Myself, I have a hard time believing that Exorcism is a work by Stephen King-even an inebriated Stephen King-although to be fair it does read as though the author, whoever they may have been, was under the influence of something when they put pen to paper. King has always denied publicly that this is his work, so the jury is still out. This also helped pay the bills by this point King had written a handful of novels that had gone unpublished, and it was still a couple of years before the success of Carrie (1974) sent him into the stratosphere. Collings suggested that King admitted to a group of friends that he had written Exorcism one night during a drunken stupor as a means to cash in on the success of William Peter Blatty's The Exorcist (1971). In his book Stephen King as Richard Bachman (1985), Michael R. That's when Exorcism (1972), by Eth Natas, first came to light. Did Stephen King in fact write this book? Back in the mid-1980s, when King finally admitted that some of his work had been published as "Richard Bachman" (after repeatedly denying it), the push was on to uncover other pseudonyms that the prolific horror author may have used. Note: there are many spoilers ahead for Exorcism, but since few will likely get the chance to read it-the book is pretty scarce, and online copies range anywhere from $20 to $100 (making my $2 find a bargain!)-you may as well read on.įirst I should address the elephant in the room. This is a pseudonym-an anagram for "The Satan," no less-and as it turns out, some circles believe this book was in fact written by Stephen King. These are primarily thrift store finds that I couldn't pass up, based on cover art or back cover blurbs, and it's only after I get them home that I research the book and author-many of whom are new to me.
Granted, I have been reading a book here and there, but I add more to the pile than I take away. I decided that 2020 would finally be the year that I make a concerted effort to reduce the 'unread' pile of vintage horror paperbacks that I've collected over the years.
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