In October, I realized that despite having read a lot of Stephen King, I had never read his first couple of works, so I listened to the audiobooks of Carrie and Salem’s Lot. Oh, Stephen King, even in only your second book you were overly verbose and needed editing. King stated in The Forward that a lot of this book was inspired by what would happen to Dracula if he appeared suddenly in the modern world. He had taught Dracula in a couple of semesters […]

Edgar Freemantle is living the American Dream with a successful business, a great marriage and two lovely daughters, until an accident at a building site nearly kills him. Left without his right arm and prone to disturbing outbursts of anger, Edgar decamps for the Florida Keys after his wife, fearing for her safety, asks for a divorce. On the titular Duma Key, Edgar takes up a long-dormant interest in art, first with drawings and later paintings. His mood stabilized and his pain under control, he […]