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Originally Posted by Catlady
I'm about as likely to read Stephen King as I am to read Elmore Leonard! After Carrie, Salem's Lot, and The Shining, the books seemed to go downhill, and after a few more, I gave up--even took the extreme step of purging the books from the shelves (except for the three aforementioned titles). I think the last straw was some short story of his in which a guy got his arm caught in a machine that then developed a taste for blood and chased people around; it was laughable, not scary.
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I think that was "The Mangler" if memory serves. It was in one of his short story collections. Mr. King had worked in a laundry during summers (when he was still a teacher) and used that as part of the basis of the story.