There Was A Stalker Named Subzero In The Movie

Stephen King has apparently retired from writing and now plays goalie for the Edmonton Oilers

Wait...Stephen King doing something that doesn't involve the state of Maine?  This seems unlikely.  

So let's leave Stephen King alone for just a moment and talk about another writer by the name of Richard Bachman.  Bachman is an accomplished horror fiction writer, with such works as "Thinner," "The Running Man" (Later made into an action blockbuster starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, though the movie had precious little to do with the book, but I digress), and "Blaze."  Bachman was thought to have died of cancer shortly after "Thinner" was published in 1984, but two additional manuscripts were found and published posthumously in 1996 and 2007. 

Richard Bachman was Stephen King.  Most people know this, but since 52% Of People Think Lasers Work By Focusing Sound Waves, I take nothing for granted.  At the time of "Thinner"'s publication, an astute book reviewer noted similarities between King's and Bachman's writing style, and was granted an interview by King himself who revealed his pen name.  The prevailing theory of the time was that a publisher would only release one book per year per author so as to not saturate the literary market with one author's work.  This has since been widely debunked, but it was the feeling at the time.  King wrote as himself and as Bachman as a way to skirt this issue, to at least some success.  The official cause of death for Bachman was listed by the Washington Post as "cancer of the pseudonym."  King chose the name Bachman because the song "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" by Bachman Turner Overdrive was playing when he was asked to choose his nom de plume.  True story. 

So I told you that story so I can tell you this story.  Richard Bachman is also the name of an ice hockey goaltender.  He had played a toal of 19 games for the Dallas Stars prior to this season, and I had never heard of him.  He signed with the Edmonton Oilers this past off-season and made his Oilers debut last night against the LA Kings.  I was listening to the game on the radio and was forced to laugh every time they mentioned the name "Richard Bachman."  It made me think Stephen King had suited up for the Oilers and something really really bad was about to happen to the Kings.