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This is not a story I would pick up and read if it wasn't written by an author I love and in a collection of his. It's a story about a father and son and it's a very mundane event. The son is talking his Alzheimer suffering father out to lunch. They are Batman and Robin. Memories are shared and we see the sadness of the son losing his father to this horrible disease.

There is no supernatural element in this story. The altercation happen at the end of the story and it's such a simple thing that happens all the time.

The reason I love reading King's short stories is there are always stories I would never read. Stephen makes them interesting and enjoyable in some way to see someone else's life. This was well done and a simple good story.

I do think my favorite part was Stephen's explanation on how this story percolated in his mind and how it happened. He uses the metaphor of a cup and handle. A story needs a cup and handle. The Altercation was the cup. He saw it happen, but different. The handle came when he was eating in a restaurant and saw to men who looked like father and son and that was the handle. I think the handle is the way into the idea, at least that is what it means to me - a way into the characters.

This is in Bazaar of Bad Dreams and I do recommend this as good reading. It's worth your read.