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| author = Stephen King
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| genre = Horror
| publication date = September 24, 2002
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'''''From a Buick 8''''' is a [[Horror Literature|horror novel]] by [[Stephen King]], published in 2002.
In rural Pennsylvania, one of life's great losers looks up from behind his gas station counter and notices that a big old Buick is still sitting out front with its driver nowhere in sight. After a quick search, he can't find the driver but fears he may have fallen into the river, so he calls the state police. When the police arrive, they cannot find any trace of the man and take the car away as potential evidence. Only... only it's not really a car. There's no way it can drive, it's missing essential parts and looks like it never had them and seems more like it teleported in judging by the lack of mud.
And that's just the start because ''things'' come out of it - the story is framed as the current Chief and some other officers explaining the thing to the traumatized son of an officer who was tragically killed by [[Contrived Coincidence|that same loser]] years later.
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* [[Alien Geometries]]: It seems to have a direct connection to the [[Dark Tower]] world.
* [[Ambiguous Situation]]: Basically the point. You don't get many answers by the end. There are multiple theories, but you don't know if any are true.
* [[Arc Words]]: Curiosity killed the cat, but satisfaction brought him back.
* [[Attack of the Killer Whatever]]: Well, it ''looks'' like a car, anyway.
* [[Call a Smeerp
* [[Canon Welding]]: Attached to the [[Dark Tower]] series.
* [[Contrived Coincidence]]: Subverted. Curtis is eventually killed in a hit and run by the same guy who called the police about the Buick, but Sandy speculates that the Buick somehow arranged it.
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