Front Cover
Core Fiction Hardcover
Novella Collection
2002
Everything's Eventual
Scribner
Synopsis
Autopsy Room Four: A man believed dead remains conscious while doctors prepare to examine his body.
The Man in the Black Suit: An elderly man recalls a childhood encounter with a terrifying stranger beside a river.
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away: A travelling salesman faces despair while considering the strange graffiti he has collected.
The Death of Jack Hamilton: A member of John Dillinger’s gang remembers loyalty, violence, and the death of a wounded companion.
In the Deathroom: A prisoner held by a brutal regime searches for a way to survive an interrogation.
The Little Sisters of Eluria: Roland of Gilead awakens in a remote hospital where the nurses conceal a deadly nature.
Everything’s Eventual: A young man with an unusual talent discovers that his comfortable new job has a disturbing purpose.
L.T.’s Theory of Pets: A failed marriage is recounted through the couple’s pets and the resentment surrounding them.
The Road Virus Heads North: A writer buys a disturbing painting whose subject seems to move closer to him.
Lunch at the Gotham Café: A divorcing couple’s lunch meeting becomes a struggle for survival when a waiter turns violent.
That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French: A woman experiences a growing sense that a familiar journey is repeating.
1408: A skeptical writer who investigates haunted places insists on staying in a hotel room with a lethal history.
Riding the Bullet: A college student hitchhiking home to his ill mother accepts a ride that forces a terrible choice.
Luckey Quarter: A hotel maid receives an unusual tip and briefly considers what luck might change.
The Man in the Black Suit: An elderly man recalls a childhood encounter with a terrifying stranger beside a river.
All That You Love Will Be Carried Away: A travelling salesman faces despair while considering the strange graffiti he has collected.
The Death of Jack Hamilton: A member of John Dillinger’s gang remembers loyalty, violence, and the death of a wounded companion.
In the Deathroom: A prisoner held by a brutal regime searches for a way to survive an interrogation.
The Little Sisters of Eluria: Roland of Gilead awakens in a remote hospital where the nurses conceal a deadly nature.
Everything’s Eventual: A young man with an unusual talent discovers that his comfortable new job has a disturbing purpose.
L.T.’s Theory of Pets: A failed marriage is recounted through the couple’s pets and the resentment surrounding them.
The Road Virus Heads North: A writer buys a disturbing painting whose subject seems to move closer to him.
Lunch at the Gotham Café: A divorcing couple’s lunch meeting becomes a struggle for survival when a waiter turns violent.
That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French: A woman experiences a growing sense that a familiar journey is repeating.
1408: A skeptical writer who investigates haunted places insists on staying in a hotel room with a lethal history.
Riding the Bullet: A college student hitchhiking home to his ill mother accepts a ride that forces a terrible choice.
Luckey Quarter: A hotel maid receives an unusual tip and briefly considers what luck might change.
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Verified Edition
Photographed copyright page shows the complete Scribner first-printing number line and ISBN 0-7432-3515-0. The collection contains fourteen pieces, including the Dark Tower novella The Little Sisters of Eluria and the first print appearance of several previously published works in this volume. Book condition is recorded as Fair, which materially reduces replacement value despite the first printing.