Stephen King: phobia (various spoilers)

[ry...@lclark.edu]

I know that it is a generic question to ask what SK is scared of. He's
probably been asked that question so many times on book tours by local
talk-show hosts or by every-day passerbys. I've heard different
answers. But I was re-reading "The Monkey" in "Skeleton Crew" the other
day and thought of something:
Did SK have an incident when he or a friend or relative was injured or
died from some kind of fall?
I give you these examples:

In "The Monkey," a childhood friend of the main character dies after he
falls from a treehouse.

In "The Jaunt," it is mentioned that the son fell out of a tree in the
family's yard and broke his arm and was lucky that was all he broke.

In "The Body," Teddy nearly falls to his death after falling from a
tree. Chris Chambers has nightmares where he doesn't rescue him.

In "Dolores Clairborne," a character dies from a long fall.

In a chapter of "The Stand," a young child, who survived the flu, dies
from exposure and starvation (and misery) after falling down a well and
breaking his legs.

Anything to this, you think? P'haps? Or is it just a way of dying that
appeals to SK?

-Colin Ryono
http://www.lclark.edu/~ryono/

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