Just King Things is a podcast where we read the books of Stephen King in publication order.

As these are largely horror novels, they often deal with complicated and disturbing topics.

A list of content warnings is available in the episode description.

A list of content warnings is available in the episode description. Howdy, friends and neighbors, and welcome back to Just King Things, the show we read and talk about the books of Stephen King in publication order.

I'm Michael, and with me, as always, is my partner in this detective agency that functions as the front for this podcast, Cameron.

I'm reading a book I found in the ground.

Wow. You seem to have taken on a new and stylish edge.

I'm reading a book that I found in the ground and I'm cool because I did it.

I'm the coolest high schooler who ever read a book written by a guy in the 70s.

Well, I know what real literature is.

By, God. I think nobody done it since back then.

I have no choice but to let you become a New Yorker feature writer.

I'm making $15,000 doing it, a rate roughly, 20 years old.

For the kind of story that they pitched me.

I'm doing Dr. Teeth.

Yes, you are.

Yes.

Hey, Bill Hodges, how are you doing?

Hey, brother.

How's you doing?

Like, Brendan Gleason looks out onto the street and, like, the electric mayhem's bus is pulling up.

Hey, Holly Gibney.

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