Short Stories: Journeys
The protagonists in these short stories by Asako Serizawa, Nanjil Nadan, Goli Taraghi, Stephen King, and John Cheever are unsettled, vulnerable, and unmoored during their journeys.
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‘Pet Sematary’ Is a Welcome Resurrection
Tense, unflinching, and completely self-aware, Pet Sematary veers away from its source material in satisfying ways, yet remains true to Stephen King's uncompromising vision.
#PopMatters20: Stephen King, ‘On Writing’ 20 Years Later
Had Stephen King and Bryan Smith "met" on that same street on 19 June 2019 -- 20 years after the Accident -- the physical consequences would have probably been complicated by media drones, TMZ helicopters, Instagram and Twitter posts, and Facebook livestream coverage.
Stephen King: ‘America’s Dark Theologian’
Horror might not be a replacement for the absolutism of religion, but for Stephen King its proved to be both a lucrative and at times life-long examination of what exists behind locked doors.
‘The Best of Richard Matheson’ Is Among the Best of Pop Culture
Richard Matheson's work has so permeated modern pop culture that it can be hard to find works not at least partially indebted to an idea of his or, as is more often the case, someone influenced by him.
Clowns Are Up to a Different Kind of Funny Business, These Days
"Creepy clowns" have become the rule, not the exception. How and when did clowns change from entertainers to tormentors?
Rats, Writing, and the Nature of Evil: A Night With Stephen King
Stephen King and George RR Martin prove to be a dynamic duo on King's End of Watch tour.
Stephen King, ‘Mr. Mercedes’, and Our Love of Literary Junk Food
Why can't a reader enjoy both Stephen King and Alice McDermott? Fancy Michelin critics have been known to go wild for Shake Shack, after all.
The 10 Stephen King Works That Should Be Made Into Movies
In celebration of his 40th year as a published author, we present these five unfilmed, and five already available Stephen King books that are crying out for a cinematic (re)configuration.