Title: The Road Virus Heads North
Description: Richard Kinnell buys a creepy painting at a yard sale which was painted by a metal-head neighbor of the woman running the yard sale just before he committed suicide.
([source][1])


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Also contained in:

 - [Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales][2]


  [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/short_story/road_virus_heads_north_the.html
  [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81584W/Everything's_Eventual
Subjects: short stories, yard sales, suicide, rest areas
Places: Boston, Derry, Maine, Tobin Bridge
People: Richard Kinnell