Bad Dreams Bazaar

Bazaar of Bad Dreams (original title The Bazaar of Bad Dreams ) is a short story collection by the American writer Stephen King . The short stories contained were created at different times and have mostly already been published in other media. There is a small preface to every short story. The stories have different translators.

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1. Service area Mile 81 (orig.Mile 81 )

In the middle of an unremarkable spring day in April, an unidentifiable station wagon stopped at a deserted rest area in the middle of Maine . It becomes a terrible death trap for those who just want to help.

2. Premium Harmony

The severe financial crisis has not left its mark in Castle Rock either. Ray and Mary Burkett are an example of bad relationships in bad times. And that even before the approaching death.

3. Batman and Robin have a dispute (orig.Batman and Robin Have an Altercation )

Dougie Sanderson visits his father, who has Alzheimer's disease, and everything seems routine. However, this changes significantly this time because pop doesn't just have one of its good days. The two of them suddenly have to assert themselves against a wild hillbillie.

4. The Dune (orig. The Dune )

Retired Judge Harvey Beecher is addicted to a dune on a small island off the coast of Florida . Because it not only seems to be immobile, it can also predict the dead. The last name, however, is very special.

5. Evil little boy (orig. Bad Little Kid , was released in Germany and France as Welter jams gift)

Shortly before his execution, prison inmate George Hallas decides to confide in his public defender. He tells him how the horrible act came about for which he will have to die. He tells him the story of the bad little boy.

6. A Death (orig. A Death )

The Wild West at the end of the 19th century. A single farmer is charged with murdering a young girl over a silver coin. But Sheriff Otis Barclay has serious doubts about the guilt.

7. Die Bone Church (poem) (orig. The Bone Church )

An expedition in search of a legendary elephant cemetery ends fatally for everyone involved. Almost everyone involved. Only the first-person narrator survives and can tell of the torments.

8. Morality (orig. Morality )

The offer stands. A lot of money for a relatively harmless crime. It is not the execution that poses problems for Nora and Chad Callahan, but rather living with the result.

9. Life after death ( orig.Afterlife )

What happens after death? Heaven or Hell? Isaac Harris is waiting for Bill Andrews. And not for the first time, it seems. He gives the New Jersey investment banker a choice. To go through it all over again, or to die for good. What choice does Bill have then?

10. Ur

English teacher Wesley Smith is excited about his latest technical achievement. The Kindle shows him works and news from other worlds and times. Not long before Smith realizes what his curiosity is doing in other worlds.

11. Herman Wouk is still alive (orig.Herman Wouk Is Still Alive )

The two friends Brenda and Jasmine go on a road trip. Meanwhile, two friendly older poets find out almost incidentally that the 90-year-old writer Wouk is still alive. Everyone's life changes suddenly when their storylines suddenly collide

12. A bit chipped (orig. Under the Weather )

No reason to worry. Bradley Franklin's wife, Ellen, is only a little battered and has to stay in bed for a while. It is not surprising that she does not notice that the neighbors are complaining about a penetrating stench of decay. Bradley himself hasn't been able to talk to her in a few days.

13. Blockade Billy

In 1957, William Blakely became the New Jersey Titans' shooting star . The boy from Iowa surprises fellow players and opponents with his style of play. Until there is a scandal at a home game and Blakely's real self emerges.

14. Mister cream cuts (orig. Mister Yummy )

Ollie Franklin knows his death is getting closer. Because he saw Mr. Cream Slices. He tells his friend Dave Calhoun what Mr. Yummy is all about and where he and his friends first saw him in the harsh New York Manhattan of the 80s.

15. Tommy (poem)

Tommy was young. He liked loud music and flashy clothes. Tommy was gay. Tommy was a hippie and a freak. Tommy was above all a friend and one of them. Now Tommy is dead and his friends remember him in the only way they can.

16. The little green god of torment (orig. The Little Green God of Agony )

Andrew Newsome is filthy rich. Andrew Newsome has a large estate with dedicated staff. But Newsome is also in great pain, because he is in terrible pain. In his need he looks for every possible help. Even with a supposed miracle healer with overwhelming possibilities.

17. That bus is a different world (orig. That Bus Is Another World )

Standing in traffic jams in rainy Manhattan is no good. That James Wilson is still under time pressure suits him even less. But his entire daily schedule is out of joint when he witnesses a hideous act in his vicinity without being able to intervene.

18. Obituaries (orig. Obits )

The internet never sleeps is the motto of Neon Circus , a screeching loud and colorful online magazine. Mike Anderson writes obituaries for the deceased until he discovers that these evil lines have given him a very special power.

19. Fireworks noise (orig. Drunken Fireworks )

July 4th fireworks are very special in the United States . Also for Alden McCausland and his mother. But suddenly they find themselves in a competition with the Massimo family, which will end unforgettable for everyone involved.

20. Summer Thunder (orig. Summer Thunder )

At the end of the original edition of the collection, the end of the world. After a series of nuclear explosions, there are fewer and fewer survivors. Peter Robinson is one of them and has to come to terms with his new life in a dystopia on Lake Pocomtuc, Vermont .

21. The cookie jar (original Cookie Jar , included in the paperback editions of the collection)

At the Good Life retirement home, 90-year-old Rhett Alderson tells his great-grandson Dale the story of his mother and her extremely mysterious cookie jar.

expenditure

• Stephen King: The Bazaar of Bad Dreams , Scribner, New York 2015, ISBN 978-1-501-11167-9 .
• Stephen King: Basar of Bad Dreams , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-453-27023-7 .
• Stephen King: Basar of bad dreams , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-453-43892-7 (paperback edition).

Web links

• Bad Dreams Bazaar at KingWiki.
• Review notes on Bazaar of Bad Dreams at perlentaucher.de

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