Meet the new Playboy ‘King’

Spicezee Bureau

London: Stephen King is making a rare outing as a poet this week on the pages of Playboy. The author, known for his spine-chilling stories, has attracted a lot of attention in his rare feat as a poet.

"When travelling to the heart of darkness, terror is not an emotion – it`s a destination," writes King in the latest issue of ‘Playboy’. "There were thirty-two of us went into that greensore / and only three who rose above it," writes King, adding, "We were thirty days in the green, and only one of us came out."

It is surprising but Playboy, known for explicit sexual content, has a strong literary background. It has works by authors including John Irving, John Updike, Vladimir Nabokov and Margaret Atwood.

King`s die-hard fans are queuing up to grab the new issue of the magazine.

And there is more for his fans – the author`s new novel, Under the Dome, which is a 900-page epic he first tried to write in the 1980s – is published next week on 10 November. With a cast of more than 100 characters, Under the Dome tells of a Maine town sealed off from the world by an invisible force field.