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How Would You Spend Stephen King’s Money?

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When Stephen King publishes a novel with the same title as your modestly selling book, you can expect a big bump in (mistaken) sales. 

Temporary workers start to prepare the castle's haunted house about a month before Halloween. The haunted house was started by US military personnel almost 40 years ago.

There was a real Frankenstein castle. Yes, they dress it up for Halloween

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Remembering Elmore Leonard

Nettle’s ‘El Resplandor’ Inspired by Stephen King’s ‘The Shining’

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Colson Whitehead Goes Zombie

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Marines in Afghanistan Escape in a Good Book

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Some troops in Afghanistan spend their off hours trying to escape the tensions of the battlefield with books.

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