The Stephen King Book Club

King called Mr. Mercedes (2014) his first hard-boiled detective novel. It's a crime story about a retired policeman being taunted by a murderer and was inspired by the true event of a woman driving her car into a McDonald's restaurant. Um, okay.

With this book we'll pull ourselves into this century and see some of what King has been up to in the last ten years. (It's 436 pages long so we can read it one month. Thanks for the nudge towards this book, Amy.)

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We're working our way through the Skeleton Crew collection and this month we'll read "Word Processor of the Gods." An unhappy and aspiring writer receives a very unusual birthday gift. (Thanks for the suggestion, Georgette.)

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We meet virtually on the second Friday of each month. Watch this space to see what book or story we decide to read for this date. 'Til then: pleasant dreams...

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We take the last Friday of the month to dig into some of King's short stories. They're rarely more than 50 pages long, so join us.