I am always in awe of Stephen King's imagination. Once again, with FAIRY TALE, he comes up with more and more way-out circumstances for his main character, Charlie, to endure and enjoy.

Charlie is a 17-year-old boy who befriends an old man and finds on that man's property an opening to another land where everything is a fairy tale. He visits this other land after he learns of a sundial there that will make his old dog younger. But the intended quick visit with his dog turns out to last much longer. Yes, the dog turns into a 4-year-old again, but Charlie lives in one fairy tale after another and, as a result, matures. No, he does not get older, but he does get wiser.

Whenever I read a Stephen King story, I wonder at how his imagination works. FAIRY TALE is another fine example of his ability to entertain his readers.