Cover image for Full throttle   [cd sound recording]:  stories
Title:
Full throttle [cd sound recording]: stories
Author:
Hill, Joe, author, narrator.
ISBN:
9780062956651
Edition:
Unabridged.
Publication Information:
[United States] : Harper Collins Publishers, 2019.
Physical Description:
13 audio discs (720 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
Compact disc.
Abstract:
"In this [...] collection of short fiction, Joe Hill dissects timeless human struggles in 13 relentless tales of supernatural suspense, including 'In The Tall Grass', one of two stories cowritten with Stephen King, basis for the terrifying feature film from Netflix. A little door that opens to a world of fairy tale wonders becomes the blood-drenched stomping ground for a gang of hunters in 'Faun.' A grief-stricken librarian climbs behind the wheel of an antique Bookmobile to deliver fresh reads to the dead in 'Late Returns.' In 'By the Silver Water of Lake Champlain,' two young friends stumble on the corpse of a plesiosaur at the water's edge, a discovery that forces them to confront the inescapable truth of their own mortality, and other horrors that lurk in the water's shivery depths. And tension shimmers in the sweltering heat of the Nevada desert as a faceless trucker finds himself caught in a sinister dance with a tribe of motorcycle outlaws in 'Throttle, ' co-written with Stephen King. Featuring two previously unpublished stories and a brace of shocking chillers, Full Throttle is a darkly imagined odyssey through the complexities of the human psyche. Hypnotic and disquieting, it mines our tormented secrets, hidden vulnerabilities, and basest fears [...]" -- Provided by publisher.