Herman Wouk is Still Alive - Stephen King

Stephen King published a new short story in the Atlantic and can be read here for free.  As always, Stephen King's strength is developing characters.  He has this amazing knack for writing characters so believable and clearly realized that you swear he is modeling them after real people in his life.  Not only that, but he can do it with only a few paragraphs.  In this new story, King introduces two characters you would likely see on a website like People of Walmart, a couple of women you couldn't help stare at in disbelief (and probably disgust).  Of course being a King story, they are set on a tragic path that we follow to the bitter end.