What wouldn’t become apparent for a number of years was that Bachman was a pseudonym for wunderkind Stephen King who, at this time, had two published novels to his name – Carrie and ‘Salem’s Lot. In September 1977 Richard Bachman’s debut novel, Rage, was published. But as the morning progresses and Charlie and his classmates talk, it becomes less and less clear as to who is in charge and just whether this group of people on the cusp of adulthood are here against their will or not. For three hours local and state police watch from the school lawn while teachers try to understand what, exactly, Charlie wants from the stand-off. After shooting dead his teacher, he takes his classmates hostage. Today is the day that Charles Everett Decker is going to “get it on.” Charlie, as he’s known by those around him, arrives at his early-morning algebra class with his father’s pistol and a pocketful of ammunition. Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman ( ) Twitter Updates Tweets by MattGCraig Tag Cloud alison littlewood angela slatter Atlantic Books australia Berlin borough press cara hunter carrie carrieat40 child abduction competition corvus crime Daniel Polansky dark tower david lagercrantz Doubleday drugs extract family fantasy Florida france ghosts Gollancz guest post Hard Case Crime harpercollins harper voyager harvill secker headline Head of Zeus Hitler hodder hodder & stoughton hodderscape review project holocaust horror influences Interview Ireland James Ellroy james smythe jamie bulloch joe hill jo fletcher books John Connolly jonathan cape justin cronin kevin sampson London Los Angeles MacLehose Press Macmillan magic malcolm mackay mantle matthew blakstad Michael Marshall Michael Marshall Smith murder Neal Stephenson Neil Gaiman new york no exit press noir orbit orenda books Orion orion books oxford Pan MacMillan paris penguin picador pierre lemaitre politics post-apocalypse Quercus raven books Raymond Chandler religion Sanctus sarah pinborough serial killer Simon & Schuster Simon Toyne stephen king Stuart Neville the passage the shining the twelve thriller Time Travel Tim Lebbon Titan Books unsung stories war weidenfeld & nicholson will dean

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