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Ibelievethereisanothermaninsideeveryman,astranger...writesWilfredLelandJamesintheearlypagesoftherivetingconfessionthatmakesup"1922,"thefirstinthispitch-blackquartetofmesmerizingtalesfromStephenKing.ForJames,thatstrangerisawakenedwhenhiswife,Arlette,proposessellingoffthefamilyhomesteadandmovingtoOmaha,settinginmotionagruesometrainofmurderandmadness.In"BigDriver,"acozy-mysterywriternamedTessencountersthestrangeralongabackroadinMassachusettswhenshetakesashortcuthomeafterabook-clubengagement.Violatedandleftfordead,Tessplotsarevengethatwillbringherface-to-facewithanotherstranger:theoneinsideherself."FairExtension,"theshortestofthesetales,isperhapsthenastiestandcertainlythefunniest.MakingadealwiththedevilnotonlysavesDaveStreeterfromafatalcancerbutprovidesrichrecompenseforalifetimeofresentment.Whenherhusbandofmorethantwentyyearsisawayononeofhisbusinesstrips,DarcyAndersonlooksforbatteriesinthegarage.Hertoeknocksupagainstaboxunderaworktableandshediscoversthestrangerinsideherhusband.It’sahorrifyingdiscovery,renderedwithbristlingintensity,anditdefinitivelyendsagoodmarriage.LikeDifferentSeasonsandFourPastMidnight,whichgeneratedsuchenduringfilmsasTheShawshankRedemptionandStandbyMe,FullDark,NoStarsprovesStephenKingamasterofthelongstoryform