Mammoth Books UK compiled some of the best stories from 'Weird Tales' for the Mammoth Book of Ghost Stories 1 & 2 with introductions by Christopher Lee. Recommended.

I do still believe that Stanley Kubrick improved upon Steven King's novel of 'The Shining'. The part of the mother being more dowdy (Shelly Duval) and the hedge animals being replaced by a maze made it more psychological and less obvious. Being played straight by the cast helped, and music by Wendy Carlos, Gyorgi Lygeti, Bela Bartok, and Krystof Penderecki took it over the top. Did anyone see the made for TV movie that was produced by Steven King in his original script and ' vision' form? It starred that annoying kid from all those ' Doctor, I think I need to consider my cholesteral intake' commercials with the drooling buck teeth and weepy Keens eye expressions? Completely hilarious and not even remotely scarey. I do like 'The Stand', 'It', and 'Gerald's Game' by Mr. King however. You can always tell when a writer just needed a paycheck that month, and an S&M couple being held in a necrophile home alone situation is not one of them (Gerald's Game). His short story 'The Boogeyman' also gave me the creeps as a young teenager, but not as an adult hedonist. By the way, V.C. Andrews never scared me as much as Judy Bloom or Paul Zindel !!