Her shortcuts take them to some dark and strange places and never leave the road tripper the way they were when they embarked.Īll in all, it’s a pretty good story and, despite there not being much action (all action that there is being told in a passive way) I didn’t want it to end. He recounts the addiction she had to finding shortcuts and how she can seemingly fold space and time to shave a handful of miles of a road trip. The sole focus is on Homer (the main narrator of the two old guys) and his friendship with Mrs Ophelia Todd. It’s more a tall-tale that actually happened with a bit of supernatural elements thrown in there. This style is pretty damn awesome and the words used are the slang and pronunciation the guys would be using in a real conversation (Sanwhich instead of sandwich etc …) It was quite a nice touch that gave the story a very real, very charming feel. This short offering from King’s Skeleton Crew focuses on two main narrators (a couple of old men telling the story as if it were a chat to each other). My Rating for ‘Mrs Todd’s Shortcut’: 5 out of 5 Pages: Story page count unknown as part of larger collection The following info is from Skeleton Crew as a whole, not just the short story in question:
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