In most of his books, King has written a dedication. Any interest in a listing of the titles and the dedication(s)?
If so, I need a volunteer. I started to do it, but is needs to be done one page at a time, then each page changed to a .pdf or jpeg that is < 800 pixels in either dimension, then uploaded.
Mr. Mercedes: Thinking of James M. Cain. They threw me off the hay truck about noon...
The Dark Man: In memory of Carroll F. Terrell, scholar and friend.
Doctor Sleep:
When I was playing my primitive brand of rhythm guitar with a group called the Rock Bottom Remainders, Warren Zevon used to gig with us. Warren loved gray t-shirts and movies like Kingdom of the Spiders. He insisted I sing lead on his signature tune, “Werewolves of London,” during the encore portion of our shows. I said I was not worthy. He insisted that I was. “Key of G,” Warren told me, “and howl like you mean it. Most important of all: play like Keith.”
I’ll never be able to play like Keith Richards, but I always did my best, and with Warren beside me, matching me note for note and laughing his fool head off, I always did my best.
Warren this howl is for you, wherever you are. I miss you, buddy.
Revival: This is for the people who built my house:
Mary Shelley
Bram Stoker
H. P. Lovecraft
Clark Ashton Smith
Donald Wandrei
Fritz Leiber
August Derleth
Shirley Jackson
Robert Bloch
Peter Straub
And ARTHUR MACHEN, whose short novel
"The Great God Pan" has haunted me all my life.
Finders Keepers: Thinking of John D. MacDonald
The Bazaar Of Bad Dreams: I shoot from the hip and keep a stiff upper lip. -AC/DC
End Of Watch: For Thomas Harris
Sleeping Beauties: In Remembrance of Sandra Bland
The Outsider: For Rand and Judy Holston