One of my earliest childhood memories involves Stephen King. I had a slightly higher reading level than normal, I guess, and one night, while visiting my aunt and uncle, I pulled their copy of "Ii" from the shelf (the little clawed fingers clutching the sewer grate intrigued me) and started reading.
If you've ever read "It," you know that the first chapter probably isn't the best thing for a six or seven year old kid to read.
This incident might explain a lot about my childhood.
Anyway, I bring it up now because my friend Ericka is the producer on a short film based on another Stephen King story, "Night Surf." I remember reading "Night Surf" distinctly, because it was included one of the first King collections I read as an adult, some years after I stopped intentionally walking a minimum of fifteen feet away from sewer grates.
If you've ever read "It," you know that the first chapter probably isn't the best thing for a six or seven year old kid to read.
This incident might explain a lot about my childhood.
Anyway, I bring it up now because my friend Ericka is the producer on a short film based on another Stephen King story, "Night Surf." I remember reading "Night Surf" distinctly, because it was included one of the first King collections I read as an adult, some years after I stopped intentionally walking a minimum of fifteen feet away from sewer grates.
Anyway--"Night Surf" is in the fundraiser stage. Though it's been years since I've read a King book, his stories still give me a nostalgic kick, and Ericka's a hell of a producer, so I wanted to mention their Kickstarter campaign here. Aside from their superstar producer, they've got a stellar cinematographer I've been lucky enough to work with before, and they'll be shooting locally, which is what you always hope for when someone adapts one of New England's own scribes to the screen.
Anyway--take a look at their page if you have a chance! And if by chance you've got a copy of "It" sitting on a shelf reachable by a kindergartner with a high reading level, I'd suggest moving it up a few shelves