Everything's Eventual

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Stephen King

Includes the story “The Man in the Black Suit”—set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine A collection of fourteen dark tales, Everything’s Eventual includes one O. Henry Prize winner, two other award winners, four stories published by The New Yorker, and “Riding the Bullet,” King’s original ebook, which attracted over half a million online readers and became the most famous short story of the decade.Two of the stories, “The Little Sisters of Eluria” and “Everything’s Eventual” are closely related to the Dark Tower series. “Riding the Bullet,” is the story of Alan Parker, who’s hitchhiking to see his dying mother but takes the wrong ride, farther than he ever intended. In “Lunch at the Gotham Café,” a sparring couple’s contentious lunch turns very, very bloody when the maître d’ gets out of sorts. “1408,” the audio story in print for the first time, is about a successful writer whose specialty is “Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Graveyards” or “Ten Nights in Ten Haunted Houses,” and though Room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel doesn’t kill him, he won’t be writing about ghosts anymore. Stories include: -Autopsy Room Four -The Man in the Black Suit -All That You Love Will Be Carried Away -The Death of Jack Hamilton -In the Deathroom -The Little Sisters of Eluria -Everything's Eventual -L. T.'s Theory of Pets -The Road Virus Heads North -Lunch at the Gotham Café -That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French -1408 -Riding the Bullet -Luckey Quarter Whether writing about encounters with the dead, the near dead, or about the mundane dreads of life, from quitting smoking to yard sales, Stephen King is at the top of his form in the fourteen dark tales assembled in Everything’s Eventual. Intense, eerie, and instantly compelling, they announce the stunningly fertile imagination of perhaps the greatest storyteller of our time.

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Author

Stephen King

Pages

459

Publisher

Simon and Schuster

Published Date

2007-05

ISBN

1416549854 9781416549857

Ratings

Google: 3.5

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"Stephen King is an enigma, I don't understand how someone can understand humans so well. I can relate to things I've never thought would be put into words. Take this passage from "That Feeling, You Only Say What it is in French" "You think I'm amused, but I'm irritated. For nearly the ninety trillionth or so time in the marriage, I'm irritated. You don't know that though, because you can only see about two inches into me and then your vision fails." I just got out of a two-year relationship and this was one of the reasons I did, THIS EXACT FEELING. I would get annoyed about something and my ex wouldn't pick up on it because I felt she didn't see into me. It's why I'm worried about relationships in general right now and struggle to understand how there is someone out there who will truly understand me. This is just one example of how King helps me appreciate my own life, which is quite special to me. I think Stephen King is the greatest author to have graced this world so far. The collection is fantastic, it took a long time to get through but I only didn't like one story in the entire collection, which is impressive. This collection also holds the best short story I've ever read. A great collection and I can't wait to read more by King. Favorite Story: Everything's Eventual - This is my favorite short story ever, the narration of Dinky is PERFECT and the storytelling is out of this world. The realization Dinky goes through that he might be part of something truly horrible is powerful and sickening. I don't think I can put into words how much I want a full-length novel with Dinky as the MC. A quote from this story is now my bio for Instagram for the foreseeable future, "Good. Don't question wonder, Dink. Don't ever question wonder." Full review on Goodreads. (Ambrose Malles) "

Cole Johnson

"Dnf only read a few stories then gave up Highly suggesting the 2014 audiobook if you were to read. It has a great compilation of voice actors and music at the beginning and end that really bring these tales to life. Also some stories are narrated by the man himself. I can't say I'm a fan of King. He always brings up the most harsh points of humanity itself. Pedophilia, racism, homohobi, rape, and sexism. It is almost as though it's a must in his books. As if he has a list and ticks them off one by one as he writes. I want to be spooked and have fun but this is too much for me especially the frequency of which they are mentioned. Strangely I do not like myself after reading King's works. But what can I say, I tried. -Autopsy Room Four Very well done and thrilling. This is so unbelievably scary because it is something that could happen to anyone. The ending was great also. Practically the only story of his I actually liked. -The Man in the Black Suit I stopped reading here for a moment and contemplated never reading another King book as long as I live. There is no reason to constantly place child molestation in every other one of his books. They are uneasy and scary without it. Skip this one it's not worth it. -All That You Love Will Be Carried Away It's crazy how King can immerse you into a characters life in such a short period of time. But then again only a few minutes later I was daydreaming haha so didn't understand this story. -The Death of Jack Hamilton Dnf 50% after the character took a cheap shot at a women....... shocking. -In the Deathroom Mundane Dnf -The Little Sisters of Eluria Skip the rest just to get to 1408 which is why I bought this to begin with. -1408 Ok the movie was much better in my unpopular opinion."