Gramma

[elevelyn]

I love Stephen King but I have never been scared before by his books... Untill last night!! I read this story and I couldnt sleep afterwards, I think its the scariest story I have ever read, I had to read at least two more stories before I could sleep.

Even IT didnt do this to me! Thank you Sai King for finally scaring me :love::smile2::love:

[Cthulhu]

Gramma loves Cthulhu and the Old Ones.

[Bluedog]

Wonderful story with lots of suspense. The moral to the story is always be nice to your little brothers/sisters, oh and stay away from Gramma.

[michal]

It's almost unbelievable how excellent a short-story can be. However, I wouldn't say it scared me more than It.

I went on loving my grandma after reading it, but just the sight of clown gives me goosebumps... :laugh:

[Cthulhu]

I saw the Twilight Zone adaptation of this when I was a kid and it gave me nightmares.

[Doc Wilson]

Yep it was awesome. Recently reread this collection after 20 years or so and just couldn't believe how excellent it was. Stephen was so intense back then.

[Hand_of_Roland]

A big nod to Lovecraft for this one

[GNTLGNT]

My Gramma's sachet was what always scared me...anyone within a 50 foot radius would immediately be rendered unconscious:biggrin2:

[arsepoetica]

I have a very old copy of this story on cassette, read by Gale "We'll Sing in the Sunshine" Garnett. There is also another version read by Frances Sternhagen, which is serviceable but not nearly as good. As far as I know, the Gale Garnett version is out of print, which is a shame--if it becomes available, please let me know, because it is one of my most prized possessions, and I would love a copy on CD so I don't have to worry about anything happening to it.

By the way, this is SK's best short story, in my opinion, and certainly his scariest. That audio version triggered an entire phase of my life as a boy (about the same age as George in the story) when I was afraid of the dark.

[motocop]

I kinda felt this way about my great-grandmother. She was 94 when I was 12 and everything about her creeped me out. You know the way old people smell? Like powder and perfume in bottles with the spritzer ball or whatever they call it. She did have cool stories of the old days though. Luckily I wasnt around when she died. That would have been scary for sure.

[king family fan]

Just hope my grand babies never feel this way about their Gramma. LOL The story was alittle scary wasn't it?

[arsepoetica]

I have read that Stephen King was actually left alone with his bedridden, blind and senile grandmother when she died, and actually attempted some of the things George attempted in the story--holding a mirror over her mouth, for example. A similar incident is mentioned in "The Woman in the Room" and SK confirms the existence of the bedridden grandmother in On Writing. Is the story about him discovering his grandmother dead when he was alone in the house true?

[Moderator]

What he wrote in On Writing is from his actual experiences.

[SusanNorton]

My grandmother didn't scare me, but my ancient, maiden great-great Aunt did. She was 103 when she died. We'd go to visit her at home in New Orleans, an old, shotgun-style house that she'd lived in all her life. In the parlor was an old steel fan, with steel blades, and I used to stare at it and wonder, "If I stuck my finger in there, how far up onto the wall would my blood spatter?" I'd stare at the brown wallpaper with pink roses on it, and imagine bright red blood flung all the way up to the ceiling. For some reason, I never imagined the pain, just the cool blood spatter! :D

[Seb Shaw]

Thought this story was great (as always :D ) I love how he can make an innocent and loving thing (Well most of the time) into well, Gramma :D

[nate_watkins]

I finished Gramma a few minutes ago. It was gripping. :wink2:

[TheGoodSon]

I remember reading in On Writing that King´s mother had made a similar deal with her brothers and/or sisters (as the one George´s mother did in this story), and she and her sons were paid by the rest of the family to take care of older relatives. Coupled with the fact that he named the mother in this story Ruth (the name of his own mother), I do get the feeling that this was a very personal story to mr King....