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1. Her meal of roast beef, baked chicken, and spareribs sure made for a MEATY REPAST. Anagram the words in capital letters to obtain the title of a book by Stephen King.

Answer: Pet Sematary

"Pet Sematary" is a horror tale published in 1983. The story centers on a doctor and his family moving to a large home near his new job. The home is located near a pet cemetery where local children bury their pets. Burial there seems to allow one to return to life, but this is not necessarily a good thing!

2. A story about a BORDELLO seems to be a strange SCENARIO for a play. Anagram the words in capital letters to obtain the title of a book by Stephen King.

Answer: Dolores Claiborne

Narrated by the title character, "Dolores Claiborne" is a story of horror and crime. When accused of killing her employer, Dolores' story of her troubled life comes to the forefront as she confesses to the murder of her husband years before but her innocence of the crime she now faces.

3. The FREER an ARTIST is to do what he wants, the more interesting his creations. Anagram the words in capital letters to obtain the title of a book by Stephen King.

Answer: Firestarter

First serialized in "Omni" magazine in 1980, "Firestarter" is the story of a troubled young girl who has the ability to create fires with her mind. Her ability comes from experimentation on her parents who had been injected with Lot Six during their college years in a mysterious government study.

4. How will the fashion world GREET the new HEMLINE ideas for this season? Anagram the words in capital letters to obtain the title of a book by Stephen King.

Answer: The Green Mile

King had this story published in serial form in 1996. The six volumes were republished later as a trade paperback. "The Green Mile" is the story of John Coffey, a large black man with special abilities, wrongly accused of murdering two small girls and his stay on death row.

The walk to the execution chamber is called the "last mile" and in the facility where Coffey waits, the linoleum on the floor is green, thereby dubbing the walk "the green mile."

5. Scoring lots of HITS in baseball is NICER than striking out. Anagram the words in capital letters to obtain the title of a book by Stephen King.

Answer: Christine

"Christine" is a vintage Plymouth Fury automobile possessed with supernatural powers. This horror tale was published in 1983.

6. She saw him FLING the grass SEED all over the yard and then HUNT for his rake so he could even it out. Anagram the words in capital letters to obtain the title of a book by Stephen King.

Answer: Needful Things

A new shop has opened in Castle Rock, Maine. "Needful Things" is the appropriate name given to the shop that always has the one thing for sale you truly desire. But as the unfortunate citizens of the town find out, you shouldn't always get that which you think you want.

7. The excitement was HIGH as they watched the TENNIS match between the top seeded players. Anagram the words in capital letters to obtain the title of a book by Stephen King.

Answer: The Shining

Published in 1977, "The Shining" was King's first hardcover bestseller. It is the story of Jack, an alcoholic writer trying to rebuild his life with his wife and son by accepting a caretaker job at a resort hotel in Colorado. The son, Danny, has special psychic abilities referred to as "shining". The hotel apparently also has some personality of its own and gradually overtakes Jack's mind.

8. He must have asked you a DOZEN times if you wanted your dinner HEATED or served cold! Anagram the words in capital letters to obtain the title of a book by Stephen King.

Answer: The Dead Zone

"The Dead Zone" is the story of Johnny Smith who incurs a head injury and lies in a coma for five years. When he awakens he has the ability to see horrifying secrets but can't come in touch with the part of his brain that suffered permanent damage and which he refers to as "the dead zone."

9. How did he REACT when his boss MARCHED in with all those files he needed to fix? Anagram the words in capital letters to obtain the title of a book by Stephen King.

Answer: Dreamcatcher

Dreamcatcher was written in 1999 when King was recuperating from being hit by a car. He wrote it in longhand as part of his recovering therapy. It's a story Of four friends how their lives are altered when they save a Down's Syndrome boy from being bullied. King worked his experience of the car accident into the story.

10. If you want the dress adjustments done properly, the STOCKY HEMMER seems to tie the best KNOT. Anagram the words in capital letters to obtain the title of a book by Stephen King.

Answer: The Tommyknockers

More of a science fiction story than a horror story, "The Tommyknockers" tells the tale of residents in Haven, Maine as they fall under the mysterious influence of an object found buried in the woods.

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Anagrammed Works of Stephen King Quiz

Anagram the words in capital letters to obtain the titles of books by Stephen King.

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