Stephen King: The Glass Floor By Startling Mystery Stories

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Stephen King was born in 1947, Portland, Maine. As a young boy; King adored scary comic books for example, Tales from the Vault. King also, enjoyed science-fiction movies with monsters such as, Creature from the Black Lagoon. By high school; King was writing strange short stories, he would send them to science-fiction magazines; but none were published. In his short stories; he liked using small towns as settings for strange, daunting events. In fact, King himself always had lived in small towns. Furthermore, during and after college; King made a living doing odd jobs such as, washing dishes, pumping gas and working in a launderette. At the age of 20 (1967) his first story had been published, “The Glass Floor” by Startling Mystery Stories magazine;

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