A bit of bonus content this week! I recently published a post on King’s short story “The Reach” with Haunted Shores, an excellent research and reading group that explores the nautical Gothic. This brief article digs into some of the literary geography of the islands and the importance of place we have been considering here. You can read it here.
I am an Associate Professor of English at Culver-Stockton College in Canton, Missouri, where I teach a wide range of composition and literature courses, including Literature and Food and a single-author seminar on Stephen King.
I am an engaged and active scholar in horror, the Gothic, and popular culture. My books include ‘IT, Chapters 1 and 2’ (Devils Advocates Series; Edinburgh University Press, 2023), ‘The Quest for the Dark Tower: Genre and Interconnection in the Stephen King Series’ (McFarland, 2021), and ‘Teaching Stephen King: Horror, the Supernatural, and New Approaches to Literature’ (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016).
I also write ‘Teen Horror Time Machine,’ a biweekly column on Tor.com, analyzing and providing commentary on 1990s teen horror literature, including Christopher Pike, R.L. Stine, Caroline Cooney, and others.
You can reach me by email at aburger@culver.edu
Exploring Stephen King's Maine 