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   Bethany Black (bethanyblack@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 22:33:17 JST Bethany Black

   I’m nearly at the end of reading all the Stephen King books and short story collections in publication order.

   I just read a short story called “Premium Harmony” which is told from the Point of View of an early middle aged man whose wife dies unexpectedly at age 34, and I just love it as horrible as it is, because as with all ofKing’s books it deals with the internal life of the character, and in this case with the horrible thoughts he has

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     Bethany Black (bethanyblack@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 27-Sep-2024 22:34:55 JST Bethany Black

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     It’s beautiful, the horrible, selfish thoughts about things like whether he can have free stuff from the shop where she dies, and how he can do the things she’d get annoyed at. All intermingled with the grief and sadness over the tragedy. It’s so wonderfully realised and truthful. I love it.