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Derry is a fictional town in the U.S. state of Maine that has served as the setting for a number of Stephen King's novels, novellas, and short stories, notably It.Derry first appeared in King's 1981 short story "The Bird and the Album" and has reappeared as recently as his 2011 novel 11/22/63.
This time, the Maine town was portrayed by locations in and around Niagara Falls, Ontario, including the Screaming Tunnel and Queen's Royal Park in neighboring Niagara-on-the-Lake. [ 29 ] Stand by Me (1986), a film adaptation of King's 1982 novella The Body , was the next film in which Castle Rock appeared.
A map on King's official website, though, places 'Salem's Lot considerably further north, approximately in Northwest Piscataquis. [2] King, a native of Durham, Maine, created a trinity of fictional Maine towns – Jerusalem's Lot, Castle Rock and Derry – as central settings in more than one work. [3] [4] [5]
Stephen and Tabitha King are ready for the next chapter for their Victorian mansion that stands behind a wrought iron gate festooned with winged creatures and spiderwebs. The authors want to ...
Shawshank State Prison is a fictional New England state prison in the state of Maine. It serves as the primary location in the novella Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption by Stephen King, as well as the film adaptation. The prison has also been mentioned in several other works by King.
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Stephen King: The Stand: Casterbridge, South Wessex Thomas Hardy: Thomas Hardy's Wessex: Correlates to the real-life Dorchester, Dorset: Castle Rock, Maine Stephen King: The Dead Zone: Castle Rock is a town and the county seat of Castle County. Cedar Cove: Debbie Macomber: Cedar Cove and Rose Harbor series
Long before “True Blood” or “Twilight” brought vampires to small-town America, horror writer Stephen King imagined the creatures invading his backyard in rural Maine (technically, a ...