Skip this and read "On Writing". The author of this submission borderline plagiarized this story from King. Yes, I know that they credit the book, but by the end, they basically just replace "I" with "he". It's copying what King wrote, badly. It would take just as much space to just quote King's story.

This bothers me because it's such a poignant story, well-told, and it's King's story to tell, not this author.