Gambling as Inspiration

“Every year my son Owen and I have a bet on the NCAA March Madness Tournament, and last year the stakes were that the loser would have to write a story [with a title] the winner gave to him. And I lost.” — Stephen King, on the origin of his new short story, “Herman Wouk Is Still Alive.”

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