"Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman #2)" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the 1980 anthology New Terrors, edited by Ramsey Campbell and collected in the 1985 volume Skeleton Crew.
Its plot centers around two laundry workers Rocky and Leo who after just finishing up a shift at work (and just starting on a second case of beer) are driving around searching for an auto-inspection station. They finally come across an i...
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Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American writer of contemporary horror fiction, science fiction, fantasy literature, and screenplays. More than 350 million copies of King's novels and short story collections have been sold, and many of his stories have been adapted for film,...
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