Riding the Bullet
by Stephen King
When he gets a call that his mother has suffered a stroke, college student, Alan Parker, has no car to get him from the University of Maine campus to Lewiston where she has been hospitalized. He is able to hitch a ride with a stranger who offers him a no-win choice.
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- [Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales][2]
