The first two stories have a feel of a brewing storm and impending doom while the last three all seem to deal with the after-effects of the storm (flood). These stories span from 1960 to 1999 and are all connected by feel, theme, and recurring characters.
In one passage, King even refers to the war itself as “the apocalyptic continent drowner.” King repeatedly refers to this generation, and America during this time period, as the lost city of Atlantis. This is King’s deep dive into the generation involved with the Vietnam War. Sales and reception of the collection were probably hindered by this, but the collection is still a thing of beauty. “Hearts in Atlantis” was released in September, 1999 but King had this 522-page collection of two novellas and three short stories finished in December 1998, before his near-fatal car accident in June of 1999.
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