I loved both stories this week. The first one is just pure King emotional payoff, and the second was pure King wackiness. He told me this year at a con that his son reminded him of this wacky idea when he was trying to figure out what to write for this issue, which I thought was a cute story.
King is a huge devotee of Moore and Miller, and I think manages the better parts of both without a lot of their flaws. He has his own flaws, but not "writing to hear himself write" and "incredibly hilarious machismo".