Author John Dykstra, who writes under the pen name Rick Hardin, has had too much beer to drink at his mystery writer's group meeting and desperately needs to find a rest stop on his return from Jacksonville, Florida to Sarasota, Florida. There is only one other car at the rest stop, and he overhears its occupants in the ladies' bathroom. He hears a woman's and a man's voice coming from the bathroom, and the sounds of domestic abuse.
Dykstra is too timid and frightened to act, but he assumes the mentality of his alter-ego, Hardin, and attacks the man with a tire iron. Hardin calls the police and orders the woman to leave the scene in the car, and much to her protest, Hardin smashes the man's glasses to ensure the man doesn't follow him on the road in retaliation.
After some time, Hardin mentally reverts to Dykstra, who begins to vomit out the side of his vehicle when the adrenaline rush of the incident wears off. He stops at a gas station and thoroughly searches to make sure the man has not followed him. Upon returning home, Dykstra locks his doors and activates his burglar alarm.
^King, Stephen (December 2003). . Esquire. Archived from the original on 2009-07-16. Retrieved June 30, 2009.
^N'Duka, Amanda (2019-04-18). "Legendary Developing Stephen King Short Story 'Rest Stop' As A Feature". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-01-27.
External linksEdit
"Rest Stop". StephenKing.com.
October 18, 2023
rest, stop, short, story, rest, stop, short, story, american, writer, stephen, king, originally, published, december, 2003, issue, esquire, collected, king, 2008, collection, just, after, sunset, 2004, rest, stop, national, magazine, award, fiction, rest, stop. Rest Stop is a short story by the American writer Stephen King originally published in the December 2003 issue of Esquire and collected in King s 2008 collection Just After Sunset 1 In 2004 Rest Stop won the National Magazine Award for Fiction Rest Stop Short story by Stephen KingCountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglishGenre s Short storyPublicationPublished inEsquire Just After SunsetPublication typePrintPublication date2003 Contents 1 Plot synopsis 2 Adaptation 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksPlot synopsis EditAuthor John Dykstra who writes under the pen name Rick Hardin has had too much beer to drink at his mystery writer s group meeting and desperately needs to find a rest stop on his return from Jacksonville Florida to Sarasota Florida There is only one other car at the rest stop and he overhears its occupants in the ladies bathroom He hears a woman s and a man s voice coming from the bathroom and the sounds of domestic abuse Dykstra is too timid and frightened to act but he assumes the mentality of his alter ego Hardin and attacks the man with a tire iron Hardin calls the police and orders the woman to leave the scene in the car and much to her protest Hardin smashes the man s glasses to ensure the man doesn t follow him on the road in retaliation After some time Hardin mentally reverts to Dykstra who begins to vomit out the side of his vehicle when the adrenaline rush of the incident wears off He stops at a gas station and thoroughly searches to make sure the man has not followed him Upon returning home Dykstra locks his doors and activates his burglar alarm Adaptation EditIn April 2019 it was announced that Legendary Entertainment would develop a film adaptation of the short story with Alex Ross Perry set to write and direct 2 See also EditShort fiction by Stephen KingReferences Edit King Stephen December 2003 Rest Stop Esquire Archived from the original on 2009 07 16 Retrieved June 30 2009 N Duka Amanda 2019 04 18 Legendary Developing Stephen King Short Story Rest Stop As A Feature Deadline Retrieved 2020 01 27 External links Edit Rest Stop StephenKing com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Rest Stop short story amp oldid 1162352876, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
