Balto, Toga party, Dimension, and Horsemen were all pretty depressing. But besides the depression, something they all had in common was the fact that you were always on the main character's side. Maybe this has to do with the fact that you pretty much only know that character's thoughts (i.e. in the Uglies trilogy by Scott Westerfeld, when Tally, the main character is a good person, a bubble head, and even evil, your always on her side). Another thing they had in common was the fact that they all started in medias res, or in the middle. You figure out each characters past througout the story, but you don't start off knowing it.
I think that Stephen King, being the editor of these stories, did this on purpose. He is an author who loves to leave you hanging (especially in the novel "Cell," what the heck happen's to the main dude's son?!?!?!?!?). So King probably gave us these depressing, in medias res, leave you hanging at the end, sort of stories because they are the next best things to horror.
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