Salon.com > kindle single http://www.salon.com Tue, 21 May 2013 19:23:12 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Stephen King calls his work “possible accelerant” to killers http://www.salon.com/2013/01/25/stephen_king_calls_his_work_possible_accelerant_to_killers/ http://www.salon.com/2013/01/25/stephen_king_calls_his_work_possible_accelerant_to_killers/#comments Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:52:00 +0000 http://www.origin.railrode.net/?p=13181855 Stephen King has published a Kindle Single (more than a book, less than an essay, proprietary to Amazon platforms) on gun violence, in which he describes his decision to pull his pseudonymous novel "Rage" from shelves after possible copycat crimes.

"Rage," which King first wrote in high school ("I suppose if it had been written today, and some high school English teacher had seen it, he would have rushed the manuscript to the guidance counselor and I would have found myself in therapy posthaste"), depicts a hostage situation in a high school when a student brings a weapon to school.

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