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In the Deathroom
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| Author | Stephen King |
|---|---|
| Country |  USA |
| Language | English |
| Genre(s) | Horror short story |
| Released in | Blood and Smoke (1st release), Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales |
| Publication type | Anthology |
| Publisher | Simon & Schuster audio |
| Media Type | Print (Paperback) & Audiobook |
| Released | 2002 |
In the Deathroom is the fifth short story in the collection Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales by Stephen King.
This is the explanatory note Stephen King featured with the story in the collection Everything's Eventual: 14 Dark Tales:This is a slightly Kafka-esque story about an interrogation room in the South American version of Hell. In such stories, the fellow being interrogated usually ends up spilling everything and then being killed (or losing his mind.) I wanted to write one with a happier ending, however unreal that might be. And here it is.
Fletcher, an ex-reporter from the New York Times, has been captured by members of a South American government. The story begins as he is brought into the titular "deathroom" as he realizes that his captors, after interrogating him about a Communist insurgency he has been supporting, will not let him leave this room alive, despite their claims that he will be set free.
During the course of his interrogation, Fletcher manages to keep calm, and hatches a desperate plan to save his life, which, to his surprise, actually works. After killing all four of his captors, he escapes "the deathroom."