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King has created one other memorable haunted structure — the Marsten House in 'Salem's Lot — and utilizes this convention as a motif in several other works (e.g., the Black Hotel of The Talisman, 1984). The notion of the "Bad Place" in contexts other than that of the haunted house per se is explored in various ways in Cujo (1981), Christine (1983), Pet Sematary (1983), and a number of short stories.
Paranormal mental powers, or "Wild Talents," as they are sometimes called, are recurring elements in King's fiction, and are frequently explored with...
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