Monsters in the Archives by Caroline Bicks – The Writing Secrets of Stephen King (theguardian.com)

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Obviously not all the secrets...

> This is the kind of close reading usually associated with academic lit crit, so it can feel odd to find it in a book aimed at King’s ardent fanbase.

This is not at all uncommon; bizarre to find it represented as an oddity by a professional reviewer.

King is a superb writer. I’m not sure what the secret sauce is, but he has a tremendous gift for making ludicrous ideas seem possible, and terrifying.

My wife has a friend that was invited once to meet Stephen King and go to dinner with him. She said he is the strangest person she’s ever met. I don’t know exactly what that means, but she feels strongly about it.