![]() It’s one of my favorite short stories in his mammoth 1993 collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes, in which an up-and-coming record producer keeps seeing the same pair of sneakers, in the same stall, on every bathroom break. But with “Sneakers,” Stephen King essentially does just that. ![]() But when it’s occupied, and I see the shoes of the guy who beat me to the punch, it feels like defeat.įew writers could spin something memorable out of this mundane bit of oversharing. It led to the perfect men’s room – one stall only, off the beaten path, subtly effective air freshener. After a year or so of stilted urinal conversations and close-quarters crapping, I discovered a hallway I hadn’t been down before. I work in a building with a small bathroom to employee ratio. The category is ‘The Inexplicable.’ The Final Jeopardy answer is ‘Because they can.’ Do you know what the Final Jeopardy question is, Officer?” ![]() For this installment, I read my first collection of King short stories – 1993’s Nightmares & Dreamscapes. ![]() When I moved to Stephen King’s home state of Maine in 2013, I thought it would be fun (if a bit cliché) to finally read his books in earnest, and discover how I really feel about his work. ![]()
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