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      First published in Great Britain by HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

      First published in the United States by William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2019

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      Stephen King, excerpt from Introduction to The Shining (New York: Pocket Books, 2001). Copyright © 2001 by Stephen King. Reprinted by permission.

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