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Everything's Eventual

Everything's Eventual

HorrorSuspense
Pages
560
Published
2007
Language
English

Synopsis

Stephen King delivers a collection of fourteen chilling tales that explore the darker corners of the human psyche. From a terrifying encounter in a hotel room to a journey on a haunted highway, these stories will keep you on the edge of your seat. Prepare for a descent into the unsettling and the unexpected with this master of horror.

Prose complexity
3/10

Vibe

DarkTenseMysteriousAtmospheric
Mystery BoxSurvival

Genres

Horror Suspense Thriller Dark Fantasy Fantasy Literary Fiction Paranormal Short Stories Body Horror Gothic Psychological Thriller

About the author

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Stephen King

Stephen King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author whose work has defined popular horror fiction for more than half a century. Born in Portland, Maine, he grew up in poverty after his father abandoned the family, and credits his mother's resilience and a voracious reading habit as the foundations of his imagination. He began selling short stories to men's magazines while working as a high school English teacher, and published his first novel, Carrie, in 1974—his wife Tabitha retrieved...

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Frequently asked questions

  • What is Everything's Eventual?

    Published in 2002, Everything's Eventual is a collection of 14 stories, several of which first appeared in magazines and The New Yorker. It includes 'Riding the Bullet' (written directly for e-book format in 2000—one of the first major e-books), '1408,' 'Everything's Eventual,' 'The Little Sisters of Eluria,' and 'The Death of Jack Hamilton.'

  • Was '1408' in this collection and what is it about?

    Yes. '1408' follows a debunking writer who investigates supposedly haunted hotel rooms and encounters Room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel in New York—a room that turns out to be genuinely, lethally supernatural. It was adapted into a well-received 2007 film starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson.

  • What is the title story 'Everything's Eventual' about?

    A young man with the ability to kill through written patterns—symbols he draws on paper—is recruited by a mysterious organization. The story is told as a personal account by the young man, who is comfortable with what he does and only gradually senses that something is wrong with his employers' intentions.

  • What is notable about 'Riding the Bullet'?

    King released 'Riding the Bullet' directly as a paid e-book download in March 2000—before the collection was published in print. It was one of the first major works of fiction released as an e-book by a mainstream author, generating enormous media attention and crashing download servers due to demand. It was later adapted to film in 2004.

  • Do I need to have read The Dark Tower series before reading this collection?

    You do not need to read the series beforehand, as the stories function independently. However, the titular story and The Little Sisters of Eluria feature characters and concepts that later appear in the Dark Tower saga, providing extra context for those familiar with that world.

  • How did the author decide on the order of the stories in this book?

    The sequence of the fourteen stories was determined by a random process where the author shuffled a deck of cards and dealt them to assign each story a position.

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