It’s no secret that perhaps the most famous horror author of all time, Stephen King, has a lot of ties to the state of Colorado. His novels The Shining and The Stand are both set in the Centennial State; he lived in Boulder for a while, and most famously, had a terrifying stay at The Stanley Hotel, an experience that inspired the story that would become The Shining.
However, it was recently revealed that while he lived in Boulder as a struggling novelist, King applied for a job as a film critic for a local newspaper.
Stephen King Could Have Been a Colorado Film Critic
On September 10, 1974, Stephen King sent a letter to The Daily Camera, the principal newspaper in Boulder, offering to write movie reviews for the publication.
The letter made mention of his first novel, Carrie, which was published the previous April, as well as the novel he was working on at the time, tentatively titled Jerusalem’s Lot, though that would later be shortened to Salem’s Lot…