Average storyline from the 1950's, taken from existential plays, Matheson's writing style doesn't really seem important enough to give us an edge towards the book. All the character does is "drink all day and smoke". He seems to have left the book awhile before returning to the ending which seemed far fetched and absurd. Other stories in here include boring cliched type horror stuff that isnt really stimulating. This book would have been good if I was 14 but now it is just average.