I'd give this collection 4.5 or 4.75 but since I can't, I'm rounding it up.
I loved all the stories in this collection, they all had that "classic" King feel and vibe to them. Sometimes I'd forget that I'm not reading a book from the 80s-90s until I got to a "modern/new" reference.
In my opinion though, the stories weren't necessarily that dark, I'd say he's had much darker stories in the past.
Some of my favorites, in no particular order, were:
Two Talented Bastids
The Answer Man
Rattlesnakes
The Dreamers
Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream
The Fifth Step
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