King of the Road

Here I do honor to one of America's more prolific and award-winning writers - Stephen King. I'm not going to debate the _merits_ of his writing here, as I know that polarizes some people. But the man can certainly write what many people want to read. The short story I'm using is "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut," discussed here: http://bit.ly/1ZIrMq *MY* challenge revolves around Homer's theory that Mrs. Todd teleports as if she folded a map and drove across the fold. What if this folding were possible? _Replicable?_ Even *commonplace*? (Assuming you can fold a map back to original position, that is.) Give me a story in this foldable world. I won't put any more limits on you than that - that folding a map to travel quickly is part of the story. You have a month to cogitate. (I like one-month challenges. I'd like them more if there was a webpage that listed all challenges that end in the next seven days.)

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