Louis, with his wife and children, is moving into a big white house in Ludlow from Chicago after he was offered a job at the University of Maine. The story's beginning seems to suggest that Louis has a hysterical family that keeps testing his patience. On that tiresome afternoon, Louis…
One-Sentence Summary: An old car is possessed by its formal owner, transforming its new owner into him. Part 1 - Dennis - Teenage Car-SongsDennis tells the story of his close friend Arnie who falls in love with Christine at first sight. Christine is a 1958 Plymouth Fury which is in…
One-Sentence Summary: A survival game show involves a man who keeps running from being killed by a group of hitmen hired by a government-operated tv station. The story sets in a fictional Co-Op City in the year 2025. America has become a totalitarian dystopia, and the world's economy is in…
One-Sentence Summary: A story of a gunslinger who keeps chasing after the Man in Black to seek information about the Dark Tower. The gunslinger had been following the Man in Black across the desert for two months. There was nothing in the remains but only burned grass with the familiar…
Vic Trenton sends his car to Joe Camber's Garage on the outskirts of Castle Rock in Maine. While waiting for Joe to come out from his barn, Vic's family is horrified when they see a large Saint Bernard. Joe's son Brett ensures them that Cujo is a good dog and…
January 20, 1974, is the deadline for Bart. He has to find a new place before that date to make ways for the highway extension project. Three months before the deadline, November 20, 1973, Barton George Dawes visits a gun shop and purchases two high-powered firearms. Inner thoughts seem to…
"You're a firestarter, honey. Just one great big Zippo lighter." The story begins with a man and his 7-year-old daughter running from persons yet unknown. Through flashbacks, we get to know who they are running from and why the unknown persons keep chasing after them. Andy McGee recalled…
Johnny Smith had a fall when he was skating at a rink when he was ten years old at that time. The fall seems forgettable, although it seems he has a hunch since then. On that night when he was on his way back home from Sarah's place in a…
"I will fear no evil" While Charlie Campion is on night duty, a deadly virus escapes the military complex he is monitoring. He manages to flee with his wife and baby daughter before the base enters lockdown. When they reached the East Texas town of Arnette, Charlie's car…
Night Shift is the first collection of short stories by Stephen King, first released in 1978. Many of his famous short stories were included in this book. It consists of twenty short stories. I really enjoyed almost every story in this book. This is one of the best short stories…