Philip L. Simpson is provost of the Titusville campus and eLearning at Eastern Florida State College.

Patrick McAleer is faculty at Inver Hills Community College.

INTRODUCTION: Beyond Horror

PART I: Snapshots of King's Craft

The Rehabilitation of Stephen King

by Tony Magistrale

Storytelling and a Story Told: Stephen King's narrators in From a Buick 8, The Colorado Kid, and Blaze

by Michael Perry

Stephen King's "Fair Extension:" Of Contemporary America

by Clotilde Landais

The Bazaar of Bad Choices: What it is to be Female in King's New World

by Mary Findley

PART II: Ubiquitous Violence

Monsters At Home: Representations of Domestic and Sexual Abuse in Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne, and Rose Madder

by Kimberly Beal

Razors, Bumper Stickers, and Wheelchairs: Male Violence and Madness in Rose Madder and Mr. Mercedes

by Rebecca Frost

Horrific Sympathies: The Comingling of Violence and Mental Illness in Stephen King's Mr. Mercedes

by Hayley Mitchell Haugen

From Meat World to Cyberspace: The Psychopath's Journey in Mr. Mercedes and End of Watch

by Philip L. Simpson

PART III: Reviving the Gothic

Gothic Recall: Stephen King's Uncanny Revival of the Frankenstein Myth

by Alexandra Reuber

Travelling before the Storm: Shades of the Lightning Rod Salesman in Stephen King's Gothic

by Conny L. Lippert

From Wonder to Horror: Stephen King's Revival and Robertson Davies's Deptford Trilogy

By Dominick Grace

PART IV: Contemporary Cornerstones

Time Ravel: History, Metafiction, and Immersion in Stephen King's 11/22/63

by Stefan L. Brandt

In the Shadow of the Dark Tower: Stephen King's Fantasy Epic as 9/11 Literature

by Jennifer L. Miller

Untangling the True Knot: Stephen King's (Accidental) Vegan Manifesto in Doctor Sleep

by Patrick McAleer

Bibliography

About the Editors

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