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In a recent Talking Scared podcast, Stephen King said that he has finished Anything for Holly and is editing it now. He also mentioned that he's working on a big book about 1968. And that got me curious. What could this be?

1968 was an insane year in America: Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated, Vietnam was raging, and the country was rocked by massive civil rights, racial, and student unrest.

Could this be a historical thriller? Or maybe even another time-travel story, 11/22/63-style?

What's your favorite?

A cartoon by Barry Blitt

"I can't believe how much he's written, how much he's produced, and how good it is. I don't know where that comes from."

- Tom Holland, director of The Langoliers (1995) and Thinner (1996), on Stephen King

How would you rate Stephen King's acting skills?

Personally, I think he was pretty good in Creepshow (1982). He's obviously not a professional actor, but his performance as Jordy Verrill was funny and memorable.

Do you have a favorite cameo or role of his?

Stephen King published Carrie in 1974, and here we are in 2026, still getting new books and stories.

We all know Stephen King has millions of readers around the world, but who do you think is his biggest fan? Not the most famous one, just the ultimate Constant Reader.

Maybe it's Tabitha? 😀

Mark Hamill and Stephen King at the Toronto International Film Festival in September 2024

As many of you may know, after Russia invaded Ukraine in 2022, King stopped cooperating with the Russian publisher AST in protest over the war. Since then, no new Stephen King books have been officially released in Russia (Fairy Tale, Holly, You Like It Darker, Never Flinch, and probably Other Worlds Than These).

However, in 2026 AST managed to renew the rights to some of King's older books.

In November 2025, AST removed It from bookstores because of complaints citing Russia's anti-LGBT laws.

Then, in February 2026, AST said they had asked the rights holders for permission to change or remove certain passages from the novel in order to keep publishing it.

Apparently, no agreement was reached. According to screenshots of AST letters shared by Russian book bloggers, It is now being permanently removed from sale in Russia.

Can you name a married couple who both appeared in Stephen King adaptations, but in different productions?

Answer: Amy Madigan played Liz Beaumont in The Dark Half (1993), and Ed Harris played Alan Pangborn in Needful Things (1993).

Bonus: Ed Harris also appeared in Creepshow (1982) and in The Stand (1994) as General William Starkey.

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Like father, like daughter

Like father, like son

Yesterday I posted a father-daughter example, and now here's a father-son one:

Donald Sutherland - Salem's Lot (2004) as Richard Straker

Kiefer Sutherland - Stand by Me (1986) as Ace Merrill

Surprised by how many family connections there are in the Stephen King adaptation universe

Can you name a father and daughter who both appeared in Stephen King adaptations, but in different productions?

Answer: Brad Dourif and Fiona Dourif. Brad Dourif played the Exterminator in Graveyard Shift (1990), and Fiona Dourif played the Rat Woman in The Stand (2020).

Are there any other father-daughter (or parent-child) pairs who have appeared in different Stephen King adaptations?

A Ukrainian journalist suggested that Kyiv should have a monument to Stephen King instead of Mikhail Bulgakov, arguing that:

- King is probably more widely read in Ukraine than any other living writer

- He has openly supported Ukraine

- He stopped publishing new books in Russia after the invasion

- He's openly anti-DJT

- And, as the tweet put it, he's "just a handsome old man".

What do you think?

Stephen King has such a great sense of humor. This exchange had me laughing my ass off: