time writers, and is undoubtedly the worlds leading horror writer. King preys on the elements of the paranormal, and familiarity into his stories. He especially incorporates the feelings of hope and his own personal occurrences into his novels. In addition to these themes, King sticks to using lucid imagery that is set in a realistic everyday place as well as symbols and unique characterization to help his paced suspense and sub-plotting.
             While Stephen King might be best known for his novels "Carrie" and "The Shining", some of his best work that has been published is short stories such as "The Green Mile". (Beahm, p. 10-11) King's works are so powerful because he uses his experience and observations from his everyday life and places them into his unique stories. Stephen Edwin King was born in Portland, Maine, on September 21, 1947, at the Maine General Hospital. (David Rawsthorne, p. 1)
             At the age of six, the family moved to Stratford Connecticut. Here, King received his first exposure to horror. One evening, he listened to the radio adaptation of Ray Bradbury's story "Mars Is Heaven!" Ever since that night, Stephen has slept with a nightlight. (Beahm, p. 16) Even now, at age 52, he still sleeps with a nightlight. (Beahm, p. 31) It was his exposure to oral storytelling on the radio had a large impact on his later writings and not just his sleeping pattern. Such as how the images depicted in his stories are mental-movies and are written as if someone was speaking them. King's fascination with horror early on continued and was pushed along only a couple weeks after Bradbury's story.
             One day, as Stephen was looking through his mother's books, he came across The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde. After his mother finished reading the book to him, Stephen was hooked. He immediately asked her to read it again. King recalls "that summer when I was seven, [my mother]...