Gaunt, Leland 93–4, 95, 96
‘General’ (Cat’s Eye segment) 236, 237
Gerald’s Game 20, 47, 97–9, 114
Gerber, Carol 203, 204, 205, 241
‘Getting It On’ 7–8, 13, 46
see also Rage
Ghost Brothers of Darkland County (musical stage show) 31, 256–8
Gilroy, Tony 102
The Gingerbread Girl 30, 212
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon 25, 119–21, 218
Glaser, Paul Michael 65
‘The Glass Floor’ 8
God 112–13, 120
Goldman, William 22, 87, 123, 205, 233
Goldmark, Kathi Kamen 21
Gone (M. Grant) 143
A Good Marriage
(novella) 220, 221–222
(film) 32, 222
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
(film) 156–7
Gordon, Stuart 127
Gould, John 7
‘Graduation Afternoon’ 212
Graham, Nan 136–7
‘Gramma’ 195, 196, 197
Grand Master Award, Mystery Writers of America 29
Granger, Dave 225
Granta magazine 229
graphic novels
The Stand 50
The Talisman: The Road of Trials 76,
Throttle 224
see also comics; Marvel Comics
‘Graveyard Shift’ (short story) 187
Graveyard Shift (film) 189
‘Gray Matter’ 187, 191
‘The Great God Pan’ (A. Machen) 213
Green, Arthur B. 19
The Green Mile
(novel) 24, 107–9, 233
(film) 24, 51, 109–10
Greenberg, Matt 211
Guardian 151, 172, 174, 256, 264
Guggenheim, Marc 214
Guilder, Dennis 66, 68
‘Guns’ (Kindle essay) 4, 46, 264–5
‘The Gunslinger and the Dark Man’ 157
‘The Gunslinger Born’ (Marvel Comics) 181
The Gunslinger 15–16, 66, 70, 155–8, 160, 175, 178
Håfström, Mikael 211
Halleck, Billy 76–7, 78
Halloran, Dick 42, 43, 80, 149
Hampden Academy 9, 39
Hands, Terry 38
Hanks, Tom 110
Hanlon, Michael 78–9, 80–1
Hard Case Crimes series 29, 32, 42, 130–1, 138, 147
Hard Listening 21, 230
Hardy, Thomas 118
Hargensen, Chris 35–6
Harper’s Magazine 229
Harrison, John 214
‘Harvey’s Dream’ 212, 213
Haunting of Hill House (S. Jackson) 25, 246
The Haunting (films) 246
Haven (TV series) 29, 32, 54, 131–2
Haven Foundation 30, 139
Hazzard, Shirley 29
He Is Legend anthology 178, 224
‘Head Down’ 20, 201
Hearst, Patty 12, 48
Hearts in Atlantis
(book) 49, 113, 128, 169, 173, 203–5, 215, 217, 241
(film) 205–6, 215, 233
‘Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling’ 204
Heirophant 222, 255–6
‘Here There Be Tygers’ 194
‘Herman Wouk is Still Alive’ 228
Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men (Marvel Comics) 251
Heston, Fraser C. 96
Hicks, Scott 205
Hill, Joe see King, Joe
‘The Hitch-hiker’ 237
Holland, Tom 78, 199, 202
Hollister, Cap’ 55, 56
Holmes, Odetta ‘Lady of the Shadows’ 156–9
see also Dean, Susannah
‘Home Delivery’ 200, 203
Hooper, Tobe 40, 128, 189
Hope, William 139
Horror Writers’ Association 24
‘House on Maple Street’ 201
‘House on Value Street’ 12
‘I am the Doorway’ 187
‘I Know What You Need’ 188, 189
‘In the Deathroom’ 209, 211, 212
‘In the Tall Grass’ (J. Hill and S. King) 31, 226
Insomnia 23, 81, 99, 102, 106, 117, 165, 174, 204–5, 216
Iraq War (2003) 143
Irvine, John 30
IT
(novel) 17, 43, 67, 78–81, 88, 113, 117, 123, 146
(TV miniseries) 23, 81, 90
(film) 81
‘It Grows on You’ 95, 200, 201
Jackson, Michael 241
James, Wilfred 219
‘The Jaunt’ 195
Jennings, Shooter 222, 255–6
‘Jerusalem’s Lot’ 40, 187
John Carpenter’s Christine
see Christine
Johnson, Christopher 194
Johnson, Dale 44
Johnson, Diane 43
Jones, Devin 147
Jones, Jeff 252
Jones, Stephen 47, 228
Joubert, Raymond 98, 99
Journals of Eleanor Druse: My Investigation of the Kingdom Hospital Incident (R. Dooling) 250
Joyland 32, 42, 147–8, 216–17
Just After Sunset 30, 151, 212–14
Karazewski, Larry 134, 211
Kasdan, Lawrence 123, 124
Kells, Bern 176
Kenison, Katrina 213
Kennedy, John. F 144–6, 217
Kindle publications 4, 46, 215–17, 227, 264–5
see also e-books
King, David (SK’s brother) 4–5
King, Donald (SK’s father) 4–5
King Foundation 20
King, Joe (SK’s son) 9, 12, 16, 30, 42, 81, 98–9, 150, 196, 224, 225, 235, 240
King, Naomi (SK’s daughter) 9, 15, 17, 40, 56, 69, 83
King, Nellie ‘Ruth’ Pillsbury (SK’s mother) 4–5, 6, 7, 11, 59, 100
King, Owen (SK’s son) 14, 19, 69–70, 195, 199, 228
King, Stephen xv, 3–4
alcohol and drug problem 9, 11, 15, 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 61, 86, 88
awards 23, 24, 28–9, 30, 61, 80, 117, 137, 175, 213, 219, 229, 245
baseball 19, 20, 31, 119–21, 198, 217, 218, 224–5
censorship 22
character in Creepshow 16, 235
character in Dark Tower series 171–2, 173–4, 175
charities 20, 21–2, 30, 179, 252, 265
childhood 4–7
childhood writing 5, 6–7
deranged fan break in 86
early employment 7, 8
early professional publications 8, 9
motorcycle tour of US 23, 104
music projects 16, 19, 21, 31, 222, 255–8
pneumonia 28, 29, 135–6
road accident 25–6, 122, 140, 168–9, 246, 248–9, 264
teaching 8, 9, 14–15, 39
University of Maine 7, 8, 14–15, 51, 193, 204, 262
see also individual publications by name
King, Tabitha (née Spruce – SK’s wife) 8, 9–10, 16, 18, 19, 26, 27, 29, 36, 53, 70, 86, 135–6 196, 249
The Kingdom (TV miniseries) 248
Kingdom Hospital (TV miniseries) 29, 99, 166, 247–50
King’s Garbage Truck (newspaper column) 8
Kingsolver, Barbara 21
Kneale, Nigel 88–9
Koepp, David 200
Koster, Elaine 46–7
Kubrick, Stanley 15, 24, 43
Kurtz, Colonel Abraham 121, 123
LaChance, Gordie 192, 193
Ladies Home Journal 62
Land of Enchantment publishers 16, 72
The Langoliers
(novella) 197, 198–9
(TV series) 199
‘Last Rung of the Ladder’ 188
Laurel Entertainment 70–1
‘The Lawnmower Man’ (short story) 188, 189, 190
The Lawnmower Man (film) 22, 190
LeBay, Roland D. 66, 67, 68
‘The Ledge’ 188, 189, 190, 236
Lehmann-Haupt, Christ
opher 61, 104
Lempke, Tadzu 76, 77, 78
Lennon, John 86
Leonard, Stephanie 91
Leone, Sergio 156–7, 169
Lester, Mark L. 56–7
The Library Policeman 86, 198, 199
Life in Cinema, A (M. Garris) 240
Life magazine 36
Lifetime Achievement Award: World Fantasy Convention (2004) 175
Lilja’s Library website 253, 254
Linoge, Andrei 244, 245
Lisbon Falls High School 7
‘Lisey and the Madman’ 214
Lisey’s Story 29–30, 135–7, 214, 256
‘The Little Green God of Agony’ 26, 228
Little League baseball 19, 20
‘Little Sisters of Eluria’ 83, 166, 178, 181, 209–10
Little Tall Island 244, 245
Lonely Road Books 218
‘The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill’ (Creepshow segment) 16, 234, 235
‘Long Road Home’ (Marvel Comics) 181
The Long Walk (R. Bachman) 9, 16, 50–2, 64, 65
Lord of the Flies (W. Golding) 53
Lord of the Rings (J. R. R. Tolkien) 74, 156
Los Angeles Times 246
Losers’ Club 78–9, 80, 81, 123, 146
Lovecraft, H. P. 88, 127
Low Men in Yellow Coats 203, 205, 215
Lowe, Reverend Lester 72, 73
‘L.T.’s Theory of Pets’ 210
‘Luckey Quarter’ 210
‘Lunch at the Gotham Café’ 210
Lynch, David 238
MacDonald, John D. 6, 188
Machen, Arthur 151, 213
Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction 15, 157, 162
The Magnificent Seven (J. Sturges film) 169
Maine Campus (University newspaper) 8
Maine Review 193
Maleev, Alex 214
‘Man in the Black Suit’ 23–4, 209, 211
‘Man Who Loved Flowers’ 188, 190
‘Man Who Would Not Shake Hands’ 193, 195
‘The Mangler’ (short story) 37, 60, 187, 188, 189, 215
The Mangler (film) 189, 215
Mann, Stanley 57
Marinville, Johnny 110, 111, 115
Marvel Comics 190, 214
Dark Tower series 30, 145, 177, 179, 180–1
Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men 251–2
Mauceri, Joseph B. 112, 113, 165
Maximum Overdrive 17, 99, 133, 237
Mazzarra, Glen 44
McBain, Ed 6
McCandless, Joe 256–7
McCauley, Kirby 13, 14, 19, 77
McDowell, Michael 78, 197
McFarland, Trisha 119, 120
McGee, Andy 54–5, 56, 60
McGee, Charlie 54–5, 56, 57, 236
McGrath, Chip 23–4
McSweeney’s Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories 137
McSweeney’s Mammoth Treasury of Thrilling Tales 170
Mears, Ben 38–9, 40, 41, 169
Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters 28–9
Mellencamp, John 31, 257–8
‘Memory’ 141, 214
Merrill, Ace 94, 95, 193, 196
Michael Jackson’s Ghosts 241
Mile 81 222–3
‘The Milkman’ 195
Minnesota Opera 44
Minnesota Star 56
Misery
(novel) 6, 17–18, 20, 47, 84–6, 114, 199
(film) 22, 86–7, 233
(stage adaptation) 87
The Mist
(novella) 194, 195
(film) 195, 196, 233
(audio adaptation) 196
(computer game) 196
‘Mister Mercedes’ (forthcoming novel) 32, 150–1
Mix Online magazine 256
Moerbeek, Kees 121
‘The Monkey’ 194, 196, 197
‘The Monkey’s Paw’ (W. W. Jacobs) 70
‘The Monster in the Closet’ 62
Monsters (TV series) 202
Moore, Simon 87
Morality 217–19
Mordred 171, 173, 174
‘Morning Delivery’ 195
Mort, Jack ‘the Pusher’ 156, 159
Moth magazine 227
motion-comics 214
‘The Moving Finger’ 200, 202
‘Mrs Todd’s Shortcut’ short story 195, 1956
Muller, Frank 139, 140, 169
music projects
WZON (radio station) 16, 19
The Rock Bottom Remainders 21
Ghost Brothers of Darkland Country 31, 256–8
Carrie 38
Shooter Jennings collaboration 222, 255–6
‘Mute’ 212
‘My Pretty Pony’ 200
Mystery Writers of America 29
‘N’ 151, 212, 213
Nation, Terry 49
National Book Foundation 28–9
National Magazine Award (2012) 229
National Review magazine 265
Naughty Little Nymphos 5 44
Naylor, Gloria 117
Needful Things
(novel) 20, 92, 93–5, 117, 137, 193, 199
(film) 96, 235
(TV series) 96
New American Library (NAL) 12, 13, 14, 19, 24–5, 47, 138
The New Twilight Zone (TV series) 197
New York Post 99
The New York Times 26, 52, 53, 61, 70, 78, 85, 89, 94–5, 99, 101, 104, 106, 108, 115, 118, 127, 146, 218, 235, 238–9, 241, 247
‘The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates’ 212, 214
New Yorker magazine 20, 23, 210, 211, 227
Nicholson, Jack 42, 43
‘The Night Flier’ (short story) 53, 200
The Night Flier (film) 202
Night Shift 6, 13, 40, 187–91, 215
‘Night Shift’ 187, 188
‘Night Surf’ 12–13, 49
Nightmares and Dreamscapes
(collections) 95, 200–3
(TV series) 189, 202, 211
Nocenti, Ann 252
non-fiction writing, SK’s xvi, 15, 20, 25, 261–5
see also Danse Macabre; On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
‘Nona’ 193, 195, 196, 197
Noonan, Mike 116–17, 118, 119
NOS4R2 (J. Hill) 81, 150, 196
O. Henry Award 23, 25, 211
Oakes, David 191
O’Dim, Walter 181
see also Flagg, Randall
‘Old Chief Woodenhead’ (Creepshow 2 segment) 237
O’Nan, Stewart 225
‘One for the Road’ 188, 191
operas
Dolores Claiborne 102, 255
The Shining 44
‘Oracle and the Mountains’ 157
Oswald, Lee Harvey 145–6
The Outer Limits (TV series) 90
Overlook Hotel 41–2, 86
The Overlook Hotel 44
Oy 161, 162, 170, 173–4, 175
Pallenberg, Rospo 50
Pangborn, Sheriff Alan 91, 92, 93–4, 96, 117
‘Paranoid: A Chant’ 195
Paris Review 106, 118, 133, 137
Parker, Lester ‘Speedy’ 74, 124, 125
Pavia, Mark 202
Pearson, Ridley 21, 28, 247
Peckinpah, Sam 113
Pennywise 78, 81
Perkins, Mike 50
Pet Sematary
(novel) 15, 16, 53, 59, 68–70, 104, 158
(film) 70–1
(radio adaptation) 71
Petrie, Mark 38–9
Phillips, Bill 68
Philtrum Press 83
Picker, Tobias 102
Pierce, Dustin 46
The Pit and the Pendulum (E. A. Poe) 6–7
The Plant 27, 206–8
Playboy 197
‘The Pop of King’ (SK’s Entertainment Weekly column) 28, 249
pop-up books 121
‘Popsy’ 200
‘Premature Burial’ (E. A. Poe) 213
‘Premium Harmony’ 95, 227–8
pseudonym, Richard Bachman
see Bachman, Richard (pseudonym)
Publishers Weekly 89, 121
Quatermass and the Pit (TV series) 89
Quicksilver Highway (film) 202
‘Quitters Inc.’ 188, 189, 190, 236, 237
Rader, Dennis 221
‘The Raft’ 195, 196, 237
Rage (R. Bachman) 7–8, 13, 16–17, 45–7, 264–5
Rage (stage adaptation) 47
Rainbird, John 55, 56, 57, 239
‘Rainy Season’ 200, 203
Ratthe, Mathieu 76
‘The Reach’ 195, 197
‘The Reaper’s Visage’ 195
Reardon, Dr Joyce 245–6, 247
Rebecca (D. du Maurier) 25, 125
Reddit website 262
Redman, Stu 68
The Regulators (R. Bachman) 23, 77, 98, 106, 111–12, 113–14, 115, 165, 178, 245
Reiner, Rob 22, 87, 194
‘Rest Stop’ 212, 229
Return to ’Salem’s Lot (TV miniseries) 41
‘The Revelations of Becka Paulson’ 89, 90
‘The Revenge of Lard Ass Hogan’ 193
‘Revival’ (forthcoming novel) 32, 151
Reynolds, Lee 189
Richards, Ben 63–4, 65
Richter, W. D. ‘Rich’ 96
Rickman, Peter 248
Riddell, Clayton 132–3, 134
Riding the Bullet 27, 207, 210, 211, 212c
Riley, Peter 203
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption 191, 215
see also The Shawshank Redemption
road accident, SK’s 25–6, 122, 140, 168–9, 246, 248–9, 264
Road Rage (graphic novel) 224
‘Road Virus Heads North’ 210, 211, 212
Roadwork: A Novel of the First Energy Crisis (R. Bachman) 12, 16, 58–60, 65, 193
Robbins, Tim 193
Roberts, Ralph 102–3, 117
‘Rock and Roll Dead Zone’ 230
Rock Bottom Remainders 21, 230, 255
Rolling Stone magazine 70, 89
Romero, George A. 16, 50, 81, 92–3, 120–1, 128, 196, 214, 235, 237
Rose Madder 105–7, 163, 165
Rose Red (TV series) 25, 28, 245–7
Ross, Tim 176
Roth, Eli 134
Rowling, J. K. 30
Rubinstein, Richard P. 70–1, 235
The Running Man (R. Bachman)
(novel) 9, 16, 63–5
(film) 64, 65
Ryall, Chris 224
’Salem’s Lot
(novel) 6, 10, 38–41, 60, 168, 169, 171, 187, 188
(TV series) 15, 40–1
Salon magazine 136
San Francisco Opera 102 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting 4, 45, 264
Saturn Awards: Best TV Presentation (1999) 245
Sawyer, Jack 74, 124
Schaech, Johnathon 126, 128
Schwarzenegger, Arnold 64, 65
Scott, George C. 57
Screamplays (R. Chizmar) 237
Screen Daily 84
screenplays, SK’s see Cat’s Eye; Creepshow; Creepshow 2; films; Kingdom Hospital; Michael Jackson’s Ghosts; Rose Red; Sleepwalkers; Stephen King’s Golden Years; Storm of the Century; TV series; The X-Files