"Elevation"
Although Scott Carey
doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a
couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and
out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be
poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he
trusts Doctor Bob Ellis.
In the small town of Castle Rock, the
setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low
grade—but escalating—battle with the lesbians next door whose dog
regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn.
One of the women is
friendly; the other, cold as ice. Both are trying to launch a new
restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married
couple, and the place is in trouble. When Scott finally understands the
prejudices they face–including his own—he tries to help.
Unlikely
alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott’s affliction
bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves
and others.