 Hello everybody, E here. Welcome back to Top 5 Friday. I know you didn't get one last week. I'm sorry my data cap ran out. I couldn't upload anything. I'm excited for this list just because I don't have to talk about elevation. I don't have to talk about politics. So here we go, jumping right into it. These aren't in any specific order. They are just my favorite Stephen King novellas of all time. Whatever, let's go ahead. First up, we have Big Driver from Full Dark, No Stars. I love this entire collection. I feel it's his best collection since, what is it, different seasons. Definitely an amazing story. I loved how dark and brutal it was. I loved everything about the story. It has one of the most intense scenes that I've read as far as rape is concerned. I don't like reading the story, and I haven't watched the... I know that sounds funny, but it's one of my favorite things, but I don't like reading it. It makes me super uncomfortable. I haven't even watched the Lifetime TNTs. One of those, I can never remember, I think it's Lifetime did a television adaptation of Big Driver, and I don't even want to watch it because I'm so uncomfortable when I read the book. I really don't want to see it. I'm one of those, I'm not a huge fan of rape scenes, period, no matter who's getting raped, be it male, female, or otherwise, children. I don't like reading any of that stuff. But this one was especially disturbing because of the location. It was just everything was so wrong about not only the rape, of course the rape is the big one, but it was the location also in that old rundown was the gas station diner. I can't even remember, but I remember the character saying over and over in their head, I'm being raped, you know, kind of, I can't, and that might not even be in here like that. It might not be in here as much as I remember it, but I just remember the character going through her mind and knowing what was going on and how disturbing that was for me, the reader to read about. All right, next up we have, this is gonna, there's a lot of people going to disagree with me on this one, the Langoliers from four past, yeah four past midnight almost called different seasons. This collection, I love this collection, I probably shouldn't love as much as I do, but I love Langoliers, I love the really crappy movie with Bronson Pinchot. I really liked his portrayal of Tommie, Tommie, whatever his name is. The Langoliers is one of those wild stories that I wish we got more of from Stephen King. It's one of the reasons why I like Joe Hill's early stuff so much, because it's just so freaking out there. It's like a Joe Hill story aloft. It is so out there, so beyond the norm. It's time travel, it's got time travel, it's got these creatures that eat the past, it's amazing. It's an amazing idea and I love everything about it. And yes, like I said, especially the terrible CGI in the television version is amazing. And now we're gonna hang out in different seasons for two books. Of course, The Body, amazing. It doesn't get much better than The Body. I mean it's It, Stephen King's It without the supernatural aspect. You have this group of friends and the best parts of this book, just like with Stephen King's It, the best parts of this book are just the interaction between the kids. It's great. I love the time frame. I love the movie too. Even though a little bit of trivia for you, the movie happens in Castle Rock, Oregon. Yeah, Castle Rock, Oregon. And then of course the book happens in Castle Rock, Maine. But I appreciate everything about it and I also appreciate the ending of The Body. I've always thought it's one of King's best endings for the reality of the situation. I think it's one of the best endings he's ever written. And I would put it in this top five. I think I've done the top five worst Stephen King endings. So if you want to see the best Stephen King endings, let me know down there in the doobly-doo. Next up, we're still here. Next up I'm going with, and this might bring some drama, but The Breathing Method. The Breathing Method is one of my favorite novellas and yes, I like it more than Shawshank Redemption. I like it more than, what's it at, Pupil. I like it more than both of those. I think The Breathing Method is one of those weird oddities. Again, I like the odd stuff. It's one of those odd stories that I had no idea what was coming the first time I read it. And for the first time, I'm stumbling through it. I'm like, this isn't very good. I get to the end and I'm just like, whoa. And the reason why this book is on this list, this novella is on this in my top five is because for all time I have been stuck. Ever since I first read this story and even countless rereads, every time I think of the story, I have a very clear image of the last couple scenes of that novella. And even more so than anything else that I've ever read with Stephen King. In fact, if I did the top five scenes, like as far as scenes that have stuck with me, not just disturbing, just scenes that have stuck with me, visually, that would be very close to the top because every time I think about Stephen King, I think about that. That's one of those scenes that made me even more of a fan, even though I was well into my fandom by the time I had read this story. But there's one of those scenes that really stuck with me. It's very, very visceral. And he describes it so perfectly. It's like in Joe Hill. You probably know what I'm talking about. In Joe Hill's 20th century, no. Joe Hill's heart-shaped box. The hallway scene with the chair. Amazing. It's written so simplistic, so simply, but it's amazing. So last but certainly not least, we are going with, this is a short story collection. Yes, The Mist, which is the opening novella in this short story collection. The Mist is one of my favorites. I couldn't number these. It's so hard to number them because I don't think Stephen King has ever written a bad novella, elevation. I don't think Stephen King has ever written a bad novella. I don't. But he's written some bad short stories. He's written some bad novels. But all of his novellas are usually on point. And we're not going to discuss the one that we've been discussing. I'm trying not to, even with the cough joke. But there's something about when he just focuses on a small section of story. He's perfect. I can't think. If you can think of one novella that you didn't like, that you didn't at least like, that you hated, that you couldn't get through, I would really love to hear from you down there in the comments below. In fact, I want to do a top five worst Stephen King novellas. But I don't know what I would put on that list. So maybe maybe next time I do a fan, a fan version of the show, and a comment, a comment version, comment edition, comment or edition. That's the words I was looking for. A comment or edition of a top five Friday. And I just list the ones that you guys don't like. So please, if you don't like a certain Stephen King novella, leave your comments down there in the doobly-doo. But until next time, I have been E, you have been U. This has been another top five Friday. I'll talk to you guys later. Bye-bye.