I highly recommend the new Stephen King story collection. I totally breezed through it. What struck me is how he is the master of the first paragraph. You have no choice but to keep reading. Three of the first paragraphs in the four stories are just great. Here's a sample:
"The one thing nobody asked in casual conversation, Darcy thought in the days after she found what she found in the garage, was this: How's your marriage? they asked how was your weekend and how was your trip to Florida and how's your health and how are the kids; they even asked how's life been treatin you, hon? But nobody asked how's your marriage?"
Gaaaah! Like, what did she find in the garage? We must find out! But just look at how much you can surmise in that one little paragraph.
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