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Smith & Wesson is doing its part to be more socially responsible, now it is the responsibility of the government, gun owners and other gun manufacturers to bite the proverbial bullet and do their part...
Publishing takes another step out of the Gutenberg era this week when a new story by horror impresario Stephen King is released, at the witchy hour of 12:01 a.m. E.T. on March 14, exclusively in electronic form. The 16,000-word tale, Riding the Bullet, issued jointly by Simon & Schuster and Philtrum Press, King's personal publishing imprint, can be ordered online for $2.50 in formats compatible with a variety of e-book and computer devices...
Aside or apart from the electronic buzz, Riding the Bullet is a better than average King chiller. The narrator, Alan Parker, looks back at the phone call he received while a student at the University of Maine, telling him his mother had been hospitalized with a stroke. Since his car is on the fritz, Alan must hitchhike the 120 miles from Orono to Lewiston to see her, and some awfully spooky things happen to him along the way, including getting a lift from a dead man. (Incidentally, this is King's first work since he was struck...
Reading King on a glowing screen is, in fact, an appropriately eerie experience. Citing his fear of the dark, Alan notes, "Even with a light on there are so many shadows." Riding the Bullet can be read with the light...
...King wrote "Bullet" while recuperating from a near-fatal accident last June, when he was walking on a country road near his summer home in Lovell, Maine, and was hit by a minivan. In December King also participated in a fund-raising test of the same "digital rights management" technology that is supposed to copy-protect downloaded files. Last year he pushed the limits of other publishing outlets, releasing a three-story collection called "Blood and Smoke" exclusively in audio book format. In a statement about his new download, King said, "I'm curious to see what sort of response...