Blood and Smoke

Four discs with a running time of approximately 3.5 hours. Available only on audio, this collection of three unabridged short stories features two never before published. Includes: Lunch at the Gotham Cafe, in which a man struggling with a split from his wife and his attempts to quit smoking cigarettes culminates in a horrific experience at a Manhattan restaurant; '1408,' where a bestselling ghost story writer must spend the night in New York City's most haunted hotel room and live to tell about it (this one inspired the 2007 film starring John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson); In the Deathroom, telling the story of a captive in South America who must escape from men intent on torturing him for information. Read by the author.