In Willa, two young lovers are among passengers stranded and awaiting rescue after a train derails in Wyoming. Yes, if you've ever seen a single episode of Twilight Zone, you'll figure it out.

There's N, in which a psychiatrist treats a man convinced that only he can keep demonic forces from entering our world through a Stonehenge-like rock formation in a secluded field. Sure, it's basically an update of H.P. Lovecraft, but still compelling.

A Very Tight Place wraps up the collection in a novella that's beyond scatologically gross. It's one of two stories set in the Florida Keys -- which was also the scene of King's last novel, Duma Key -- an area where King and his wife now spend part of each year away from Maine.