Stationary Bike

Stationary Bike

Stationary Bike is a short story written by Stephen King, which was originally published in the fifth edition of "From the Borderlands" in 2003.

The story depicts the struggle of Richard Sifkitz — a commercial artist and widower — to suppress a passion for consuming unhealthy foods by using a stationary bike. In order to occupy his mind during his exercise routine he paints a captivating mural — portraying a road cutting into a mountain setting — which gradually metamorphisizes into a doorway that leads Sifkitz to a haunting confrontation with a disgruntled construction crew.

Read by Ron McLarty — who has voiced other audiobooks adapted from Stephen King's work — "Stationary Bike" was released as a compact disc in June 2006.

External links

* [http://www.stephenking.com/ King's official site]


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