Secret windows : essays and fiction on the craft of writing / Stephen King ; introduction by Peter Straub.
"This is an exlcusive Book-of-the-Month Club anthology of hard-to-find non-fiction pieces, little-known interviews, short stories, and articles about writing for those looking for direction on how to find their own "windows"--Or for anyone wishing to be touched by Stephen King's humor and wisdom." -- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- Physical Description: xxvi, 433 pages ; 22 cm
- Publisher: New York : Book-of-the Month Club, [2000]
- Copyright: ©2000
Content descriptions
- Formatted Contents Note:
- Introduction by Peter Straub -- Dave's rag -- "The horror market writer and the ten bears: a true story" -- Foreword to night shift -- "On becoming a brand name" -- "Horror fiction:" from Danse Macabre -- "An evening at the Billerica [Massachusetts] library" -- "The ballad of the flexible bullet" -- "How it happened" -- "Banned books and other concerns: the Virginia Beach lecture" -- Turning the thumbscrews on the reader" -- "'Ever et raw meat? and other weird questions" -- A new introduction to John Fowle's the collector -- "What Stephen King does for love" -- "Two past midnight: a note on 'secret window, secret garden'" -- Introduction to Jack Ketchum's the girl next door -- "Great hookers I have known" -- "A night at the royal festival hall:" Muriel Gray interviews Stephen King -- "An evening with Stephen King" -- "In the deathroom"
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| Alleghany Public Library | 808.02 KIN (Text) | 30664100169322 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
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