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Cora has just moved into a new apartment and had her new phone installed. But on the very first day she receives a call. The voice says he wants to be her friend. Cora is understandably upset and calls her boyfriend for reassurance. Everything will be fine, her boyfriend says, as long as the caller doesn't know her name or address.

The next call calls Cora by name. He says he can see her. Cora becomes frightened. But in the end her fears are not what they should be as the story takes some very interesting twists.

Despite the shortness of this story, Laymon does an excellent job of building the suspense and then delivering the goods. Few authors could have pulled this one off in so few words.

I wouldn't recommend paying a lot for this one but it is worth reading.

Great short story
This is an excellent short story written in perfect Laymon-style. It's creepy, it's suspenseful, it has everyday things that don't act the way they should. This is a great little story for any horror fan. (Those of us who remember "Have you checked the children?" are especially creeped out by this one!). It has elements that are quickly becoming extinct in today's world of wireless phones.

But...this is a tiny chapbook. It only has this one story, and the price might not be worth it to the casual reader. If you're a Laymon collector, you'll probably want this (it looks like the size of an informational brochure). If you're not, you probably don't want to spend this much money on one story.

Caller BMT
Cora is has a nice personality. She is causous,average IQ because she answers the phone that nobody has the number to,but her and the land lord.

The plot is that someone is calling Cora to be her friend.Cora thinks he is crazy. She called her boy friend to tell him what happened.The person treatens her, and makes the phone choke her.