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Pet Sematary by Stephen King

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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Set from film version of Pet Sematary

If you’re a horror author, you prefer to ignore the first rule they teach in MFA programs: namely, write from your own experience. Far better to consult your overheated imagination or, in the worst case, your feverish nightmares. In a pinch, the daily news will provide an inexhaustible supply of potential plots.

So I …

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