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Oct. 31, 2025 – In today’s episode, “King of Horror” Stephen King reflects on his sobriety, the sequel to The Shining and a novel he co-wrote with his son. The Shining came out in 1980, but King didn’t publish the sequel – Doctor Sleep – until more than 30 years later. In a 2013 interview, the author spoke with NPR’s David Greene about revisiting his iconic characters. Then, King and his son Owen co-wrote Sleeping Beauties after Owen approached his father with an idea for the book’s premise. In today’s episode
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