Stephen King will release a new book, titled 'Never Flinch,' next May. Entertainment Weekly shares the first exclusive excerpt.
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Eventually, the twin narratives converge, resulting in a spectacular, chilling climax. Check out the excerpt below for your first taste ofMarch, and the weather’s miserable. The Straight Circle meets in the basement of the Buell Street Methodist Church every weekday from four to five PM. It’s technically a Narcotics Anonymous meeting, but plenty of alcoholics also attend; Straight Circle is usually packed.
One man is stopped by Reverend Mike, who also attends this meeting and many others on a regular basis; the Rev is a recovering opioid addict. In meetings he introduces himself by saying, “I love God, but otherwise I’m just another fiend.” This always gets nods and murmurs of approval, although some old timers find him a bit tiresome. They call him Big Book Mike for his habit of quoting long passages from the AA handbook.
Trig doesn’t but doesn’t say so. He has his reasons for going to meetings out of the city where recognition is unlikely, but today was an emergency: hit a meeting or drink, and after taking the first drink, all choices would be gone. He knows this from personal experience.Trig is a childhood nickname. It’s how he introduces himself at the start of meetings. Even at out-of-town AA and NA, he rarely speaks other than that initial identification.
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