If you’re into horror novels or movies, Stephen King’s short story entitled, “Trucks” (found in his “Night Shift” short story compilation) might just be for you. This 1970’s thriller takes place at a truck stop in Lunar, and involves a group of strangers (including the narrator, a trucker, a gas station attendant, a salesman, a young man, and his girlfriend) who are the only survivors left after a gruesome onslaught of vehicular homicides.
This is where it gets interesting – it’s quickly realized that there is nobody driving the trucks and other large vehicles that are slaughtering the humans. – They are controlled by an unknown force.
The group of strangers take refuge in the truck stop convenience store until the power goes out, and the trucks begin making demands…
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‘Trucks’ was also adapted into a film in 1992!
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