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"Luckey Quarter" is a short story by American writer
Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, scienc ...
, originally published in '' USA Weekend'' in 1995.


Plot summary

Darlene Pullen, who is a struggling single mother with two children (a rebellious teenage daughter and a sickly young son) and an unfulfilling job as a chambermaid at The Rancher's Hotel in
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, is left a tip of a single quarter with a note saying that it is a "luckey uckyquarter". She takes a quick gamble on it and finds that it brings her some small luck. Moving on to a real casino, she keeps trying her luck, and soon she's winning thousands of dollars. All seems to be going exceedingly well until she suddenly reappears back in the hotel room, left with nothing but her lucky quarter. All of her success was a fantasy. As her two children come to visit her at work, she lets her son have the quarter, and as he uses it in a gamble, it starts to pay off just as it did when Darlene was fantasizing.


Publication

"Luckey Quarter" was originally published in the June 30/July 2, 1995 issue of '' USA Weekend''. In 1997, it was published in King's limited edition collection '' Six Stories''. In 2002, it was collected in King's book '' Everything's Eventual''.


Adaptations

In 2005, "Luckey Quarter" was adapted into a short film produced and directed by Robert Cochrane. In 2023, Luckey Quarter was adapted into a short animated film produced by L.E. Peralta and S. Peralta, written, animated and directed by L.E. Peralta.


See also

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Stephen King short fiction bibliography This is a list of short fiction works by Stephen King (b. 1947). This includes short stories, novelettes, and novellas, as well as poem Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary ...


References


External links


"Luckey Quarter" at StephenKing.com
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"Luckey Quarter" at StephenKingShortMovies.com
* * 1997 short stories Short stories by Stephen King Short stories set in Nevada Works originally published in USA Weekend {{1990s-story-stub