The plan is to reread all of Stephen King’s works in the order that they were published. Richard Chizmar of Cemetery Dance had the vision. I’m doing it because I am a writer and I want to improve my fiction. And I love Stephen King’s stories. I think there is something to be learned through this process.

You can also go back to the beginning and read Before Carrie or any of my other posts up through this one and beyond by checking out this link to the Master List of all my #StephenKingRevisited posts.

Charlie the Choo Choo was the last and strangest Stephen King book I picked up. I saw it on the list of publications, but then saw a different author’s name on it and thought I must have made a mistake. So, I didn’t buy it.

After I reread The Wastelands in The Dark Tower series, I realized this was the recreation of that story within a story. I went ahead and purchased it because King can write anything, and I’ll read it.

It has that creepy vibe that it was described to have in the novel. Children’s books all have creepy potential that many of us never truly appreciate.

So, here I am about to do a quick read through of this children’s picture book out of another world.

My next post in this series will be After Charlie the Choo Choo which will be linked on the Master List of all my Stephen King Revisited posts.

Jay Wilburn

Jay Wilburn has a Masters Degree in Education that goes mostly unused since he quit teaching to write about zombies. Jay writes horror because he tends to find the light by facing down the darkness. His is doing well following a life saving kidney transplant. Jay is the author of Maidens of Zombie Kingdom a young adult fantasy trilogy, Lake Scatter Wood Tales adventure books for elementary and middle school readers, Vampire Christ a trilogy of political and religious satire, and The Dead Song Legend. He cowrote The Enemy Held Near, Yard Full of Bones, and The Hidden Truth with Armand Rosamilia. You can also find Jay's work in Best Horror of the Year volume 5. He is a staff writer with Dark Moon Digest, LitReactor, and the Still Water Bay series with Crystal Lake Publishing.

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