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STEPHEN KING'S FULL DARK, NO STARS

Full Dark, No Stars' by Stephen King encompass five short stories; 1922, Big Driver, Fair Extension, A Good Marriage and Under the Weather


1922 - Wilfred, learns that his wife Arlette, has inherited 100 acres of land from her dead father. Being a farmer and owner of 80 acres, he's excited that he'll soon own 180. But, Arlette wants to sell everything and move to the city. After failing to talk her out of it, or at least reason with her, he talks their teenage son into killing her and getting rid of the body - which they do - and just like that, he becomes the sole owner of 180 acres of land. What they don't know is that, superstitious or not, the murdered always have a way of haunting and hunting down their killers.

Big Driver - This is one story that's been told so many times but, in different ways. It is about a female writer who while taking a shortcut home, falls in the hands of Big Driver; a local gigantically-built serial rapist. She chooses not to report the ordeal, and instead seek justice by herself, not just for what has been done to her but also for all the women who had fallen prey of Big Driver.


Fair Extension - A guy, who has just been diagnosed with cancer, comes across a guy by the roadside selling 'hair extensions' or as he was later to confirm 'fair extensions'. He signs up for one - a 15 year old life extension that offers good health and financial success, as long as he keeps sending 15% of his earnings to Elvid aka the devil and, chooses a close friend of his - whom he hates, to transfer his miseries to.


A Good Marriage - A happily married woman discovers that her very loving, loyal, happy, faithful and trustworthy husband has a mischievous hobby - abducting, sexually molesting and killing women and girls. To protect her family from public ridicule, hate and segregation, she decides not to turn him in but, stage his suicide.


Under the Weather - He once joked about how he would never be able to live without her. And, were she to die before him, he would do everything to preserve her body and keep her close. At the moment of her death, he finds himself doing the same, without really knowing, for in his mind, his wife is just but ill and taking a bed rest.


- You probably have watched the film versions of these stories but believe me when I tell you, watching doesn't come any close to written word-

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