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Tales from Castle Rock

A Haiku Descent into Stephen King's Darkness

By Jason “Jay” BenskinPublished 9 months ago 1 min read
Credit: Author Celebration: Stephen King by Bill BowmanAugust 21, 2023

Keys clack like bone snaps,

Shadows rise from Castle Rock—

Terror wears your face.

Haiku

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Jason “Jay” Benskin

Crafting authored passion in fiction, horror fiction, and poems.

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  • Win Life Blueprint9 months ago

    Gorgeous. Looking forward to here more from you 👏👏

  • JBaz9 months ago

    You had me at the picture, but your HaiKu is the real treat.

  • Pamela Williams9 months ago

    Perfection!

  • Mark Graham9 months ago

    You are King too. Perfect.

  • Sandy Gillman9 months ago

    I love Stephen king!

  • Fantastic

  • Margaret Brennan9 months ago

    I never could master the art of haiku but yours is brilliant. I always though he had a spooky face. I'd hate to have the ability to run around inside his brain for an hour.

  • Marie381Uk 9 months ago

    Fab haiku ♦️♦️♦️Thank god I don’t wake you next to him in a morning lol

  • Nikita Angel9 months ago

    👌

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