the moving finger

[Bluey Lunger]

this story is a hoot, as funny as it is creepy. 'have you ever thought about how many holes to the underworld there are in an ordinary bathroom?' howard mitla asks o'bannion, one of the bog-trotting irishmen. seven. a prime number. we must have aall come across an access hole that seemed more than suspect to us. i know i have.

nice description of vi mitla, con brio, she comes into the room 'like a pocket hurricane'. 'hang this up for me, will you?' she tells howard, tossing him her coat, 'i've got to pee. do i ever! whew!' you have to wonder why howard felt like he had to protect her from the finger.

and i like how sk does the other character thingy, this time w/howard, TAKING CARE OF THE OLD HOMESTEAD. while ole vi, the Shrinking Violet, is helping dr. stone pull some uppers. the finger wouldn't have stood a chance against vi. :dunno:

[The Outsider]

I love this story. Quite the oddity. I gotta say, I am quite curious as to how King came up with this. A finger coming out of the drain? This is one of my favorite short stories of all tme just cuz of the creature it involves.

[God]

This story is great, N&D has some of Kings stranger stories in it for sure, like this, and Rainy Season and Chattery Teeth. For me the creepiest thing was how the finger seemed to hear Howard and respond to his voice:oh:

[aleth cantos]

SK really got a hell of an imagination. this story is cool.. and creepy at the same time. salutes for SK.:y:

[LisaNH]

We just finished reading this story last week (hubby and I). Hubby didn't get it at all (he's new to SK- I've been reading SK since the mid-80's). LOL.

To me, this story had a sort of "Creep Show" feel to it. I loved it. I was concerned toward the end that they would actually find Vi in the tub rather than bits of the finger.

[doowopgirl]

Oh yes I have always thought about how much we flush and rinse down various drains in our homes. When I was a kid the toilet witch was the way I couls get my brothers not to hog the bathroom!

[Bluey Lunger]

Oh yes I have always thought about how much we flush and rinse down various drains in our homes. When I was a kid the toilet witch was the way I couls get my brothers not to hog the bathroom!

with me it was willard. or one of the many others like him.:biggrin2:

[DancingCorpse]

I actually found some parts of this one absolutely hilarious. Howard's descent into madness is great, when he's going crazy in his flat and shouting random things at a moving finger coming out of his drain... :laugh: It shouldn't work but it does, even though much sense is never came to. I wonder if it was a relative of Pennywise, maybe it was him!

[Bluey Lunger]

it was a real hoot, the length of the thing! it just kept coming and coming. anyone remember the adam's family, that hand? was it called "it"? or "thing"? "it" i think, so yeah, pennywise might be in there somewhere.

[DancingCorpse]

Haha yeah, maybe 'Thing' was Howard's fear! Either way, it was a great story with such an odd idea. There was just something so 'real' about it, he's got a manic finger coming out of his drain, and for some reason, only he can see it. It begs the question, what would you do?

[Cthulhu]

I just watched the old Monsters TV series adaptation of this story recently.

[Bluey Lunger]

I just watched the old Monsters TV series adaptation of this story recently.

no kidding? how old? that guy that was in car 54 where are you? the old black and white munsters/monsters show? what was it like? remember that big fake dragon they had under the stairwell? spot, was it?

[Cthulhu]

no kidding? how old? that guy that was in car 54 where are you? the old black and white munsters/monsters show? what was it like? remember that big fake dragon they had under the stairwell? spot, was it?

I think you are confusing this series with "The Munsters". This was a Twilight Zone type series that came on in the 90's called "Monsters".

[Mr. Jingles]

I just finished reading this story last night.....in the bathtub (of all places). So funny! Poor guy can't even go to work he's so upset.
This one reminds me of "It", when the kids are in Bev's bathroom looking at the mess in there.
I am really enjoying Nighmares & Dreamscapes so far!

[Clustermugger]

I grew up reading King's books...I LOVED this story!!!! Which probably explains the way I turned out in life!!! But yeah, this story inspiried me to write a short story. THANKS Mr. KING!!!!!

[KyleEstey]

One great story!