Now they are grown-up men and women who have gone out into the big world to gain success and happiness. They were seven teenagers when they first stumbled upon the horror. It’s a small city, a place as hauntingly familiar as your own hometown. Isaac Asimov’s Magical World of Fantasy #4īig Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman #2) The Evil Image: Two Centuries of Gothic Short Fiction and PoetryĪn International Treasury of Mystery and SuspenseĬults: An Anthology of Secret Societies, Sects and the Supernatural And the only one to notice the strange and terrible forces gathering around the Overlook is Danny Torrance, a uniquely gifted five-year-old. But as the harsh winter weather sets in, the idyllic location feels ever more remote…and more sinister. As the off-season caretaker at the atmospheric old hotel, he’ll have plenty of time to spend reconnecting with his family and working on his writing. Jack Torrance’s new job at the Overlook Hotel is the perfect chance for a fresh start. Man may have been made in the image of God, but human society was made in the image of His opposite number, and is always trying to get back home.” Title Give me seven and in seven years they’ll reinvent warfare. Give me six and they’ll reinvent prejudice. Give me five and they’ll make one an outcast. Give me four and they’ll build a pyramid. Give me three and they’ll invent the charming thing we call ‘society’. “Show me a man or a woman alone and I’ll show you a saint. You only have to watch the news to know it. I know the list looks incredibly long, but there is quite a bit of overlap. I am calling this The King’s Quest in honor of one of my favorite game series from childhood. This year as a challenge for myself, I am going to attempt to read everything King has written. However, I have huge gaping holes of things I haven’t read. As it stands I have read about half of his bibliography.

Over the years I have read quite a lot of king.

I want to explore a writer in their entirety. Some of the great pieces of horror and suspense from the last 50 years have come from him.Īs a test for myself, I thought about taking on something pretty outstanding. He is sometimes overly wordy and descriptive, crazy, dark and moody.īut sometimes, King’s stories bring magic. I am your number one fan.― Stephen King, Misery Book Lists All of the Stories Out of Castle Rock, Maine

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