Stephen King is a prolific author who has published a staggering amount of successful writing. This is not an issue that plagues too many authors. However, his success brings other issues. Namely, a lot of his work goes to the big screen, and a lot of his work gets poorly adapted. Often, the story that is presented in cinema looks nothing like the book it came from. In this post, we examine the strange tale of “The Lawnmower Man” adaptation lawsuit. There are no signs of a short story here; only a movie that wanted to use King’s name to draw in audiences.
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Ghost Story Conventions in Stephen King’s ‘Salem’s Lot’
As a connoisseur of the strange, I dabble in many forms of odd things. From folklore to legend, from ghost stories to little red men on telephone poles. I have read a fair amount of the weird. When I listened to Salem’s Lot by Stephen King (and read “Jerusalem’s Lot” and “One for the Road”), I felt as though there was this great haunting happening to the town of Salem’s Lot. The spirits of the dead are restless and all that. In this post, we are going to analyze ghost story conventions in Stephen King’s Salem’s Lot.
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Stephen King’s ‘Fairy Tale’: Book Review and Bildungsroman
Heavy spoilers for Stephen King’s Fairy Tale
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Stephen King’s ‘The Stand’: An Exploration of Cibola
A violent plague crippling society has been a horrific premise in fiction for a long time. In reality, Bird flu, swine flu, Ebola, and Covid-19 were all very real disease-related issues that mirrored fictional illness. In Stephen King’s The Stand, there is a great deal of misery when his disastrous flu attacks society. However, in this post, we are going to set aside the plot-related elements of the novel(mostly), and instead focus on a subject that comes from one of the most interesting characters in the book—The Trashcan Man. As such, we are going to talk about Cibola, or the Seven Cities of Gold.
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“The Dead Zone” by Stephen King: Alienation and Recovery
In talking about books written by Stephen King, I think there is some trepidation when it comes to listing one’s favorites. There are just so many great novels in his horror canon. Nonetheless, I am always quick to point out The Dead Zone (1979) by King as one of my favorites. I read it when I was in my early 20s. I remember staying up night after night reading it until I had completed it in a sad, bleary-eyed mess. It was a fantastic experience.
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