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Stephen King Revealed His Approach To Writing A Mystery Novel, And It’s Way More Alfred Hitchcock Than It Is Agatha Christie
He’s not interested in the “whodunit?” of it all. By Ryan LaBee, September 10, 2023 Video: https://cdn.jwplayer.com/previews/lq5UdPhW Few names are as iconic as Stephen King when it comes to the written word. Known for his spine-tingling tales of horror and suspense, which have been adapted into countless horror movies, King has enthralled readers for decades…
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Stephen King Knows Anti-Vaxxers Are Going to Hate His Latest Book: ‘Knock Yourself Out’ | Rolling Stone
The horror writer talks Holly and why he chose not to erase Covid from the detective’s world By Brenna Ehrlich, September 5, 2023 THIS POST CONTAINS spoilers for Stephen King’s new book Holly, which comes out today. Stephen King is readying himself for a flood of hate when his next book, Holly, drops on Sept. 5.…
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Stephen King names his top five Stephen King stories | Far Out | Film
By Calum Russell @Russellisation, Tue 7th Jun 2022 16.00 BST There are few authors, if any at all, that can match the influence of Stephen King, an ingenious creative who has given a tremendous amount of stories to cinema and television. From low-key dramas like Stand By Me, Misery and The Shawshank Redemption to blockbuster…
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How Stephen King’s Wife Saved Carrie and Launched His Career | Mental Floss
How the master of horror got his first big break—and how his wife inspired him. Source: How Stephen King’s Wife Saved Carrie and Launched His Career | Mental Floss
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Stephen King: on alcoholism and returning to the Shining
Stephen King has written a lot of books – at 56 novels, he’s closing in on Agatha Christie – some of which have been great, some of which less so. Still, he says, when people say, “Steve, your books are uneven”, he’s confident “there’s good stuff in all of ’em”. Now and then, a story lingers…
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Review: Stephen King’s ‘Bazaar of Bad Dreams’ pulls us in and then out – LA Times
Stephen King , I’ve come to think, is at his most adept when writing in the midlength range. His big novels — “The Stand,” “It,” “11/22/63” — have always felt a little baggy to me, while his shortest work (he has published more than 200 stories, gathered in a number of collections) can feel sketchy,…
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Stephen King, Not Just the Guy Who Makes Monsters – The New York Times
If there are any lingering doubts about Mr. King’s stylistic range, they should be put to rest by his new collection, “The Bazaar of Bad Dreams,” which features 20 stories that seem to touch on every genre imaginable, except for romance. There are crime and horror stories, a narrative poem and a grim western, along…
