Happy 1st Year Anniversary to Us!

Let's Reflect on the Road Traveled Thus Far...

We Discuss:

-Book Club Roots and Longing for King

-Needs Must!

-Why My Friends No Like Stephen?! 

-Upcoming Novels

-More and More and MORE Lisey's Story

-Season 3 of Mr. Mercedes

-TommyKnockers & Drawing of the Three

-November = Needful Things

Please Share the Show with a Reader/King Fan!

Thank you all for over 50 Episodes of Underrated King Coverage! 

Head to Apple Podcasts and give us a 5-Star! 

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"Misery Chastain CANNOT be dead!" 

Not Underrated but Necessary! 

For Misery: 

-Introduction: A Podcaster's Call to Duty, Avoiding for 30 Years, & Annie is Cocaine  

-(31:43) Unique Elements: Misery as a Dark Fairy Tale, Narrative Structure, & The Madness of Survival 

(USA Hardcover Pg: 220-221)  

-(59:45) Characters: Paul/Jack Torrance? Annie, & Misery Chastain  

(USA Hardcover Pg: 256-257) 

-(1:34:07) What's Working/What's NOT Working, & Novel Questions

-(2:14:07) The 1990 Rob Reiner Film, & Final Thoughts  

Many Thanks to Jess & Kendra from Palaver: Unraveling Weird Lit for Encouraging Bravery! 

(Minor Spoilers Throughout) 

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Drawing of the Three Coming up Soon! 

The Literary Smackdown Continues with the Final 11 Stories! 

For the Bazaar of Bad Dreams Pt.2:  

-Introduction: THIS is the Short Story Collection to Melt Frozen Hearts, 11 Story Intros 

-(19:10) Unique Elements: Two Recurring Motifs (The Old Wealthy Benefactor & The Nursing Home) & Novel Connections  

-(46:24) The Stars: Herman Wouk is Still Alive, Cookie Jar, Under the Weather  

(USA Hardcover Pg: 278-279, 300)

-(1:17:20) The Stars Cont'd: Blockade Billy, Mister Yummy, Summer Thunder & Top-5 Faves  

(USA Hardcover Pg: 321-322, 355-356)  

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The First 10 King Creep-Outs that Bring the Literary POWER! 

For the Bazaar of Bad Dreams Pt.1:

-Introduction: Post Gunslinger Hangover, a Return to Kim C.'s Happy Place, 10 Story Intros 

-(25:06) Unique Elements: Theme! The Doom Avalanche, Channeling the Nightmare & King of Scat?! 

-(59:39) The Five Stars: Mile 81, UR, A Death and The Dune

(USA Hardcover Pg: 139, 143)

-(1:27:37) The Five Stars Cont'd: Morality & Bad Little Kid 

(USA Hardcover Pg: 129, 176-177) 

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Tune in for the Bazaar of Bad Dreams Pt. 2!

P. is for Pellegrini! 

Join me for a Hilarious King Chat with Fiction Author and Book Reviewer, Jason Pellegrini! 

We Discuss: 

-1st King Novels

-Holly Gibney Wars

-Dark Tower Thoughts

-Those Bumpy Endings

-Joe Hill 

-All the Vampire Love

Check out Jason's work at JasonPellegriniBooks.com 

@JasonPellegriniBooks 

#jpbookreviews 

Coming Up, the Bazaar of Bad Dreams! 

"Be True. Stand." 

My Dissection, Thoughts and Grievances from the 2020 Limited Series 

Introduction:  

(11:30) What Worked Well?  

-Favorite Performances, Symbolism, Characters, Not Captain Tripps 

(45:31) What Was NOT Successful at All?  

Network Demographic? T is for Truncated & Sister Christian  

(1:22:34) The Wishing Well & Final Thoughts 

How Would You Fix the Stand Limited Series if you Could?

Mega Show Spoilers Throughout 

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Check out a fellow SK Hostess, Deanna C. of Chat Sematary!  

https://chatsematary.transistor.fm/subscribe

Attention All King Collectors! 

I've found the Australian KING of Stephen King Collections! 

Check out the INCREDIBLE, enviable, awe-inspiring stash

from @stephenkingdownunder on Instagram.

King Fans, prepare to swoon!

We discuss:

-Collecting King 

-The Novels Over Time

-Dark Tower Thoughts

-Favorite Cover Art

-Favorite Villain

-Which King Novel Would We Get Autographed? 

@stephenkingdownunder 

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"The Man in Black fled across the desert, and the Gunslinger followed..."

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Kim C. Will Return!

Happy New Year, King Fans!

Let's Give Away 9 Awards to Celebrate the Best of Underrated King 2020:

1. Worst Villain

2. Favorite Leading Lady

3. Favorite Novella

4. Most Disturbing Story

5. Novel that Needs a Film ASAP/Updated Film

6. Favorite Stephen King Miniseries

7. Best SideKick

8. Character Who Left Me Wanting More

9. Favorite King Title of the Year

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I'll see you in January where our first novel of 2021 will be The Gunslinger!

Test Your Knowledge Further with 21 NEW Stephen King Trivia Questions!

We're Saying Goodbye to 2020 with 21 Questions to Honor the 21 King Titles We Explored this Year! 

All 21 questions are (mostly) from the short stories, novels, novellas and miniseries covered thus far on the Pod!

But! I have a few classic King questions Constant Readers will DEFINITELY know! 

Let me know how many you get!

21 Points Possible!

Stay Tuned for The Year's Best of Underrated King coming up this week! 

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Kim C. Will Return!