999 is a massive original anthology containing new fiction. In 999, the world's best writers of horror and suspense have created a literary landmark that defines the field at the close of the 20th century.
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This is the story Stephen King wrote for this fantastic anthology. The Road Virus Heads North is a short story about a horror writer, named Richard Kinnell that calls into a small yard sale and finds an interesting painting. After purchasing it he finds that the painting is slowly changing, the car and driver in the painting are driving away from the first position he saw them, driving towards him! The car, named The Road Virus, is slowly travelling north, towards places he has just come from.
Judy Diment, the lady that sold him the painting is brutally murdered, and Kinnell thinks that he may be next, and now he can hear the rumble of glasspack mufflers outside his house...
Published By: Hodder and Stoughton-1999
