Stephen king ophelia todd has the amazing ability to find shortcuts for her driving trips that no one has ever heard of, before, or since. Todd driving by, and that prompts homer to talk about mr. Todds shortcut audio cassette april 27, 1987 by stephen king author. Whats mrs todds s hortcut all about an old man called homer buckland reminisces with a friend about a woman called ophelia todd who became obsessed with finding the shortest routes possible to drive from castle rock to bangor. The narrator and homer buckland are rural maine natives, and the story starts with them observing the city folk who only come to the area for the summer. I like what the story has to say about aging, commitment.
Ophelia todd is always looking for a shorter distance between two points, so she just wrinkles the map a littleuntil she gets caught in one of the wrinkles. Todds shortcut is a short story by stephen king, first published in the may 1984 issue of redbook magazine, and collected in kings 1985 collection skeleton crew. Todds shortcut by sam wicked published on 201022t16. Full text of todd lecture series see other formats. Mrs todd s shortcut tells the enchanting story of a lovely woman who resembles the ancient goddess diana on her auto jaunts. Click download or read online button to get mrs todd s shortcut from skeleton crew book now. Todd takes many shortcuts, right up to the point when she disappears. Short stories challenge mrs todds shortcut by stephen. A romantic story with great descriptions of a new england october. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want.
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