Suspense Short Story

Do you like suspense stories? If so, “Sorry Wrong Number” by Lucille Fletcher and “Sorry Right Number” by Stephen King are two very good suspense stories. The plot of both of the stories are centered around phone calls. Both stories center around a mysterious phone call. In “Sorry Wrong Number”, the phone call is about someone’s murder. And in “Sorry Right Number,” the phone call is about a woman crying, she says “ Take… please take… t-t- take him to the hospital. He is going to have a heart attack.” She says that after Bill says “ Who are you calling? Who do you want to call? Who would you call, if it wasn’t to late? ”
In “Sorry Wrong Number” the main character (Mrs.Stevenson) is a neurotic invalid. She wants to go outside but she can’t . She wants to go
In “Sorry Wrong Number,” the woman is a neurotic invalid. “ But I can’t be alone - tonight. I can’t. If I’m alone one one second, I’ll go mad. ” shows that she is neurotic. But in “Sorry Right Number,” the woman is a mother. In both “Sorry Wrong Number” and “Sorry Right Number” there is an operator.
In both of the stories someone dies. In “Sorry Wrong Number,” the person who died was a woman, and she was murdered.“ Make it quick. As little blood as possible. Our client does not wish to make her suffer long.” describes the murder. In “Sorry Right Number,” the person who died was a man, and he died by natural causes.
In “Sorry Wrong Number” the setting is in New York however in “Sorry Right Number” the setting is in Maine. “Sorry Wrong Number” is meant to be a radio play. “Sorry Right Number” is meant to be seen on the TV.
I enjoyed “Sorry Right Number” better than “Sorry Wrong Number.” I enjoyed “Sorry Right Number” more because it was more of a suspense story than “Sorry Wrong Number.” And because I liked how the story was easy to follow. I also liked how Stephen King put natural causes into the play. And how the man died instead of a woman