Short Works:"The Gingerbread Girl" fiction

Short Work: "The Gingerbread Girl”
Author: Stephen King
Type: Fiction

Synopsis: "The Gingerbread Girl" follows the story of Em, who after suffering a devastating loss, starts running. Soon Em runs from her husband and her home all the way to the airport. Looking for solace, Em's running takes her to the Florida Gulf where she settles into the loneliest stretch of Vermillion Key. Once there Em keeps up her running until one day she makes the mistake of looking into the driveway of a man named Pickering. Pickering also enjoys the privacy of Vermillion Key, but the young women he brings there suffer the consequences. Will Em be next?

First Appearance: Esquire: Volume 148, Number 1
Author/Editor: David Granger
Date Published: July 2007
Issue Price: $3.99
Stephen King-related Artist(s): Interior photographs by Todd Hido
Publisher: Hearst Communications, Inc.
























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