Summary

King describes how his stories often come to him in two parts, a cup at one point and a handle at another, instead of a complete package. He witnessed a near-miss between two trucks at a busy intersection and wondered what might have happened if the drivers had a collision and then physically attacked one another. He describes this story idea as a “cup with no handle” (66). Years later, he watched as a middle-aged man cut up steak for an elderly gentleman. King decided they were father and son and made them the “handle” (66) for the road rage story.

In the story “Batman and Robin Have an Altercation,” Doug Sanderson visits his father twice a week. Most Sundays they go to lunch at Applebees. When Sanderson’s father was young, he was a roughneck who worked in the oil...