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.

I’ve been hard on this story. Ever since Gwendy’s Button Box came out, I was skeptical and I panned it after my first reading. I’m probably too critical of King’s collaborative works anyway.

A friend of mine, who isn’t a Stephen King fan, read this one and liked it. It’s not that the guy hates Stephen King books, he just hadn’t read them before. The fact that he liked this one made me think that maybe, objectively, it is better than I gave it credit for.

I’m going to go back into it with an open mind.

I know that Brian Keene is doing something with this story for a graphic novel type project. That is what I surmise from the cryptic hints around the Internet. I’m looking forward to seeing what that becomes.

My next post in this series will be After Gwendy’s Button Box 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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