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Everything's Eventual
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
he first collection of stories Stephen King has published since Nightmares & Dreamscapes nine years ago, 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 e-book, which attracted over half a million online readers and became the most famous short story of the decade. "Riding the Bullet," published here on paper for the first time, 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 Caf," a sparring couple's contentious lunch turns very, very bloody when the matre 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. And in "That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is In French," terror is dj vu at 16,000 feet. 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 com-pelling, they announce the stunningly fertile imagination of perhaps the greatest storyteller of our time.
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Shawna
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Eggs Love this 🤍🤍🤍 4mo
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Pikathulhu
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Pickpick

An absolutely incredible collection of shorts and novellas. As indisputably great as King's novels are, he really shines in short-form entries. Standouts included Autopsy Room Four, All That You Love Will Be Carried Away, In the Deathroom, The Road Virus Heads North, 1408, and with the conclusion of the Dark Tower on the horizon, Everything's Eventual and The Little Sisters of Eluria were very pleasant warm-ups. 5/5

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SomedayAlmost
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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Mehso-so

Uneven collection entertains, but is not up to the usual quality of King‘s writing. Opening body horror story, which should be a strong “bookend” to the collection, is scary but amateurish. A story about the Dillinger Gang bank robbers was good. Audiobook narrators voice their roles well throughout. #audiobook #ok #Scarathlon #TeamWhoYaGonnaCall #horror #spookybook #pumpkinspicereadathon @FlynnDewey

FlynnDewey I love Oliver Platt! I'll have to look this up, if only for his reading. lol 13mo
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nem2988
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Nice read that allows the reader to enjoy King without making a huge time investment.

RamsFan1963 I still say King's novellas and short stories are better than doorstop books like Under The Dome, 11/22/63 or It. 2y
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ericarobynreads
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Did you know that the room that Stephen King based his short story, 1408, is rumored to be based on a room in a Boston hotel?

While on a work trip, I was spookily surprised to learn that fact while I was staying in that very hotel!

Whether or not the rumors are true, this was a wicked cool experience!

Learn more here:
https://www.ericarobynreads.com/bookish-feature-room-303-in-the-omni-parker-hote...

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Balibee146
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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#bookmail
Stephen King paperbacks seem to have got a new set of covers yet again. The last lot were pretty grey and grungy and I could never decide if I liked them or not. I do like his short stories, I like the aesthetic of these new covers and I like a book with a lighthouse on the cover #result

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TrishB
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Tagged book
(Barbara) Erskine
E.R.
Echo and the Bunnymen
Enola Gay (OMD)

#manicmonday #letterE

CBee Thanks for playing 👏🏻👏🏻 2y
vivastory I *almost* picked Echo & the Bunnymen. I've been listening to Ocean Rain a lot lately 2y
TrishB @vivastory brilliant 👍🏻 they are on tour in the US at the moment. I‘ve been following Will‘s tweets. 2y
Chrissyreadit I love Echo and The Bunnymen 2y
TrishB @Chrissyreadit me too ❤️ 2y
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jackilynn
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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Went and spent the week with my sister. Of course no trip to my sister's is complete without a trip to the local used bookstore. I got 2 more to add my King collection. I am down to single digits now!!

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BarkingMadRead
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Welcome to the #LosersClub open discussion for #EverythingsEventual!
 
Please be mindful of spoilers. We have new readers to King who haven‘t read all of his books. When referencing his other work, please keep this in mind for our new-to-King friends. Don‘t forget to tag each other in the comments so your friends can see your reply. Have fun! #StephenKing #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion #ghosthostpost

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Erinsuereads The road virus heads north stuck with me the most on this one! #pandemmyproblems 3y
Erinsuereads The painting is based on a real painting he has that his family hates 🤣🤣 3y
BarkingMadRead @ErinSueMreads why am I not surprised? 🤣🤣 3y
phantomx I love this short story collection! 3y
Karkar This was like my least favorite collection he has put out that we have read so far. Just could not connect to the stories 3y
BarkingMadRead @Karkar I get that, some of them weren‘t my faves but I had a few faves 3y
bthegood @Karkar agreed - this one was a so-so for me - some were okay, LTs Theory of Pets stood out for me - Stephen King read this to a live audience and his introduction and narration were fun - (edited) 3y
BarkingMadRead @bthegood that was one of my faves! 3y
BethM You can remove me from this- he‘s not my jam :) 3y
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Karkar
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
Mehso-so

I was disappointed in this one. I only like two or three of the stories. I spent most of the book counting pages until the next story.

bthegood I felt the same way - just started Later - loving it! 3y
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bthegood
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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Mehso-so

Some stories I enjoyed, some okay, some did not like. Top story was LTs Theory of Pets, I listened to audio book and Stephen King read this to a live audience, his introduction and reading were good.

#LosersClub @BarkingMadRun @Mynameisacolour
#WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers

Make a great day 🎄

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bthegood
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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#ThinkPositiveBePositive thanks for the tag @Eggs

I tag @MadelineMcCrae

Make a great day everyone - ❄

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you for sharing 💛 3y
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BarkingMadRead
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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This month‘s book:
This month‘s book is #Everythingseventual ! Grab your copy and check back around January 18th (probably a few days later, because I‘m a forgetful ghosthost) for open discussion! #LosersClub #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader @Mynameisacolour #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion #ghosthostpost

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Wichers

I'm not too intrested in his long novels after reading a few, I'm in love with his short stories just like these. The gory details and suspense kept me reading and reading.

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CaffeineAndCandy
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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200 ᴘᴏɪɴᴛs ғᴏʀ #Slaughterthon
200 ᴘᴏɪɴᴛs ғᴏʀ #CreatureFeaturethon
105 ᴘᴏɪɴᴛs ғᴏʀ ғɪʀsᴛt 7 sᴛᴏʀɪᴇs ᴏғ ᴇᴠᴇʀʏᴛʜɪɴɢ's ᴇᴠᴇɴᴛᴜᴀʟ
15 ᴘᴏɪɴᴛs ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ʜᴇʟʟғɪʀᴇ ᴄʟᴜʙ
4 ᴘᴀʀᴛɪᴄɪᴘᴀᴛɪᴏɴ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛs

524 ᴘᴏɪɴᴛs ғᴏʀ ᴡᴇᴇᴋ 4

2272 ᴛᴏᴛᴀʟ ᴘᴏɪɴᴛs ғᴏʀ #Scarathlon2020

@StayCurious

StayCurious Amazing job! 4y
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CaffeineAndCandy
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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ᴊᴜsᴛ ᴡᴀɴᴛᴇᴅ ᴛᴏ sᴇᴛ ᴍʏ ɢᴏᴀʟs. sᴀᴍᴇ ᴀs ғᴏʀ ᴛʜᴇ ᴛᴇᴀᴍ sʟᴀᴜɢʜᴛᴇʀ ʀᴇᴀᴅᴀᴛʜᴏɴ ɪ ᴘʟᴀɴ ᴛᴏ ʀᴇᴀᴅ ᴛʜʀᴇᴇ ʙᴏᴏᴋs ᴀɴᴅ ʜᴏᴘᴇғᴜʟʟʏ ɢᴇᴛ ᴛᴡᴇɴᴛʏ ᴏʀ ᴛʜɪʀᴛʏ ʜᴏᴜʀs ɪɴ. @StayCurious

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KatieDid927
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Bailedbailed

Nope. I tried. I love short fiction, and there was one good story at the beginning, but by the middle of the book I was skipping ahead to other stories and hating those too. Most of these were boring and overwritten. “In the Deathroom” was astonishingly racist. There may be stories later in the book that I‘d like, but I can‘t keep wading through stories I hate to get there.

#Screamathon @4thhouseontheleft

CaffeineAndCandy ᴛʜɪs ɪs ᴏɴ ᴍʏ ᴛʙʀ ᴛʜɪs ᴍᴏɴᴛʜ 😬😐 4y
KatieDid927 @CaffeineAndCandy Oh dang. Although, you might feel completely different! 4y
alisiakae Racist tropes would be a hard pass for me too 4y
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KatieDid927
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1. Spooky Stephen King short stories.
2. My kitty. She kept me sane during quarantine.
3. 2014. Or maybe 1997.

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Thanks for the tag @Chrissyreadit !

Eggs #3!! Almost seems like any year besides this one would be a great year to choose...🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️ 4y
KatieDid927 @Eggs Seriously! 4y
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magyklyXdelish
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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Pickpick

Solid collection from King. The scariest for me was “The Road Virus Heads North” but my favorite is “Riding the Bullet” which made me very emotional.

@TheAromaofBooks this was one of my spins lol I think #DoubleSpin 🙈 I‘ll make another post with my bingo board

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4y
TheNeverendingTBR My favourite of King's short stories 💫 4y
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magyklyXdelish
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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This one gave me the chills.

Solid collection so far. This one is the standout at the moment.

TheNeverendingTBR Love this collection!!! 1408 and especially Riding the Bullet are so good!!! 👌 4y
magyklyXdelish @TheNeverendingTBR I loved the 1408 movie so I‘m looking forward to reading that one since I‘m sure it‘s better. Also I‘ve heard so much about Riding the Bullet so I‘m hyped 😃😃 4y
TheNeverendingTBR @magyklyXdelish 1408 is one of the scariest movies I've seen! 😯 4y
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magyklyXdelish
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I got your #LitsyLove today @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This change has been super positive even if my ending at the cab was rough.

I‘ll mail you the deets. But tonight is my second night alone here and so far I‘m loving this change 💕

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RamsFan1963
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1. While in college, I worked for a 24 hour adult book store. Not such an unusual job, but some interesting clientele at 2am in the morning. 🤣🤣🤣
2. My health, my friends, my family
#ThankfulThursday @Cosmos_Moon

@Cuilin @ReadingFeedsTheSoul @Lucy_Anywhere @audraelizabeth @Buechersuechtling @ReadingIsMyHobby @Onceuponatime @TheBookDream @Daisey @Bookishlie @Sharpeipup

BiblioLitten 1. 🤣 4y
Cosmos_Moon_River Lol! My friends and I would go in those for interesting entertainment when we were 18 in high school and early college 😂 happy Thursday! 4y
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toofondofbooks
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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kspenmoll His writing...❤️ 4y
TK-421 Beautiful ❤️ 4y
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toofondofbooks
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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It's been a minute since I posted here. Life got crazy ( understatement huh?) I hope to get back to regular posting. I have been reading of course :) Right now I'm into another SK short story collection.

Mistermandolin 1408 is my favourite in this one. He gets everything right and in the process shows what a short story can be. The film was good too. 4y
toofondofbooks @Mistermandolin I liked that one too. I think "The Death of Jack Hamilton" was my fave in this collection. The audiobook narrator was really good. 4y
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Bookish.SAM
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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Pickpick

My ‘watchdog‘ #readingbuddy keeping an eye on those pesky pedestrians on the other side of the fence 🐾

This was my first Stephen King short story collection.

Read it for the 2 #darktower related stories - “Little Sisters of Eluria” and “Everything‘s Eventual” - for my #expandeddt journey but I enjoyed all of them! 🙂

#booksandbooze
#dogsoflitsy

Bette 🐶❤️👍 4y
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magyklyXdelish
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Indie bookstores are the best. Especially if they have wandering cats 😻

I could have stayed and roamed all the nooks and crannies of this place forever if given the chance.

Walked away with a book that‘s been on my TBR for a while

Hope everyone‘s having a great Sunday 🌻

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Echo
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Halloween read with the pupper

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jlabombard10315
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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My haul from the local library book sale this morning! I'm thinking of going back tomorrow to see what else might be laying in all of the unopened boxes of books I saw! 😊

LibrarianRyan Did you get your #nightmareswap sent of yet? 5y
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LiterRohde
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From “1408”

“The Dolphin was on Sixty-first Street, around the corner from Fifth Avenue, small but smart. [In the lobby was a woman whose] light, flowery perfume seemed to summarize New York. On the mezzanine level, someone was playing "Night and Day" in the bar, as if to underline the summary.

It was business as usual at the Hotel Dolphin.”

#WanderingJune | 11: #GrandHotel

?: Made with Typorama

LiterRohde Sure it was. 😉 5y
BarbaraBB Great quote ❤️ 5y
CafeMom Nice visual. 5y
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LiterRohde @CafeMom Thanks. Actually comes from a later part of the story. (edited) 5y
Cinfhen SK is such a visual writer, so simple but so precise 5y
LiterRohde @Cinfhen He didn‘t say much, you are right, but I feel like I can really see the lobby of this hotel just from this and a few other paragraphs from the opening of this story. (edited) 5y
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Oldschool_millenial
Everything's Eventual | King, Stephen
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Continuing my Stephen King high. Library hold came in so Green Mile audio (which I own) is suspended. For some reason this audio edition from Libby only has 5 of the stories 🤔
I own a print hardcover copy with all the stories, courtesy of the local bookmobile, but alas it's in storage 😔