He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students they married in January of 1971. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. 'Brooklyn August' read by Stephen J.Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King.'The House on Maple Street' read by Tabitha King.'Suffer the Children' read by Whoopi Goldberg.This edition includes an introduction read by Stephen King plus 'Suffer the Children' read by Whoopi Goldberg, 'Crouch End' read by Tim Curry, 'Rainy Season' read by Rob Lowe and more. But Stephen King, writing to beat the devil, will do your dreaming for you. The long reach of Stephen King's imagination will take you on a roller coaster to places you've never been before. What does it all mean? What else could it mean? Stephen King is here with a powerful collection of stories - a vast, many-chambered cave of a volume. Meanwhile, the legend of Castle Rock returns.and grows on you. The Stephen King Amusement Park - an unnerving experience, with rides every which way to hell.and a few to glory.Ī solitary finger pokes out of a drain. A star-studded cast of readers presents unabridged tales of horror and suspense from master storyteller Stephen King.

Nightmare and dreamscape