Yay...my final foray into Different Seasons. My favorite story in the set is easily Shawshank Redemption, but the other three stories (including this one) are all closely tied for second favorite. If I had to order them all, it would be Shawshank Redemption, Breathing Method, Apt Pupil, and The Body (coming-of-age stories are boring to me).

I went into this thinking it was a relation to "Quitters, Inc" (featured in the Nightshift short story collection and the Cat's Eye movie). It was an interesting take on the early days of what would eventually be called Lamaze and includes a bit of unexpected body-horror at the end. I can see why this is the only one in the collection that hasn't been dramaticized yet - it would be very difficult to produce it in such a way that the audience would enjoy the overall story as well as the horrific(ally) good ending. ( )

An excellent short story. I enjoyed listening/reading this suspenseful story about stories or "tales." This is a story of a men's "club" who gather around once a week to drink fine wine and tell each other tales. The story is really about the tale and is just that. Classic Stephen King, even better listening to it on Audible. I kept waiting for Boris Karloff or Vincent Price to jump out and go "boo". Fun, quick read. ( )