we are supposed to root for our failed LA cop TSA agent protagonist and his pregnant girlfriend as if the words "failed LA cop" have ever described anyone who was not a domestic abuser

You’re in a class war. The wealth and oligarchical classes are hellbent on cementing total control over the government, economy, and culture. It’s a process that’s been going on for forever and is now speeding up.

Politicians won’t save us. The media won’t save us. It’s up to us to save ourselves.

Happy New Year. 11/11

Once upon a time US tax brackets topped out at 77% for $1 million or more in annual income. Now it’s 37%?
Imagine that—the simple justice of recognizing that great wealth distorts a democracy & that we all rise when our nation can fully educate & meet the basic needs of every American, young & old.

I mean are you the party of personal accountability or aren’t you? You wanted the government to let you be an asshole to everyone and now everyone thinks you’re an asshole. You got what you wanted; stop whining.

His parting coda at the end: “Horror stories are best appreciated by those who are compassionate and empathetic…a paradox, but a true one.” This struck me because it’s how I regard the writer, whom, after all these years and pages, I can’t help but feel like I know.

And the ending story, which is tragic and poignant in a way I’m not sure he’s ever written, capped the book like a closing prayer.

me; an escape hatch at the end of hard days. And it all coalesced to this new collection, which is fantastic. You Like It Darker has some of the best stories since Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993)…

So, I read them all. 5 collections, 113 stories, and more than two thousand pages. All in time for King’s latest collection, You Like It Darker, released earlier this month.

By the time I got to “I Am the Doorway” I was hooked, and when I finished it — despite drowning in work from my final year of grad school, all at what feels like a very late age — I was thirsty for more.

Earlier this year, perhaps subconsciously thinking of all the time I spent inspecting my dad’s scary books during my formative years, I picked up Night Shift (1978), King’s 1st collection. I’d read plenty of his novels (and some novellas) but never his short stories.

It makes sense when you account for the fact that 95% of the value of their shares is "Tony Stark fan club" and 5% is "makes cars".

"Gets all the benefits, but doesn't contribute," sniffs the billionaire whose empire of technology that mostly doesn't work is built on government subsidies.