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Since I got the best of King's books out of the way, the next logical step was to go ahead and rank the 10 best Stephen King short stories. However, this proved to be a far more daunting task.

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The 13 titles were simply the best the panel had read, he added. Some book award judges gravitate toward long novels, he added, thinking that writing longer is harder, but finessing a short novel ...