One less book in my Stephen King hoard but it was worth the wait and worth the read. I find it tougher to review his collections where I don't seriously love one or two stories. Even though Just After Sunset is not King's best collection it is still my favorite because my two all-time favorite stories are collected within the pages. Still there's a lot to enjoy in The Bazaar of Bad Dreams. 
 I am wavering on whether I seriously love "Morality" and "Herman Wouk Is Still Alive" but I do know that those are the two I am still thinking about as a reader and as a writer, and the wavering makes the final review a bit tougher. I also enjoyed "Mile 81" and "Ur" though I'd read them before; they're fun stories that make a summer bike ride alone into something a bit more special than just exercise. I was surprised to enjoy "Bad Little Kid" and "The Little Green God of Agony" as much as I did since I tend to prefer King's less supernatural fare. I dig baseball so "Blockade Billy" worked for me where I see it did not work for a few of my friends. I had planned to love "Obits" based on the premise but it didn't quite hang together as well as I would have liked--it was a bit too glossy. I liked "The Dune" but it was one of the few stories that I'd have liked to be longer. I am so glad I listened to "Drunken Fireworks" because like Delores Claiborne, it's so much better as an audiobook that it's akin to reading a play when one reads it in the collection; I think the performance quality made it better story than had I read it (plus all the stars for Andy Clutterbuck cameo!). "Summer Thunder" was everything I loved about The Stand without having to wade through the good versus evil stuff; plus it made me cry. 
 The other stories were a bit one-note for me, or I don't remember them well even though I just read/listened to them. I had realized I'd read "Premium Harmony" and "Batman and Robin Have an Altercation" until I read them again in this collection. I definitely prefer the latter as the former is too much Carver for me even in Stephen King form. Even the stories I didn't love were a good read and, really, isn't that all I can ask for? 
 The sum-up: "Morality" and "Herman Wouk Is Still Alive" are the best but the whole collection is worth the read, especially if you're reading on a beautiful August afternoon where are the dark things are just out of reach. Also if you love characters named Ellen because there's one in about every story.