The provided text is comprised of several excerpts from a collection of short stories by Stephen King, identified as Everything's Eventual. The text begins with publishing details and a table of contents, revealing that the story order was determined by a shuffled deck of cards. The introduction discusses the diminishing market for short stories and King's unique experience with the e-book publication of his story "Riding the Bullet," which generated significant media attention but little interest in the actual narrative. Following this are portions of several stories: "Autopsy Room Four" concerns a man paralyzed and conscious on an autopsy table, desperately trying to alert the doctors; "The Death of Jack Hamilton" is narrated by an associate of John Dillinger detailing the slow, gruesome death of a wounded gang member; "In the Deathroom" involves a prisoner undergoing a high-stakes interrogation; and "Everything's Eventual" follows a young man named Dinky who has a deadly psychic ability manipulated by a shadowy corporation.