Hello everyone and welcome to the Stephen Kingcast.

Because this episode reviews Carrie and the nature of Carrie involves heavy bullying,

I wanted to preface the podcast with a brief discussion about bullying.

As you know, bullying is as prevalent today as it was when Carrie was published in 1974.

In fact, with the ubiquity of social media, it has evolved into even

more mean-spirited and anonymous ways to hurt others. If you know someone who is being

bullied, don't hesitate to reach out to that person or inform someone that can do something

about it. Don't forget that any kind of action you take can help and you'll never

know the effect of how you can help someone

until you try to.

There are a number of resources to help victims of bullying, such as the Trevor Project,

the National Center for Bully Prevention, Stop Out Bullying, and Stop Bullying.gov.

If you have witnessed bullying and wished to report it, there are a number of helpful websites

that you can use to report

anonymous bullying, including Cyberbullie Hotline, and I'm going to spell the next one because

I won't be able to pronounce it correctly, S-P-R-I-G-E-O.com.

And without further ado, the very first episode of the Stephen King cast.

Rain drops keep falling on my head.

And just like the guy whose feet are too big for his bed.

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

Each week I will review one of Stephen King's works in the chronological order of publication.

And because this is the first episode of the Stephen King cast, there's only one book I could have possibly started with, and that's the one that started at all.

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