Kingsize Matt Robinson & Simon Balcon

Let's be honest - this is a like a bag of Revels as we hit the end of this decade ... we have the orange fondant heights of The Outsider. And then we have the shrunken chocolate raisin that is Sleeping Beauties. Jamie and Matt get stuck in to this spectrum of the good, the bad and the strange in perhaps King's most interesting and diverse period of writing. The Lizard King....

Our castaway this episode is none other than Hans-Åke Lilja, the curator of Lilja's Library - the Go To resource for all things King. This man is an absolute fountain of knowledge; has spoken to The King not just once but twice, and has more scoops than Brady when he masquerades as an ice cream van man in Mr Mercedes. Jump into the waves and join us !

https://www.liljas-library.com/

" I soak myself in the only terrors that can match my own, and I, often reluctantly, leave the rest to whatever shadowed future waits for us ahead".

Matt talks to the very special author and mother Elizabeth Austin about her essay "Finding Comfort In The Horror Of Stephen King's Maine" . We explore the catharsis of horror, the darkness of the monster that is cancer and the light that still shines.

TRIGGER WARNINGS - we do talk about child cancer, depression, suicide idealisation.

The Stephen King essay can be found here:
https://reactormag.com/finding-comfort-in-the-horror-of-stephen-kings-maine/

The Substack chronicling our years after cancer:
https://writingelizabeth.substack.com/
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/writingelizabeth/

The wish list for the Child Life Services department at St. Christopher's Hospital in Philly, where we received treatment:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/registry/wishlist/21PW0WWV6RNLU/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1]

Link to the Children's Oncology Group site:
https://www.childrensoncologygroup.org/

Link to Alex's Lemonade Stand:
https://www.alexslemonade.org/

Matt and King expert Jamie Stewart keep the thrills coming your way as they join Bill Hodges in The Mr Mercedes Trilogy . King as crime writer - let's get forensic. And then back to full dark no stars with the horror of Revival, and some Bad Dreams...

The man needs no introduction from me, but I'll do it anyway. Long time friend and collaborator of Stephen King, Bev is the author of The Road To The Dark Tower and the upcoming Stephen King A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences. We get stories and exclusive scoops fit for the King.

You like it darker. We go off the beaten path and end up in a place which hits hard. Light relief thanks to our celebration of King's retweet ! And a celebration of lefties.