Mile 81
By Stephen
King
eISBN: 978-1-4516-6560-4
Rating: 4/5
Pete Simmons
was bored. His older brother George had
left with his homies to go play
“paratroopers from Hell” at the sandpit behind the bowling alley. With nothing else to do, Pete heads off to
explore the abandoned rest area across town.
On the way
to the rest area Pete finds a half bottle of vodka, which he promptly adds to
his saddlebag on his bike. Pete hangs
out for awhile at the abandoned Burger King.
He throws darts at a Justin Beiber poster, looks at some dirty pictures
drinks 3 swallows of the vodka and passes out.
Not far from
where young Pete is passed out a dirty station wagon pulls off the highway and
coasts to a stop on the entrance ramp to the rest area. The driver’s side door comes open but no one
gets out of the car.
Doug Clayton
is the first unlucky person to stop and see if someone in the muddy station
wagon needs help. It’s a gesture he
regrets instantly. Several others will
also stop to help and all of them wishing they had not.
This was a fun short story to read. As far as I know I believe this is only
available on ebook.This is my first book for The Stephen King Project.
4 comments:
I've heard Stephen King does a great job with some of his short stories! Mile 81 is one I've heard of and I would love to get to that one. I've got Full Dark, No Stars planned next!
One side note - make sure you link to The Project in your review posts or include the blog button in the post itself with a link to the site. I want to make sure everyone who has written an announcement post and links their reviews each month are included in the monthly prizes :)
Email me if you have any questions - coffeeandabookchick at gmail dot com
I look forward to reading more of your reviews!
I have his book Full Dark, No Stars setting on my shelf. Look forward to reading your review.
(added the link)
I'm so happy you have joined the challenge! I've not heard of this short story, Mile 81. Sounds like one to look forward to.
Great idea, to review a short story for this reading challenge! I enjoyed your review. :)
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