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155 – Stephen King & Writing From the Nerve Endings


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Our guest this week is Stephen King.

That’s it. That’s the intro.

Stephen King. The architect of modern horror and the creative north star of my life, and many of yours. He’s on the show, talking about his new book, Holly and why the central character just won’t let him go. We cover his attitude to academia, horror and hope, how his worldview sits with a fractured reality, and we even hear some exciting, exclusive details about some upcoming books.

I lack the words to convey my delight.

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Other books mentioned in this episode include:

  • The Boy on the Bridge (2017), by M.R. Carey
  • DMV (2023), by Bentley Little
  • Mary: An Awakening of Terror (2022), by Nat Cassidy
  • The Clackity (2022), by Lora Senf
  • The Murder of Roger Ackroyd (1926), by Agatha Christie
  • “Beyond the Wall of Sleep,” (1919), by H.P. Lovecraft
  • The Passenger (2023), by Cormac McCarthy
  • Light Perpetual (2021), by Francis Spufford
  • The Deluge (2023), by Stephen Markley 

    Holly is published on September 5th by Hodder and Scribner 

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