362. The Bazaar of Bad Dreams by Stephen King

BOOK REVIEW: The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

As most of you who have been following my reviews already know, I'm a mad fan of Stephen King and have devoured most of his books for their unique take on horror. If you're just starting out on the journey of Stephen King, I suggest you read this book as it's a compilation of short stories with varying degrees of horror to keep even the most jaded satiated. I will just give a brief rundown on what each of those stories are so you'd actually know what to expect.

1. Mile 81: Alien van that eats humans. Two kids vanquish the alien van into outer space.
2. Premium Harmony: A husband rethinks his long marriage life. When his wife enters the supermarket to get a ball, she dies of heart attack.
3. Batman and Robin Have An Altercation: A guy takes his Alzheimers-stricken father out for a meal from the care home. They meet with an accident. Both drivers end up in a bloody fist fight on the road The father takes a knife stolen from the restaurant and stabs the negligent drivers neck.
4. The Dune: A dying lawyer is obsessed with a sand dune which keeps displaying names of those going to die.
5. Bad Little Kid: A demon kid taunts a man who then murders the said kid and enters jail. The body of the kid goes unidentified and is found missing on the day of the man's execution. The kid then returns to taunt the detective investigating the case.
6. A Death: A man who rapes and murders a girl keeps claiming innocence until the day of his execution. When his bowels go loose after the hanging, they find the murdered girl's silver locket in his poop.

There are still many more stories and it'd be a little draggy for me to continue. One last story I would like to touch on is Ur. It's about a Kindle that is from the underworld and not Amazon. It can predict the future as well as provide books never heard of that are written by famous authors like Edgar Allan Poe. 

This book to me was definitely a bazaar of bad dreams as some of the stories were downright disturbing and macabre. However, it's Stephen King we're talking about here. Obviously you're going to be shaken to your core with his version of horror.