In the collection of short stories The Bazaar of Bad Dreams, Stephen King stretches his literary muscles to demonstrate that he writes much more than just scary stories. King frames his stories with commentary describing the inspiration for each story. Common themes in the stories include the eccentricities of human nature, the unnatural, and the many faces of evil.
Stephen King has written twenty-six novels (including five under the pen name Richard Bachman), five collections of short fiction, one book of criticism, six screenplays, and other short works. Accord...
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Stephen King (born 1947) is a prolific and immensely popular author of horror fiction. In his works, King blends elements of the traditional gothic tale with those of the modern psychological thriller...
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Stephen King was born September 21, 1947 in Portland, Maine, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. Two years later, his father, a merchant seaman, went to the grocery store for a pa...
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