“On a couple of occasions I've shocked myself. Pet Sematary was appalling when it first came out on to the page.”

—  Stephen King

[Adams, Tim, 2000, Interview: Stephen King, The Guardian, http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2000/sep/14/stephenking.fiction]

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