Acclaimed author Stephen King, who has written 70 books including Carrie, The Shining, It, and Misery, and whose work has spawned countless film and television adaptations, hasn’t shown much sign of slowing down in his later years.
Now 77, King still produces prolifically, having published six books since 2021. Undoubtedly, his inventive brain is his greatest asset, which likely explains the fear he has around developing dementia, which he shared in a recent interview with The Times of London.
Speaking to Will Pavia about a story he wrote about the end of the world, King explained that the story’s central conceit is that as “one man’s life comes to an end, the entire world reaches its full stop.”
“There’s a word for that and I can’t remember what it is,” King told Pavia. “It is the idea