12. Trisha In The Woods - The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
As she reached the driver's door of the cab, which hung open with vines twisting in and out of its socket of a window, lightening flashed again, painting the whole world purple. In its glare Trisha saw something with slumped shoulders standing on the far side of the road, something with black eyes and great cocked ears like horns. Perhaps they were horns. It wasn't human; nor did she think it was animal. It was a god. It was her god, the wasp-god, standing there in the rain.
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon is one of King's lesser known books, but makes no less of an impact upon reading than some of his best sellers. Trisha McFarland is a nine year old girl who has lost herself in a great forest while on a walk in the woods. The whole story is full of suspense, from the near-death incidents she faces to the faceless monster that follows her through the forest. You'll never stray from the path again after reading this almost-too-real account of what happens in the wilderness after sunset.
I love Stephen King and music festivals; I eat my toast upside down; I daydream about getting married probably a bit too much; and I wish every day for a pet sausage dog puppy (who never materialises – sob).
