This is an answer only Stephen King can answer!!!!!!!!!
Will you write a horror fairy tale retelling?
Will you write a horror fairy tale retelling?
A Horror Fairy Tale Retelling by STEPHEN KING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Stephen doesn't personally respond to questions posted here. If I'm understanding your question, my guess is that with all the ideas he currently has but hasn't had time to write, unless he gets an idea for one that is so compelling he has to put those aside it's not likely to happen.
He's already done it in a way. Read Young Goodman Brown by Nathaniel Hawthorne then read Mr. King's O' Henry Prize winning masterpiece The Man In The Black Suit (in Everything's Eventual) It's not a retelling but definitely inspired. One of my favorite stories!
....the only thing in his lexicon to date that approaches such a genre would be Eyes Of The Dragon.....
Seems to me, he did that with Lord Of The Rings. He created The Black Tower novels....which were much better.
I just listened to the first audio book The Gunslinger and loved it! The Hawk Gambit was brilliance~! I can't wait to listen to the rest. Is it true they crammed all those books into that one movie?
Structurally and thematically horror and fairytales are very close. It can be boiled down to the basic fairytale premise of a child-eating monster bested by the children on which it preys. Much like the witch in Hansel & Gretel.
But did they have fava beans and a nice Chianti? Inquiring minds want to know!