''Everything's Eventual'' is a collection of 11

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and 3 novellas by American writer

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high ...

, published in 2002.

Stories

"The Little Sisters of Eluria" is part of ''

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'' series.

Story order

In the introduction to the book, King describes the unusual method he used to sort the stories:

Audio versions

The unabridged digital

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edition includes all fourteen stories, but the physical book-on-cd versions of the stories are spread out over several products. " L.T.'s Theory of Pets" is the only story not included in any of the book-on-cd collections, but rather as a standalone product. ''Everything's Eventual: Five Dark Tales'' contains these stories: * " Everything's Eventual" – read by

Justin Long Justin Jacob Long (born June 2, 1978) is an American actor, comedian, director and screenwriter. Long is known for his film roles, notably appearing in '' Jeepers Creepers'' (2001), ''Dodgeball'' (2004), '' Accepted'' (2006), '' Idiocracy'' ( ...

* " Autopsy Room Four" – read by

Oliver Platt Oliver Platt (born January 12, 1960) is a Canadian-born American actor. He is known for his starring roles in many films such as ''Flatliners'' (1990), ''Beethoven'' (1992), ''Indecent Proposal'', ''The Three Musketeers'' (both 1993), ''Executiv ...

* " The Little Sisters of Eluria" – read by

Boyd Gaines Boyd Payne Gaines (born May 11, 1953) is an American actor. During his career, he has won four Tony Awards and three Drama Desk Awards. Gaines is best known for playing Mark Royer on '' One Day at a Time'' (1981-1984). Early life and education ...

* " Luckey Quarter" – read by

Judith Ivey Judith Lee Ivey (born September 4, 1951) is an American actress and theatre director. She has twice won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Play: for '' Steaming'' (1981) and '' Hurlyburly'' (1984). She has also appeared in several fil ...

* " The Road Virus Heads North" – read by

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''The Man in the Black Suit: 4 Dark Tales'' contains these stories: * "

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" * " All That You Love Will Be Carried Away" * " The Death of Jack Hamilton" * " That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French" ''Everything's Eventual: Volume 2'' is a retitled edition of ''The Man in the Black Suit: 4 Dark Tales'', along with the addition of "Riding the Bullet". It contains these stories: * "

" * " All That You Love Will Be Carried Away" * " The Death of Jack Hamilton" * " That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French" * "

Riding the Bullet ''Riding the Bullet'' is a horror novella by American writer Stephen King. It marked King's debut on the Internet. Simon & Schuster, with technology by SoftLock, first published ''Riding the Bullet'' in 2000 as the world's first mass-market e-boo ...

" ''

Blood and Smoke ''Blood and Smoke'' (1999) is an audiobook in which Stephen King reads three of his own short stories. At the time, King said that the two short stories which had not been published wouldn't be, but all three appeared in the ''Everything's Eve ...

'' contains these stories: * "

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In the Deathroom "In the Deathroom" is a horror short story by American writer Stephen King. It first appeared in the 1999 audiobook '' Blood and Smoke''. In 2000, it was first published in written form in '' Secret Windows''. In 2002, it was collected in King' ...

" * "

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L. T.'s Theory of Pets ''L. T.'s Theory of Pets'' is a horror short story by American writer Stephen King. It was originally published in the 1997 limited-edition collection ''Six Stories''. In 2001, it was released as an audiobook with the recording of King reading th ...

" and "

" are available as individual single-story productions.

Film adaptations

Of the stories King wrote for this collection, two became films and another is in the works. The novella ''

'' became a direct-to-video film by the same name, released in 2004 and directed by

Mick Garris Mick Garris (born December 4, 1951) is an American filmmaker and screenwriter born in Santa Monica, California. He is best known for his work in the horror film genre, as well as making Stephen King adaptations. Early life Garris was born in Sant ...

, who made many films and TV miniseries of King's works, and the film ''

'' (2007) appeared in theaters, starring

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. " The Death of Jack Hamilton" was adapted for the screen for the first time as part of King's "

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" deal, and an official teaser trailer for the film was released on September 1, 2012, with an expected release date in 2013.

References

{{Everything'sEventual 2002 short story collections American short story collections Charles Scribner's Sons books Short story collections by Stephen King

Stories

Story order

Audio versions

Film adaptations

See also

References