Stephen King has been labeled a horror writer, a writer that has monsters and demons and all this other crazy outer-limits shit that grinds their bloody axe to sever some heads.
This book contains four novellas that isn't any of that. Well not much, there's imagery in some of the stories that reminds us of his more popular horror reads. But for the most part he's sticking to characters (which is what he does best, I think). These are stories that focus on different things, freedom, innocence, our dark sides, and death with a touch of life. There is no supernatural hoodoo in here, and still it shines.

"Fast-paced page turners..." -People
That's what's on the back of the book. I don't think they really read the book. These are novellas that take their time, they build slowly to an outcome that is more than satisfying in their own ways. It isn't action packed, it's insightful, it's clever and it gives this breath of fresh air from all the other kinds of stories that he publishes (which are good in their own right).