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Keesey, Douglas. "'The Face of Mr. Flip': Homophobia in the Horror of Stephen King." In The Dark Descent, edited by Tony Magistrale. New York: Greenwood Press, 1992, pp. 187-201.

Asserts that "one of the socially specific fears most often represented in King's horror is homophobia."

Quinn, Judy. "King of the Season." Publishers Weekly 243, No. 32 (5 August 1996): 293-94.

Discusses the simultaneous publication of King's Desperation and The Regulators under his pseudonym, Richard Bachman.

Additional coverage of King's life and career is contained in the following sources published by Gale: Authors and Artists for Young Adults, Vols. 1 and 17; Bestsellers, Vol. 90:1; Contemporary Authors, Vols. 61-64; Contemporary Authors New Revision Series, Vols. 1, 30, and 52; Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol. 143; Dictionary of Literary Biography Yearbook, Vol. 80; DISCovering Authors Modules: Novelists and Popular Fiction and Genre Authors; Junior DISCovering Authors; Major Twentieth-Century Writers; Something about the Author, Vols. 9 and 55; and Short Story Criticism, Vol. 17.

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