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Do you remember the movie based on the Stephen King novel, “Misery?”

An author is stalked and captured by an obsessed fan. She proceeds to torture him while still professing her admiration of his works.

Although most stalkers don’t revert to such extreme behavior, being stalked can be a terrifying experience for anyone. Knowing that someone who is clearly not thinking right has set their sights on you is stressful to say the least. Not knowing what that person is capable of means you must constantly be looking over your shoulder and never letting your guard down. That’s a very traumatic way to live.

In today’s episode, editor and college professor Clayton Jones joins Angela and Brian to delve into the dark world of authors who have been stalked by unhinged “fans” and how those events ended up. Clayton, Angela and Brian all share their own experience with stalkers. We even have an example of an author who stalked someone.

Grab some popcorn and prepare to immerse yourself into phycological darkness and drama (and a little humor on the side.) You won’t be disappointed!

Music: “Light Rays” used with permission from Billy Bob Thornton and The Boxmasters.

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LINKS DISCUSSED IN THIS EPISODE:

• BookLocker’s Publishing Packages
• WritersWeekly’s Quarterly 24-Hour Short Story Contest
• Professor Clayton Jones’s Services: Professional Editing, Author/Book Coach Services, Ghostwriting, and Book Marketing Services, Editorial Reviews, and TikTok Trailers – These are only $50, and they are VERY popular!
• Don Quixote, by Miguel de Cervantes, is a Spanish novel published in the early 1600s about a nobleman who loses his mind. It’s is considered the first novel written in history.
• ANGELA’S FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIME! Swan Song by Robert McCammon
• The Most-Rejected Books of All Time – LitHub.com
• Classic Literature Test – BuzzFeed.com
• The Maine Wire is covering what a garbage bin Bangor, Maine has turned into since we fled the city back in 2011.