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I like "I Know What You Need"--I feel like it would have been all-too-easy for most male horror writers to not see that story from the female character's POV, but he really takes her seriously and gets how creepy it is for her to be treated as someone who should supply attraction and romance once a certain checklist is met--but "Night Surf" and "Sometimes They Come Back" are misses for me too. The main thing I remember about "Sometimes They Come Back" is actually just him talking in On Writing about how the check for the sale of it came at exactly the right time, financially. And "Night Surf" ... well, ennui and nihilism aren't King's strong suits, which is actually one of the reasons I love him. But that does make this story a dud.