Stephen King

by Christine Dougherty

Harold is a blogger who reviews everything Horror.
It's late. everyone has gone home hours ago.
As Harold prepares to close up the office, he receives an email from someone claiming to be Stephen King.

Genres: Horror

37 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 2012

About the author

Chris Dougherty writes from a secluded haven in southern New Jersey at the edge of the Pine Barrens.

Reviews

[Steve · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good, quick short story with a couple of twists that really carry it through to the end. If you have a few minutes, say, at lunch, this is a good story to carry you away from the office for awhile. :)

[Shadow Girl · Rating 4 out of 5]

Harold runs a website, GravenWords, dedicated to his love of books & movies in the horror genre. This generates a truck-load of email. He receives numerous requests from writers who want him to review their work. - (There's a bit where he's bitching to himself about people writing nothing but 'shitty little horror novellas' these days, and I actually laughed out loud when I read "Who the fuck reads novellas?")
As he reads one such email request, he thinks it's a nice change to receive a polite and professional request from someone, until he gets to the end of the email - where he compares his writing to Stephen King's.
Tired and irritated, Harold fires off a quick, and nasty reply.
He regrets his harsh reaction immediately, and that's the only reason he accepted the chat request.
Accepting this chat may turn out to be the biggest regret of his life!

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[Becky · Rating 4 out of 5]

Scary

I read this at night when I most enjoy my scary stories, I love Stephen King, and this author did a great job of a regular guy making $ on horror. Of course it'd be creepy as are Kings delightful books. good job!

[Kristina Harper · Rating 3 out of 5]

An easy read for Stephen King fans, but a bit of a conceit.

[Andrew Van Slaars · Rating 3 out of 5]

Kind of felt like the author got bored with it and just ended the story. I really thought it was leading to something good and ended up being quite disappointed.

[Kristy McRae · Rating 5 out of 5]

This. Was. AWESOME! Thank you, Christine Dougherty, thank you! I grew up on Stephen King. He's my all-time favorite author, and this story just plain made me smile.

[Susan Degnan · Rating 2 out of 5]

Meh

It seems that this author only use one of the most well known modern authors, Stephen King, to get attention for his short story. Not impressed.....