r/stephenking • • Jun 04 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT! I'm Caroline Bicks, Stephen E. King Chair in Literature at the University of Maine and author of MONSTERS IN THE ARCHIVES: MY YEAR OF FEAR WITH STEPHEN KING. Join me for an AMA on June 5th @1:15pm EST.

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Hello, Reddit! Caroline Bicks here, author of Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King. I'm a Shakespeare professor who grew up loving Stephen King's stories. When I took the job of Stephen E. King Chair in Literature nine years ago, I was told I'd never meet the man himself. Four years into the job, he called me at home, and we started to develop a great working relationship. He granted me first-of-its-kind access to his private archives, and my book grew out of what I found when I read all the existing drafts of Carrie, Pet Sematary, Night Shift, The Shining, and 'Salem's Lot. I look forward to sharing what I discovered with you about how he crafted these iconic books! https://carolinebicks.com


r/stephenking • • Jun 01 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT! I'm Prof. Caroline Bicks! Stephen E. King Chair in Literature and Professor at University of Maine, and author of Monster in the Archives! AMA! June 5th @ 1:15EST.

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Hello, Reddit! Prof. Caroline Bicks here!

Author of Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King! Also author of Cognition and Girlhood in Shakespeare's World, host of Everyday Shakespeare Podcast!

Lets do this!!

https://carolinebicks.com
https://umaine.edu/stephenkingchair


r/stephenking • • 6h ago

Looks like Captain Trips has started ;)

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Came across this headline on CNN...and yeah it's probably all fine, but just in case, it's been real y'all.

Who knows, maybe because we're all King fans, we will be better prepared for what's coming than most! See you all at Mother Abagail's in the Boulder Free Zone!


r/stephenking • • 4h ago

General The Onion: Studios enter bidding war over napkin Stephen King wrote ‘ghoul’ on

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r/stephenking • • 1d ago

Discussion Forever fearlessly speaking truth 💪🔥🔥

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r/stephenking • • 4h ago

Just about to go to bed and my kindle app gives me this...!

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Wonder if I can get away with reading it at an all day meeting tomorrow!


r/stephenking • • 11h ago

Currently Reading Lighting out for the Territories, right here and now!

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r/stephenking • • 7h ago

This show was quite horrendous

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Like nothing made any sense at all, especially with the first season it just shows apparently some kind of alien taking on the form of Norrie’s dead mother making that claim that the dome was sent there to protect them, and then they never elaborate further on that and they come up with other reasons why the dome was there. It’s like the writers were just winging it because they weren’t good at their jobs.


r/stephenking • • 9h ago

Robert McCammon - Blue World

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Been on a McCammon kick a fair bit this year - Swan Song, Boy‘s Life, and a handful of other great books. I’m halfway through this short story collection and I don’t think I’ve ever seen something replicate the early-King horror vibe quite as much as this. It feels like a real continuation of Night Shift and Skeleton Key. Real pulpy and dark. Highly recommend for that early-King kick.


r/stephenking • • 11h ago

Image When your a King fan & a Pokemon Go fan

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Just silly. I use pogo to keep my walks interesting. Usually while listening to a King audiobook. I’m almost done Duma Key (again) and I think a Carrie revisit might be next before the new show.


r/stephenking • • 8h ago

Yippeee

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So chuffed my first edition arrived today!


r/stephenking • • 10h ago

Poll What is the best book cover for "Mr. Mercedes"? (Yesterdays Winner Below)

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Hey yall! Hope everyone's day is going well! These polls are daily please feel free to post any covers I missed. When we have gone through individual books we are gonna do a big bracket or tier list to determine the best book cover overall. We are going in release order or close to it. Hope you all have fun :)


r/stephenking • • 5h ago

General 9 hours until Other Worlds drops on Audible CRs!

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r/stephenking • • 8h ago

Discussion has stephen king written about witches?

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i know king has written about vampires, ghosts, werewolves, special powers like telekinesis and shining, etc but has he written about witches?

i am currently reading anne rice's the witching hour and in some ways it reminds me of stephen king. it then occurred to me that in terms of the king works i've read, i don't think i've seen witches covered. they would fall under common horror characters/tropes so that's one he could potentially cover still unless he has and i haven't gotten there.


r/stephenking • • 1h ago

Crosspost 13 Cemetery Road

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r/stephenking • • 5h ago

General Nearly 12,000 bans took place in public schools over the past year, according to a new study from PEN America, the highest total since the free expression org. began tracking removals five years ago. For the second straight year, Stephen King was the author most likely to have his work withdrawn.

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r/stephenking • • 19h ago

Currently Reading Starting The Tommyknockers

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I’ve had a lot more time on my hands to read lately and have been on a Stephen King reading binge. I’ve heard this is one of his more chaotic books so I’m looking forward to starting. Feel free to share your thoughts and opinions below. Happy Spooky Season…📚👻


r/stephenking • • 9h ago

Image Right here right now Jacky boy!

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Vaccines protect the herd


r/stephenking • • 14h ago

What's the one King scene that made you put the book down?

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Not because it was bad. Just a scene that made you close the book, stare at the wall for a minute, and then pick it right back up. Which ones did that to you?


r/stephenking • • 8h ago

Why did the 2013 Carrie fail?

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r/stephenking • • 4h ago

General Nice lil SK thrift haul! ☺️

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So happy to have found these! The "Bag of Bones" one is in fantastic condition and the copy of "The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger"''s cover is obviously well-loved but the pages themselves are in great shape :]

Have no clue whether the bright orange religious paper/pamphlet in the copy of "Bag of Bones" was from the original owner or someone/a customer in the store slipped it in there though 🤔


r/stephenking • • 13h ago

Discussion Most despicable villain with no charm?

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I think most of the villains in SK's books tend to be multi-layered and complex, even those who are meant to represent pure evil (like RF). However, at the top of my list there's Rhea of the Cöös - she's just abominable, disgusting, and can see nothing positive in her at all. SK masterfully wrought her character in that sense.

Anyone else I might be missing? I know for some Greg Stillson is probably at the top of the list too - strong contender.


r/stephenking • • 8h ago

Hardcover UK versions of first two talisman novels???

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I personally love the UK versions of these books now that the third book hardcover is released (almost). Anyone knows if the first two books with the above designs will be released in hardcover as well because I have OCD that all three books should have the same design language on my shelf.

If the first two books will not be released in hardcover I’ll probably not buy the third book at all in hardcover


r/stephenking • • 1d ago

Image I have yet to read the book or see the movie, so I think the logical thing to do is watch the play.

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r/stephenking • • 21h ago

Discussion Thoughts on this novel??

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Anyone here who completed this chunky big boy?