Every nightmare has a place it calls home. For Stephen King, that place was disturbingly familiar. The fictional town of Derry, Maine, is a dark reflection of his own hometown, Bangor. The landmarks are eerily recognizable: the towering statue of Paul Bunyan twists into a vessel for ancient evil, and the Kenduskeag Stream festers into the wild, forgotten Barrens. King walked these streets, abso...
