Like Jack Torrance in “The Shining,” the ghost of Jim Crow keeps rearing his ugly head in Alabama as the state continues to pursue a discriminatory scheme against its Black residents.

With estimated sales of 400 million books worldwide, Stephen King is one of the most successful authors in history. Among his 80 or so published books, many have been adapted into highly-acclaimed ...

Whether it’s Jack Torrance’s inner monster or the split personas in ‘The Dark Half’, King inherited this fascination with hidden selves. ‘Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde’ showed that horror doesn’t need an ...