This edited collection variously interrogates how everyday evil manifests in Stephen King's now-familiar American imaginary; an imaginary that increases the representational limits of both anticipated and experienced realism.

Introduction: Shine On Part I: The Man King's America, America's King, Part 1: The Man. A Note on Paratexts 1. Thinner, the Auteur, and the Lived Macabre: Kindness in Bachman/King 2. Evil (and) Influence: Ritual in Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" and Stephen King's The Long Walk Part II: The Monster King's America, America's King, Part 2: The Monster. Werewolves as Paratextual 3. Why Think Evil? Evil Unbound in King's Misery 4. Conjuring the Dark Half: "Ghost-Writing" in Stephen King Part III: The Re-mediator King's America, America's King, Part 3: The Re-Mediator. Legacy and Paratext 5. Inside Evil, Outside Evil: Attachment Crisis & Occultism in Carrie, The Shining, and Doctor Sleep 6. Event/Eternal Recurrence: Evil in 11/22/63. Conclusion: The Weaponized Mundane: Nostalgia and Catharsis in the Work of Stephen King, Marshall Moore Appendices: A Note on Appendices Appendix A: "Why I Was Bachman" (1985). Appendix B: "The Importance of Being Bachman" (1996). Appendix C: "Full Disclosure" (2006), Stephen King Appendix D: The Bachman Covers