Lisa Rogak - Haunted Heart

North Carolina, 142

North Cumberland Memorial Hospital, 203

North Windham, Maine, 75

novels, SK’s

errors in, noted by fans, 111

first, 41–42

first major sales, 72

rejections, 59–60

of a single chapter, 113

too horrible to publish, 94, 130

“trunk” novels, 236

number 217 (room), 77, 106

Ochs, Phil, 36

O. Henry Awards, 184

Old Town, Maine, 52–53, 73, 103

Onan (magazine), 49

One on One (Tabitha Spruce King), 176–77

On Writing, 5, 187, 202, 206, 209, 213–14

Orono, Maine, 40, 57

Orrington, Maine, 93

Osprey, Fla., 219, 237

The Other (movie), 71

OxyContin, 207

painkillers, SK subjected to, after accident, 204, 207, 208

paperback rights, 73–74

parties, SK at, 36–37

Pat’s Pizza, 45

Patterson, James, 116

Paul Sheldon character, 153

Paxton, Tom, 36

PayDay candy bar, 111

peace movement, 42

Pearson, Ridley, 171, 172, 173, 178, 218–19, 235–36, 242

Peckinpah, Sam, 188

Peltry, Maine (fictional), 186

Penguin, 190

Penzler, Otto, 114–15, 214, 217, 237

Percocet, 204

Pet Sematary (book), 138

publication of, 123, 129–30, 131

writing of, 94

Pet Sematary (movie), 162

Philtrum Press, 151, 211

Phippen, Sandy, 120, 127, 131, 142, 170–71, 215

Pietsch, Michael, 116

Pillsbury, Carolyn (SK’s aunt), 9, 12

Pillsbury, Ethelyn (SK’s aunt), 9, 11, 19, 21, 30

Pillsbury, Guy (pseudonym briefly used by SK), 83

Pillsbury, Guy Herbert (SK’s grandfather), 8–9, 19

death of, 37

Pillsbury, Guy Jr. (SK’s uncle), 9

Pillsbury, Jonathan (SK’s ancestor), 8

Pillsbury, Lois (SK’s aunt), 9, 13

Pillsbury, Mary (SK’s aunt), 9

Pillsbury, Mary 2 (SK’s aunt), 9

Pillsbury, Mollie (SK’s aunt), 9, 11

Pillsbury, Nellie Ruth (SK’s mother)

birth of, 8

death of, 5–6, 76

influence on SK’s stories, 26–27

lessons taught to SK, 15–18

marries Donald King, 9–10

musical career of, 10

pregnancy of, and tar eating, 155–56

struggles for survival with menial jobs, 11–21, 40, 59, 74, 147

Pillsbury House, Scarborough, Maine, 9

Pineland Training Center, New Gloucester, 74

The Pit and the Pendulum (movie), SK’s adaptation of, 26–27

Pitlor, Heidi, 237–38

plagiarism, 120

The Plant (book), 151, 211–12

The Plant (e-book version), 211–12

Plantation, Fla., 228

Plymouth Fury, 125–26

Poe, Edgar Allan, 20, 75, 238–39

polio epidemic, 17

Poltergeist (movie project), 176

popular culture

references in SK’s writing, 6

SK’s depth of knowledge of, 172–73, 222, 240

pornography

laws against, 142, 149

SK’s feeble attempts at, 63–64

Porta Potti, 238–39

Portland, Maine, 8, 10, 101, 102, 185

Presley, Elvis, 22

Prize Stories 1996: The O. Henry Awards, 184

promotional tours, 99, 100, 108

Prouts Neck, Maine, 8

pseudonyms, SK’s, 83–84, 86, 137–39

PS Publishing, 226

psychics, SK’s belief in, 105

public service announcements (PSAs), by SK, 212

publishers

advances and royalties, economics of, 191

SK’s dealings with, 59–60, 81, 143, 190–91

Publishers Weekly lists, 116

pulp magazines, SK’s collection of, 28, 46

Purinton, Lew, 27–28, 31–32, 33, 38, 40

Putnam, 97, 190

“Quitters, Inc.,” 217

rabies, 112–13

racism, SK’s, 108

radio, music played on, 35–36, 129

Rage (Bachman book), 83–84, 86, 89, 138, 140, 194–95

taken off the market, 195

Ralph Roberts character, 179

Ram’s Horn coffehouse, Orono, 50

Randall Flagg character, 87

Random House, 42

rats, 39–40, 76

Red Sox, 3, 107–8, 133, 150, 201, 209, 219–20

The Regulators (Bachman), 188–90, 240

Reiner, Rob, 176

rejection slips, 26, 30, 32–33, 42, 59–60

religious beliefs, SK’s, 189

religious fanatics, 29, 65

Richard Striker character, 99

Riding the Bullet (e-novel), 209, 210–11

Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption, 175

Roadrunner cartoons, 118

The Road to the Dark Tower (Vincent), 5

Roadwork (Bachman book), 75, 86, 140

Roberts, Julia, 230

Rock Bottom Remainders, 171–73, 177–79, 218, 235–36

rock music, 129, 217

Roland Deschain character, 56, 116, 200, 214

Romero, George, 117–18, 181

Rose Madder, 184, 188

Rosemary’s Baby (movie), 71

Route 15, Maine, 93–94

Rowe, Robert, 68

Rowling, J. K., 237

Rubinstein, Richard, 117

Runaround Pond, Maine, 19

The Running Man (Bachman book), 117, 140

The Running Man (movie), 155

Russians, fear of, 17–18

Salem’s Lot (book), 71, 73, 82, 107, 123, 147, 196

publishing of, 80–81

writing of, 74–76

Salem’s Lot (TV miniseries), 99–100, 133

Salinger, J. D., 149, 231

Sarasota, Fla., 195, 219

Savini, Tom, 118

Scarborough, Maine, 8–10

scary stuff, SK’s exposure to, 16–19

Schilling, Curt, 220

Schiro, Jeffrey C., 116

Schneider, Peter, 189–90

scholarships, given by SK, 148–49

school shootings, 194–95

Schuman, Samuel, 91–92

Schwarzenegger, Arnold, 155

science fiction, 15, 136

Scribner, 191, 201, 218, 220–22, 229–30, 237

séances, SK’s avoidance of, 105

Sebago Lake, 75

Second Coming (working title), 67, 71

“Secret Window, Secret Garden,” 163

September 11, 2001, events, 217–18

serialized novels, 187–88

serial killers, 21–22

Serling, Rod, 120

Seuss, Dr., 15

sex games, 168–69

sexism, 54

sexuality

SK’s view of, 48–49, 63

SK’s writing about, 121

the Shamrock, 45

Shawn T. Mansfield Stadium, 170

The Shawshank Redemption (book), 196

The Shawshank Redemption (movie), 182

Shelley, Mary, 75

The Shining (book), 7, 84–85, 108, 116, 124, 147, 196

criticism of, 84

idea for, and writing of, 78–80

publication of, 82, 84, 94

The Shining (Kubrick movie), 94, 100, 105–6

SK’s disappointment with, 106, 126, 193–94

The Shining (miniseries), 193–94

Shooter, Jim, 149

shootings, school, 194–95

short stories, SK’s

first commercial publication (not a sale), 33–34

first commercial sale, 42, 55

recent return to writing of, 238–39

sales to men’s magazines, 63–66, 68–69, 70–71, 85–86, 98

sales to small magazines, 114

SK’s onstage reading of, 49

sold to schoolmates, 33

The Shotgunners (screenplay), 188

signings, 162, 189–90

Silver, Warren, 3, 208

Silverberg, Robert, 81

Silver Bullet (book), 131

Silver Bullet (movie), 131

Simak, Clifford, 81

Simon and Garfunkel, 49

Simon & Schuster, 191

Singer, Isaac, 98

Singer, Loren, 59

sitcoms

on family life, 78

salacious, 200

Skeleton Crew (collection), 139, 143, 145

“Slade,” 58

small magazines, SK’s writing for, 114

small presses, SK’s work published by, 114, 170

small towns, tall tales in, 19

Small World (Tabitha Spruce King), 110

Smith, Bryan, 202–3, 205, 207–8

death of, 213

Smucky (cat), death of, 94