Everything's Eventual

14 Dark Tales

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Becky Ann Baker, John Cullum, Boyd Gaines, Peter Gerety, Josh Hamilton, Arliss Howard, Judith Ivey, Stephen King, Justin Long

Length: 17 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's summary

The 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" 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 Café", a sparring couple's contentious lunch turns very, very bloody when the maître d' gets out of sorts. "1408" 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 déjà 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 14 dark tales assembled in Everything's Eventual. Intense, eerie, and instantly compelling, they announce the stunningly fertile imagination of perhaps the greatest storyteller of our time.

The complete list of narrators includes Becky Ann Baker, John Collum, Boyd Gaines, Peter Gerety, Josh Hamilton, Arliss Howard, Judith Ivey, Stephen King, Justin Long, Oliver Platt, and Jay O. Sanders.

©2002 Stephen King (P)2014 Simon & Schuster

Loved it

Might be my favourite collection of short stories from King. Kinda debating between this and Skeleton Crew.... Performances and stories were all amazing. One small thing - couple times music was super distracting (I think in the dark tower story). Good thing it was turned off later but omg when it was fighting with Kings narration for the first minute or two it was hard to focus. Also I think it would be perfect if audible broke down stories into their own chapters and labeled them as I want to listen to a few specific ones again.

Solid performances from all narrators

The performances were great. I loved every minute! I wish more audiobooks had multiple narrators.

Some were better than others but.....

I really enjoyed this book. The narrators were good, some better than others but combined to make a great anthology.
The stories were all 👍. I may just have to find myself another King anthology book, even if I've read it before. I'm loving Kings work in audio format.
Stephen King himself is a pretty good narrator.
I recommend this book for a more mature audience though.

Hearing It Is Different

I read this book when it was first published but listening to it as dramatically read was far more entertaining. I have been a Stephen King constant reader since his beginnings and still can’t wait for his next offering❣️

It’s Stephen King, so you know it’s good.

There wasn’t a story in this collection that I was familiar with besides “Riding the Bullet” and I loved all of them. The performances were excellent and the way in which King consistently makes the most otherworldly and impossible things seem so oddly plausible is nothing short of Magic.

Gee!!!

Loved the extra dark tower content. Everything else was bonus. Really enjoyed death of jack h.

Couldn't put it down

Loved every story but then....I'm a constant reader. Stephen makes you feel like you're there or it's a place you've been at in your life.

please stop with the music in King books

who ever is responsible for the audio version of Stephen King books, please stop with the musical breaks! they are distracting; and some times continue over the narrator. in 1408 (read by King) the first several sentence are nearly obscured by the music. I like the book overall, some stories drag a bit.

It Was So Eventual

I bought this audio book because I enjoy listening to Stephen King narrate his work. I've listened to all the novels he has narrated so far, and now I'm on to the short stories, starting with this one. I was not disappointed. LT's Theory of Pets was a live reading, and it was enjoyable, though it was a little strange hearing this live recording sandwiched in between studio performances which had better sound quality. Justin Long was the perfect narrator for Everything's Eventual, which ended up being my favorite tale.

Great Short Stories

Great collection of King's short stories. Audio is very nice and interesting to listen to.
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