"Trucks": A truck stop becomes the setting for a brutal showdown between humans and (actual) monster trucks.
"Sometimes They Come Back": A violent episode from a high school teacher's childhood comes back to haunt him.
"Strawberry Spring": A series of Ripper-like murders plague a local community college when a false spring accompanied by a fog envelops the campus.
"The Ledge": A tennis pro faces the wager of his life with the husband of his lady love. But will the older man honor his bet?
"The Lawnmower Man": Harold Parkette discovers that Pastoral Greenery and Outdoor Services, Inc. are a full-service lawn and landscaping service--maybe a little too full-service for his tastes.
"Quitters, Inc.": Dick Morrison wants to quit smoking, and the firm Quitters, Inc. absolutely, positively guarantees that he will never smoke another cigarette--or else.
"I Know What You Need": College student Elizabeth Rogan has met the perfect guy, Ed Hamner, Jr., who seems able to anticipate her every need--eerily so.
"Children of the Corn": While driving through the cornfields of Nebraska in a last-ditch attempt to save their floundering marriage, Burt and Vicky are involved in a hit and run of a young boy. Or are they? The boy's throat has been cut, and when they go to a nearby town for help they are greeted by some very strange residents.
"The Last Rung on the Ladder": A truly heartbreaking story about a pivotal childhood event in a brother and sister's life, and how they drift apart in the ensuing years.
"The Man Who Loved Flowers": Almost a tone poem, set in New York City on a spring night, this tale plants plenty of clues to the horror that lies beneath the seemingly lovely night.
"One for the Road": Set a few years after the novel 'Salem's Lot has taken place, this story sees a nor'easter pounding the area. Locals Booth and Tookey reluctantly help a tourist from New Jersey whose car, with his wife and daughter inside, has been stranded in a snowdrift in nearby Jerusalem's Lot, a town populated by vampires.
"The Woman in the Room": Another heartbreaker, this one centers on a man watching his mother die slowly and painfully from cancer--and debating whether or not to help ease her passage out of this world.
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