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The Horror Market Writer and the Ten Bears

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Master Of The Pit

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Oct 17, 2002, 10:52:32 AM10/17/02
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I found an article of Stephen King's that he published in 1973, called
"The Horror Market and the Ten Bears"
Here's King's Ten Bears (or 'fears')
1. Fear of the dark
2. Fear of squishy things
3. Fear of deformity
4. Fear of snakes
5. Fear of rats
6. Fear of closed-in places
7. Fear of insects (especially spiders, flies, beetles)
8. Fear of death
9. Fear of others (paranoia)
10. For for someone else

In the article, King talks about his fears, and his early short story
sales to Cavalier magazine. 1973, he hadn't even published a novel
yet, and already he's teaching us.

The article appears in reprint in the Writer's Digest book "Guide to
Good Writing". I think you can still get it.

Master Of The Pit

Cat

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Oct 17, 2002, 11:32:12 AM10/17/02
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>I found an article of Stephen King's that he published in 1973, called
>"The Horror Market and the Ten Bears"
>Here's King's Ten Bears (or 'fears')
>1. Fear of the dark
>2. Fear of squishy things
>3. Fear of deformity
>4. Fear of snakes
>5. Fear of rats
>6. Fear of closed-in places
>7. Fear of insects (especially spiders, flies, beetles)
>8. Fear of death
>9. Fear of others (paranoia)
>10. For for someone else
>
>In the article, King talks about his fears, and his early short story
>sales to Cavalier magazine. 1973, he hadn't even published a novel
>yet, and already he's teaching us.
>

Those are ten good fears, alright! I myself have numbers 1, 2, 4, 5, and 8 ;-)

~cat~
"I'm not depressed. I'm just quiet."
- Frank Black, Millennium

Needful Things

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Oct 18, 2002, 12:50:51 AM10/18/02
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As an FYI...here are all the appearances, taken from Justin Brooks' book, "A
Primary Bibliography of the World's Most Popular Author"
(http://www.castlerocknet.com/needfulthings/freebooks.html)

1. Writer's Digest (November, 1973)

2. As: "The Horror Writer and the Ten Bears: Foreword," in Kingdom of Fear:
The World of Stephen King, edited by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller.

2a. San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, April 1986,
hardcover. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies, with dust jacket and
slipcase, and signed by 13 of the contributors (excluding King). Originally
titled Under Cover of Darkness.
2b. San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, April 1986,
hardcover. Trade edition.
2c. New York: A Plume Book, New American Library, September 1986, trade
paperback.
2d. New York: A Signet Book, New American Library, October 1987, mass-market
paperback.
2e. Sevenoaks, Kent: New English Library, 1987, mass-market paperback.

3. As: "The Horror Market Writer and the Ten Bears: A True Story," in
Secret Windows, by Stephen King. Book-of-the-Month Club, 2000, hardcover,
p. 11-22. See Secret Windows under Section I: Books.

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"Master Of The Pit" <mas...@thepit.com> wrote...


> I found an article of Stephen King's that he published in 1973, called
> "The Horror Market and the Ten Bears"

<snip>

Master Of The Pit

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Oct 18, 2002, 7:13:10 AM10/18/02
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On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 04:50:51 GMT, "Needful Things"
<montequiremov...@optonline.net> wrote:

>As an FYI...here are all the appearances, taken from Justin Brooks' book, "A
>Primary Bibliography of the World's Most Popular Author"
>(http://www.castlerocknet.com/needfulthings/freebooks.html)
>
>1. Writer's Digest (November, 1973)
>
>2. As: "The Horror Writer and the Ten Bears: Foreword," in Kingdom of Fear:
>The World of Stephen King, edited by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller.
>
>2a. San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, April 1986,
>hardcover. Limited edition of 500 numbered copies, with dust jacket and
>slipcase, and signed by 13 of the contributors (excluding King). Originally
>titled Under Cover of Darkness.
>2b. San Francisco, CA, Columbia, PA: Underwood-Miller, April 1986,
>hardcover. Trade edition.
>2c. New York: A Plume Book, New American Library, September 1986, trade
>paperback.
>2d. New York: A Signet Book, New American Library, October 1987, mass-market
>paperback.
>2e. Sevenoaks, Kent: New English Library, 1987, mass-market paperback.
>
>3. As: "The Horror Market Writer and the Ten Bears: A True Story," in
>Secret Windows, by Stephen King. Book-of-the-Month Club, 2000, hardcover,
>p. 11-22. See Secret Windows under Section I: Books.

Thanks for the info. Hope everybody who's not yet read the article
can find it okay.

Master Of The Pit

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