Draft:Rattlesnakes (short story)

Rattlesnakes is a horror novella by American writer Stephen King, which was published as part of his collection You Like It Darker in 2024. The novella serves as a sequel to King's 1981 novel Cujo.

Synopsis
Forty years after the death of his son Tad, retired advertising executive Vic Trenton is spending the summer at a friend's beach house in Rattlesnake Key, Florida, in the midst of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Vic has decided to emotionally recover at Rattlesnake Key following the recent passing of his wife Donna from breast cancer. Soon after settling in, Vic meets Alita Bell, an eccentric neighbor who walks along the local roads pushing an empty stroller.