Morality, Recession, and Faust . . . oh my!! Welcome to the third novella ("FAIR EXTENSION") in Stephen King's 2010 collection FULL DARK, NO STARS, a classic Deal with the Devil story with a Stephen King twist.

We'll traverse our way through the history of Deal with the Devil stories, beginning with the story of Faust, all the way to the present, where Deal with the Devil stories are alive and well in our popular culture in shows like BREAKING BAD and THE SIMPSONS.

We'll also examines the Recession of 2008, which was when King wrote the novellas in FULL DARK, NO STARS and which heavily informed the themes of class and economic inequality in "FAIR EXTENSION."

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As part of our first episode, "The Magic of Stephen King," we interviewed over 20 people from all manner of professions spread out across the globe who have been impacted in some way by Stephen King. We were only able to use a small clip of each interview in the episode, but we want to share their full stories and explore further why Stephen King is so important to so many people.

First up is Charles Ardai, the Editor of Hard Case Crime, a publishing house in New York focused on hardboiled crime novels. To date, they have published three different Stephen King novels: The Colorado Kid, Joyland, and Later.

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For many Americans, the 4th of July is just another day to get plastered and blow shit up. Like St. Paddy’s Day or Cinco de Mayo... but with explosives. Such is the premise of one of Stephen King’s rare forays into pure comedy—the short story DRUNKEN FIREWORKS.

David discusses the short story while also taking a look at the centuries-long history of fireworks.

But you know what? F*ck fireworks. They hurt animals, they poison our environment, they terrify our pets, and they traumatize our veterans.

This Independence Day, join David in saying f*ck fireworks and God Bless America!

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