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* ''[[Cujo]]'' - Mother and son trapped in [[The Alleged Car]] by the titular rabid dog. Made into a movie by Lewis Teague, who would go on to direct ''Cat's Eye''. By this point, King's substance abuse was so bad that he ''cannot remember'' writing this book.

* ''[[The Dark Tower (Literature)/The Gunslinger|The Dark Tower]]'' - First in ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series starring a protagonist that embodies that [[The Gunslinger|exact trope]], searching for the ultimate truth.

* ''Different Seasons'' - Anthology of four novellas with [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming|Idiosyncratic Episode Subtitling]]

** ''Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (or, Hope Springs Eternal)'' - Hope springs eternal, even in prison. [[Frank Darabont|Made into]] [[The Shawshank Redemption|the number one movie on IMDb's Top 250]].

* [[Skunk Stripe]]: Nadine in ''[[The Stand]]''.

* [[Squick]]: Invoked in ''Danse Macabre'' when King describes his method.

* [[Take That]]: Often toward ignorant right-wingers or educated snobs.

* [[Teens Are Monsters]]