The theme of the book Just After Sunset By Stephen King, i believe is mystery and loss. Mystery in this book are not crimes but more like confusion of an unexplained occurrence. In the beginning the main character is teleported to the future which then leads to even more confusing situations. Eventually though a solution is found and all is good until again something unusual happens in a ordinary town. This quote is to help explain the theme mystery in the book "Blur of forest was very unlike him), and you could read how weary these men were in every feature of their faces. It was even in the sweat-stains on the collars of their shirts. Above them, the sky was queer organic red” (King 119). The other Theme in the book was loss. Here you would find that at the end of each short story there would be a solution and as a down side there would also be a loss of a character or hometown. “Her head snapped to the side. Her hair flew against her cheek, and she felt blood begin to flow into her mouth as her lower lip burst. The inner lining had been cut by her teeth, and deep. Almost all the way through, it felt like. Outside, the rain rushed down. I’m going to die while it’s raining” (King 46). This quote describes how although she had found out what happened in the disappearance it had back fired on her and because she knew what happened that day she had to pay for it. which in the end she was the loss in that story.

This article explains all the main points in the book including the themes loss and mystery.