The last time I read this book was before I became a father, bought and sold a house, and moved to another country; I’m a completely different person now. Just as the Stephen King who wrote Wolves of the Calla was a completely different person than the King who wrote Wizard & Glass…
Category Archives: 2020-2021
The End of the Beginning & the Beginning of the End
The Dark Tower series, especially this week’s pages, show us that no story ever ends without another one beginning, and nothing new can start without the end of what came before it…
How to Survive A Starkblast
Every time we’re driven inside by a storm and are enjoying the advantages of forced relaxation, there are always people who aren’t able to take shelter…
Who’s Your Daddy?: The Absent Fathers of the Stephen King Universe
In King’s very first novel, Carrie White was raised by a single mother. Now, forty-seven years later, he’s still writing about fatherless kids in Later…
Stephen King’s Bad Case Of Survivor’s Guilt
The Wind Through The Keyhole is not just a story about Roland being absolved for what he did to his mother; it’s about Stephen King absolving himself for what he did to his characters…
Could Flagg Actually Be A Good Guy?
Now that we are halfway through the series, let’s change our perception—just as an experiment—of who the villains and good guys really are…
The Dangers Of Storytelling: Witches And Grapefruits And Thinnies, Oh My!
This week’s reading doesn’t just demonstrate the healing properties of storytelling; it also shows us how destructive and dangerous stories can be…
I Kill With My Heart: The Hypocrisy Of the Gunslinger’s Creed
In this week’s chapters, we finally witness Roland’s very first kill and it turns out that Roland has always been an emotionless sociopath… He’s never been bothered by killing…
“I have Been True”: Susan Delgado’s Happy Ending
Susan has the worst death of any character in the book, burnt at the stake by her own Auntie stuffy-guy style. But despite her horribly painful death, I now think she might actually have the happiest ending of anyone…
Roland’s Terrible Mistake(s)
Of all of Roland’s many talents, perhaps the skill I’m most impressed by is his ability to recognize his own mistakes, admit them, and then go and make the same mistake all over again. This week’s chapters are a perfect example of him doing this, and this time it ends up costing him the love of his life…
Church of the Cosmic Turtle 