r/stephenking • • Jun 04 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT! I'm Caroline Bicks, Stephen E. King Chair in Literature at the University of Maine and author of MONSTERS IN THE ARCHIVES: MY YEAR OF FEAR WITH STEPHEN KING. Join me for an AMA on June 5th @1:15pm EST.

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Hello, Reddit! Caroline Bicks here, author of Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King. I'm a Shakespeare professor who grew up loving Stephen King's stories. When I took the job of Stephen E. King Chair in Literature nine years ago, I was told I'd never meet the man himself. Four years into the job, he called me at home, and we started to develop a great working relationship. He granted me first-of-its-kind access to his private archives, and my book grew out of what I found when I read all the existing drafts of Carrie, Pet Sematary, Night Shift, The Shining, and 'Salem's Lot. I look forward to sharing what I discovered with you about how he crafted these iconic books! https://carolinebicks.com


r/stephenking • • Jun 01 '26

ANNOUNCEMENT! I'm Prof. Caroline Bicks! Stephen E. King Chair in Literature and Professor at University of Maine, and author of Monster in the Archives! AMA! June 5th @ 1:15EST.

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Hello, Reddit! Prof. Caroline Bicks here!

Author of Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King! Also author of Cognition and Girlhood in Shakespeare's World, host of Everyday Shakespeare Podcast!

Lets do this!!

https://carolinebicks.com
https://umaine.edu/stephenkingchair


r/stephenking • • 7h ago

Mike Flanagan Officially Confirms The Dark Tower TV Series' Book Adaptation Order & Structure

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Oooo boy-howdy does that make me happy. I hate how long we're going to have to wait for this šŸ’€.


r/stephenking • • 6h ago

Image Beware the future

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r/stephenking • • 11h ago

Image Repost: SK Brings Horror to the Kitchen

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r/stephenking • • 6h ago

Image book accurate carrie

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r/stephenking • • 15h ago

Image Sibling Headstone

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My older brother passed away in May.

A few years ago we bought a cemetery plot.

My older sister and I picked out the headstone,my twin brother picked the color and I picked the quote at the base of the stone.

My family knows I'm a huge Constant Reader and fan of pop culture. My sister said my older brother would have loved that I picked this out.

With the release of his new book and my love of The Gunslinger I thought I'd share this with all of you.

My sister and brother's names are on the front.


r/stephenking • • 8h ago

Discussion Casual King fan, I found this in a bookstore bargain bin. Is it worth the read? How would it compare to his other books?

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Feel free to leave any thoughts or reviews in the comments, the book in question is insomnia by Stephen king.


r/stephenking • • 6h ago

Image Going through grandma’s books and found this

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It’s been my job to go through my grandma’s estate and she’s got incredible stuff, including this. Hardcover and still sealed.

I’ve been wanting to read Rage.


r/stephenking • • 14h ago

Fan Art Book Accurate Carrie Art by jeem_drawsx

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I tried drawing a more book accurate Carrie after finishing the new Carrie series. I decided to lean more into Stephen King’s description of the character, with visuals inspired by the 1979 adaptation.


r/stephenking • • 6h ago

Image mike flanagan dark tower series with rahul kohli as roland and joe hill as stephen king

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i’m not the first person to have said this but ka is a wheel


r/stephenking • • 7h ago

Which live action character annoys you the most?

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This dude was pissing me off every five seconds. Has one of the most punchable faces I've ever seen.


r/stephenking • • 10h ago

Discussion Carrie (2026) Does anyone feel grateful for this show or is it just me?

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Like, I've never seen such a large amount of people WORLDWIDE interested in Carrie like right now. People are revisiting the old movies, comparing them and the performances. It's #1 on Prime worldwide, I even have friends who have never watched any Carrie movie now interested in rewatching the 1976 and 2013.

This feels like a revival of Carrie as a brand. After Carrie (2013), I thought she would never get another adaptation because of the poor reception. But look at the fanbase now!?

Carrie is one of my favorite characters ever and it's just heartwarming to see her traumatic story be embraced by a whole new generation and millions more.


r/stephenking • • 5h ago

Fan Art They’re all going to laugh at you

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After watching the new series I had to go back and watch all the movies and painted this during that marathon.


r/stephenking • • 5h ago

Discussion My Fall TBR, what’s yours?

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I am currently reading Salem’s Lot, I just reached Part 3. After Salem’s Lot, these are the books I am planning to read in October and November. This list is probably tentative, but I’m liking the way it looks. What’s your fall TBR?


r/stephenking • • 6h ago

Spoilers Even more book accurate Carrie. Spoiler

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Sorry I’m just tired of seeing these posts


r/stephenking • • 6h ago

Image Shawshank Redemption

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Right before bowling league tonight I saw this written on a mirror. Of course I had to finish it even with poor penmanship!


r/stephenking • • 12h ago

General Tbh, I think it’s interesting in hindsight that Stephen King was surprised when he was revealed to be Richard Bachman, since ā€œbothā€authors mention Derry, Maine, which King made up.

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From what I can tell, Derry, Maine is first mentioned in 1981, written by King, and then again as being the location of the airport in THE RUNNING MAN, released in 1982, as Bachman, then again in 1982 The Body, 1983 Pet Semetary, and again in a few short stories as part of the Skeleton Crew (1983-1984), and in 1985 King was revealed to be Bachman.

I mean, all things considered, even Rage and The Long Walk were set in Maine. You’d think if King was worried about it, he would have had second thoughts about revisiting a fictional town he made up, as his pseudonym, or change the state from Maine to, like Vermont. Seems like a huge oversight on his part?


r/stephenking • • 16h ago

Spoilers I think this was the creepiest shot in the new series

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Just seeing her in the distance was so creepy to me. It reminds me of an old creepypasta called the wanderer


r/stephenking • • 49m ago

Discussion Famous SK Books for Fall and why?

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r/stephenking • • 3h ago

Discussion Was IT: Chapter 2 (2019) overhated when it released, or did it deserve some of the hate it got

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I was rewatching this since it’s the Halloween season, and sure it’s not as strong or better then Chapter 1 and the CGI is overuse, but other then that I kinda liked it.

Since I was aware about the mixed to negative reception it had when it released, I wanted to ask other about their opinions since it’s now been over 7 years since its release.


r/stephenking • • 8h ago

Currently Reading The Wind Through The Keyhole

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Just finished reading The Wizard and Glass and I can't even explain how much I loved it. Took me almost a full month to finish it, mainly because I kept slowing down, I was too attached to the story and wasn't ready to let it go šŸ˜‚

Bird and bear and hare and fish, give my love her fondest wish" 🄹

Needless to say, it's my favorite book so far, so it is!

Onto The Wind Through The Keyhole! What are your thoughts on this šŸ“™?

Long days and pleasant nights!


r/stephenking • • 2h ago

Crosspost I guess he was right

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Riddles are how you beat the machines.


r/stephenking • • 6h ago

Christine - Roku

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Our fav Plymouth making an appearance!


r/stephenking • • 11h ago

Poll What is the best book cover "Elevation"? (Yesterday's winner below)

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Hey yall! Hope everyone's day is going well! These polls are daily please feel free to post any covers I missed. When we have gone through individual books we are gonna do a big bracket or tier list to determine the best book cover overall. We are going in release order or close to it. Hope you all have fun :)