persons.

Really? Have you read any other SK or JH short stories or novels?

[xkittyx]

I read this one in the two parts in the magazine. I liked it, though I'll admit it was pretty gross. But good and gory, and had me on edge for awhile wondering what was going to happen. Definitely reminded me of Children of the Corn in a small way, but definitely not anything alike. I'd love to see more father/son collaborations in the future! :)

[OldDarth]

Loved the first half. Great setup. Disappointed by the payoff given in the second half. This ended up feeling like a cousin of movie versions of The Children Of Corn.