Mile 81: Includes bonus story 'The Dune'
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (611 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1442349131 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 2 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2016-01-04 |
| Language | : | English |
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He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.. About the AuthorStephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His most recent include 11/22/63, Full Dark, No Stars, Under the Dome, Just Past Sunset, and Lisey’s Story
Mile 81is Stand by Me meets Christine—the story of an insatiable car and a heroic kid.At Mile 81 on the Maine Turnpike is a boarded-up rest stop, a place where high school kids drink and get into the kind of trouble high school kids have always gotten into. It’s the place where Pete Simmons, armed only with the magnifying glass he got for his tenth birthday, finds a discarded bottle of vodka in the boarded up burger shack and drinks enough to pass out. By the time Pete Simmons wakes up from his vodka nap, there are half a dozen cars at the Mile 81 rest stop. With the heart of Stand By Me and the genius horror of Christine, Mile 81 is Stephen King unleashing his imagination as he drives past one of those road signs. In the bonus story “The Dune,” originally published in Granta’s October 2011 horror issue, retired Florida Supreme Court Judge Harvey Beecher tells his lawyer about a mysterious sand dune on an unnamed island a short distance off the Gulf coastline of his family’s property. But two kids and a horse are the only living things leftunless you maybe count the wagon. Not much later, a mud-covered station wagon (which is strange because there hadn’t been
"The correct audio CD's/story was switched with another audio book which was horrible - nice job with the deceit :(" according to Amazon Customer. I ordered this for a upcoming 8 hour road trip back the last part of August. It was delivered on time, but I didn't bother to open it (take cellophane wrapper off of it) until the trip which was two weeks ago. If I had an option for zero stars I would use it. The outside jacket for the audio CD's was Stephen King Mile 81. Which is what I ordered and had wanted to listen to. Nice job to whomever who switched the inside audio CD's. It wasn't Mile 81 but rather Stephen King's Drunken Fireworks. I was disappointed and frustrated because this might very well be the worst Stephen King story of all time.. "short story but with King it is usually really good or really bad" according to E. Houser. I just reviewed Drunken Fireworks as a 5 star short story but with King it is usually really good or really bad. This was not one of his better stories and I would skip this one. I can forgive him because he has written so many others that were masterfully written but this one was so bad I would have never made it through the entire story had it not been a short one. A car that eats people? Really? Enough said, I expect more from an accomplished storyteller genius like Stephen King.. Five Stars Amazon Customer It was excellent
He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.. His most recent include 11/22/63, Full Dark, No Stars, Under the Dome, Just Past Sunset, and Lisey’s Story. Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldw