Another famous author with a large cult following is Stephen King.29 His works have gained a great audience not because of their characters or stories, but because of King himself. ... Many movies and books have been devoted to this "king of horror."30 Both of these authors, Rice and King, along with other writers, journalists, and novelists, serve to bring the supernatural to their fans and unite them under its banner. ... With that, almost every woman in town is accused of being a witch, and the cycle continues.43 Another important example of hysterical paranoia from the Puritan er...

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