A review by david611
Bad Little Kid by Stephen King

5.0

Short story #5 from [b:The Bazaar of Bad Dreams|23512999|The Bazaar of Bad Dreams|Stephen King|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1468705688s/23512999.jpg|43116154]: This was an amazing horror story from the book, more interesting than [b:Mile 81|12070846|Mile 81|Stephen King|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1407138212s/12070846.jpg|17038427]. A convicted child-murderer, about to be passed with a death sentence, narrates his 'unbelievable' reason for murder, to his attorney. The presence of a mysterious non-ageing boy who becomes responsible for the death of his loved ones, is entertaining and disturbing. This was a great story to read, and at some places has been compared to [b:The Green Mile|11566|The Green Mile|Stephen King|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1373903563s/11566.jpg|15599], although am not in a position to comment over that having not yet read the latter. I enjoyed reading this one slowly with all the intrinsic details (of which King is well-known of) that went about, and being the best story so far in the book. At some points, the 'presence' of the bad boy, reminded me of Pennywise from [b:It|830502|It|Stephen King|https://images.gr-assets.com/books/1334416842s/830502.jpg|150259]. :D Beautiful and amazing writing with speculative horror at its best!!