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Tattered Tomes: High Toned Son of a Bitch: Stephen King’s The Dark Half, Revisited

December 28, 2016
10 mins to read

As we close out this year’s Tattered Tomes column, I thought it would only be fitting to cover Stephen King’s The Dark Half. It is the first of his novels to feature Sheriff Alan Pangborn, the last of King’s big books during my formative reading years, and probably my all-time favorite Stephen King book. To …

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Look Out For … Six Scary Stories selected by Stephen King

December 15, 2016
2 mins to read

Look Out For … Six Scary Stories selected by Stephen King “The stories will make you think twice before cuddling up to your old soft toy, dipping your toe into the water, or counting the spots on a leopard.” Stephen King discovered these stories when he judged a competition run by Hodder & Stoughton and …

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News Round-up Week Ending 18 November 2016

November 18, 2016
3 mins to read

New Shining In The Dark Anthology Contains Rare Stephen King Story Cemetery Dance are releasing a limited edition of Shining In The Dark, a brand new anthology of horror stories collated by Hans-Ake Lilja, founder of Stephen King website Lilja’s Library, to celebrate twenty years of running the site. Among the stories, which include a …

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Tattered Tomes: Stephen King’s Pet Sematary Revisited

November 16, 2016
11 mins to read

Sometimes, dead is better, especially when you read Stephen King’s classic novel, Pet Sematary. The book King himself claims is his scariest is really one helluva story, certainly one of his best, and still relevant today. This marks the third time I’ve read this book, and damn if it just keeps getting better every time. …