Hello everyone, welcome to the Stephen King cast one man's musings on the works of Stephen King.

Once I reviewed each of his works in the chronological order of publication, but Ka is a wheel,

it all goes round again, and here I am once more on the new phase of the journey, one to

examine each of the endings of the works of Stephen King, to determine whether or not King deserves

his reputation for having an

inability to successfully land his endings. The focus of the podcast will be to examine the climax,

the falling action, and the resolution of the endings to each of his novels and break it down

by character themes, conflict, and plot to determine whether or not it meets the criteria

of being an objectively good ending. I will also weigh in on whether or not it meets the criteria of being an objectively good ending.

I will also weigh in on whether or not I happen to personally, subjectively like the ending.

And today I'm here to discuss the ending of Joyland.

But first, I want to listen to some listener emails.

So if you want to share any thoughts, please write into Stephen Kingcast at yahoo.com.

Melissa writes,

Dear constant reader, thrilled that you have changed your mind about Duma Key.

With age comes wisdom.

To note, wireman is not a superhero.

So it's pronounced wire not, it's not pronounced wire man, wireman, wireman is not a superhero, so it's pronounced wire, not, it's not pronounced wireman, but rather, wireman, as in Dennis Rodman, wireman.

Thrilled as well that you have finished and reviewed fairy tale, I am close to the end,

and I'm looking forward to your analysis.

Your insights and commentary are the icing on my Stephen King Cake.

Thank you, Melissa.

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