It’s a special edition of The Year of King! Justin and Kayla discuss the little-known Cycle of the Werewolf and evaluate their reading year so far to talk about the highs and lows of their King-a-thon.

Kayla and Justin talk through their first King collaboration with fellow horror novelist Peter Straub. The result of their work was The Talisman, a feat of co-writing mastery that resulted in an intriguing fantasy world but came with a bloated page count.

Justin and Kayla talk Pet Sematary, one of their favorite books in their Year of King adventure. The book is about much more than zombie cats and burial grounds, so listen in for a breakdown on the book’s themes of grief, death, and decisions.

Get out your back brace! We’re plowing through Christine and talking about teenage friendship and car songs.

Kayla and Justin begin King’s epic fantasy-Western saga with The Gunslinger.

Justin and Kayla talk about Cujo and ponder why people like this book at all.

Justin and Kayla burn down Firestarter and pick through all its issues.

Justin and Kayla talk about The Dead Zone, if its ending is a cop-out, and Stephen King’s favorite words.

Kayla and Justin talk about King’s post-apocalyptic supernatural battle of good vs evil in all its weirdness and awesomeness. And yes, we read the uncut edition.

Kayla and Justin rave about The Shining and make connections between the book and King’s own life.