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King is a superb writer. I’m not sure what the secret sauce is, but he has a tremendous gift for making ludicrous ideas seem possible, and terrifying.

My wife has a friend that was invited once to meet Stephen King and go to dinner with him. She said he is the strangest person she’s ever met. I don’t know exactly what that means, but she feels strongly about it.

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> I’m not sure what the secret sauce is, but he has a tremendous gift for making ludicrous ideas seem possible, and terrifying.

As a 52 year old from New England who has been reading King's books pretty much as long as I've been able to read, I think a lot of it comes down to the characters he creates being so realistic and relatable.

As long as the characters are grounded in reality it is a lot easier to suspend disbelief for all the crazy stuff that happens around them.