Just After Sunset: Stories

Who but Stephen King would turn a Port-O-San into a slimy birth canal, or a roadside honky-tonk into a place for endless love? A book salesman with a grievance might pick up a mute hitchhiker, not knowing the silent man in the passenger seat listens altogether too well. Or an exercise routine on a stationary bicycle, begun to reduce bad cholesterol, might take its rider on a captivating - and then terrifying - journey. Set on a remote key in Florida, "The Gingerbread Girl" is a riveting tale featuring a young woman as vulnerable - and resourceful - as Audrey Hepburn's character in Wait Until Dark. In "Ayana," a blind girl works a miracle with a kiss and the touch of her hand. For King, the line between the living and the dead is often blurry, and the seams that hold our reality intact might tear apart at any moment. In one of the longer stories here, "N.," which recently broke new ground when it was adapted as a graphic digital entertainment, a psychiatric patient's irrational thinking might create an apocalyptic threat in the Maine countryside ... or keep the world from falling victim to it.

ISBN 1416584080   DEWEY FIC ISBN13 9781416584087 (What's this?)   Pages 367 Publisher Scribner Book Company   Volumes 1 Imprint SCRIBNER % MACMILLAN   Weight (grammes) 690 Format Hardback   Height (mm) 239 Publication date 01 Nov 2008   Width (mm) 164 Library of Congress 2008013683

		Introduction		1
		Willa		5
		The Gingerbread Girl		29
		Harvey's Dream		85
		Rest Stop		95
		Stationary Bike		113
		The Things They Left Behind		147
		Graduation Afternoon		177
		N.		185
		The Cat from Hell		239
		The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates		255
		Mute		265
		Ayana		289
		A Very Tight Place		307
		Sunset Notes		361

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