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Read a 14-year-old Stephen King’s endearingly creepy short story pitch

Read a 14-year-old Stephen King's endearingly creepy short story pitchIn 1961, a teenage Stephen King submitted his short story "The Killer" to Spacemen magazine. The young author's story wasn't accepted, but the editor of Spacemen, Forrest Ackerman, would publish it in a 1994 issue of Famous Monsters of Filmland.

The best part of this letter? King's appreciation of the "Obituary department."

[Via Letters of Note]

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