ORONO, Maine, April 22 -- University of Maine issued the following news release:

The New York Post, Parade, the Columbus Ledger-Enquirer, Maine Public, WABI (Channel 5 in Bangor) and the Portland Press Herald featured "Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King" the latest book from Caroline Bicks, professor of English and Stephen E. King Chair in Literature at the University of Maine. The book is an exploration of King's process through an examination of five of his earliest works: "Carrie," "Salem's Lot," "The Shining," "Pet Sematary" and "Night Shift." "It was really a revelation to be able to like hold the first draft and see the little micro changes he was making to the story, and to be able to bring my English profes...