Part one of a two part interview with "Mr Horror": writer STEPHEN KING. He ushered in a whole new era of horror fiction with his first novel in 1974, "Carrie." In the ensuing twenty years he has penned novels, short stories, screenplays, comic books, and TV movies. His latest collection of short stories was "Nightmares & Dreamscapes" (Viking); KING has also written the adaption of his apocalyptic novel "The Stand" for a mini-series which airs next week on ABC. (This portion rebroadcast from 7
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