“I think inside every man there is another man—a stranger...” writes Wilfred Leland James in the opening pages of his mesmerizing confession, which is the story “1922,” the first part of the new collection of Stephen King. In James's case, the stranger's awakening came when his wife Arlette suggested they sell their house and move to Omaha, setting off this story of murder and madness. In the story "Big Driver," mystery author Tess encounters a stranger on a Massachusetts back road while driving home. after the book club meeting. Left for dead, Tess hatches a plan for revenge that will bring her face to face with yet another stranger—within herself. "Fair Extension," the shortest, is perhaps the scariest and certainly the funniest of these stories. By making a deal with the devil, Dave Streeter not only saves himself from cancer, but also receives a generous compensation for his unsuccessful life. In the last story, “Good Wife,” Darcy Anderson searches for batteries in the garage. Suddenly her finger hits a box under the workbench and she discovers a stranger in her own husband, who is away on a business trip. This gruesome discovery will definitely put an end to a twenty-year marriage.