Almost every time I mention that I love Stephen King (okay actually LOVE LOVE LOVE!!!) the person I am speaking to says, "Oh I can't read him--he's too scary" All they know from Stephen King is what they have seen on TV. So I start to tell them stories, his stories. Trying to peel away the layers of horror that popular culture wrapped him in. I want to show them the profiles of humanity that exist ever clearer in his works (can't comment on Mr. Mercedes, the audiobook should be waiting for me when I leave my sisters in San Antonio and return to Okc). But Mr. King has been pigeon-holed. My question is....how do we, his constant readers, set him free?