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The Stephen King mystery -- An unidentifiable item is left outside the author's home

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People in Bangor, Maine, were very afraid. Here was this wrapped... thing plopped at author Stephen King's gate last June. And King was nowhere in sight. The horror! Was it a bomb? One suspicious neighbor called the cops — who prepared to do what brave men must: detonate! In the midst of which, the shining author arrived home and told the police, ''I bet you 25 bucks it's a book somebody dropped off... By all means, blow it up.'' They did. It was... It. Left by an autograph hound. Ooooo.

Originally posted Dec 25, 1992 Published in issue #150-151 Dec 25, 1992 Order article reprints
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