Explorer of the Seas, operated by Royal Caribbean, was built in 2000. A large ship, with a gross tonnage of 137,308 and dimensions of 1,020 by 127, she carries 3,224 passengers with a crew of 1,285 and will be in Bar Harbor July 8 and Aug. 5.
This photo shows an earlier visit to Bar Harbor.

122 Visits Scheduled for Bar Harbor in 2008

BAR HARBOR — This summer, 24 cruise ships will visit Bar Harbor a total of 122 times. Most of the ships are frequent visitors to the area, though three will be making their first voyages to the island.
Cruise ships visit Bar Harbor primarily during September and October for fall foliage cruises. Some ships, such as the Maasdam, are frequent visitors to Bar Harbor, starting her visits in May.
The cruise ship industry is a lucrative one for Bar Harbor. Ships come to the area do so in the fall, for the most part, after the summer tourists have left. Passengers and crew visit the local shops, eat in local restaurants and enjoy the ambiance of the area.
Most ships are at anchorage A or B, in the harbor, because they are too large to dock. Passengers are ferried ashore by cruise ship tenders, or by local boats, such as Whale Watching Friendship V, leased by the cruise lines for the occasion.
Sometimes weather conditions cause ships to cancel a scheduled visit, i.e. fog, storms, etc., but for the most part ships manage to keep to their schedule.
Although security does not allow visitors to go aboard, just seeing the ships at anchor and talking to crew and passengers is worth a visit to Bar Harbor when the ships are in port.

The following ships are scheduled to visit Bar Harbor this year:

Maasdam: This is a Holland America ship and is a frequent visitor to Bar Harbor. She is an older ship, built in 1995. Her gross tonnage is 55,441 and her dimensions are 715 by 101. She carries 1,200 passengers and has a crew of 622. Her schedule is as follows: May 11, 23 and 25; June 6, 8, 20 and 22; July 4; Aug. 8, 15, 17, 29 and 31; Sept. 12, 14, 26 and 28; Oct. 10.

Bremen: The former name of this ship was Frontier Spirit. She too is an older ship, built in 1990. She is German, registered in the Bahamas. Her gross tonnage is 6,752 with dimensions of 364 by 56. She carries 164 passengers and has a crew of 94. Her scheduled visit is May 30.
Grandeur of the Seas: Built in 1996 and marketed by Royal Caribbean. She, too, flies the flag of the Bahamas. She has a gross tonnage of 73,817 and her dimensions are 886 by 106. She carries 2,950 passengers and has a crew of 760. Her schedule is June 15; July 13; Aug. 10; Sept. 6 and 21; Oct. 5.

Queen Mary 2: She is a British ship and currently the flagship of Cunard Lines. She is large, with a gross tonnage of 148,528. Her dimensions are 1,132 by 135. She carries 2,620 passengers and has a crew of 1,253. She is too large to go through the Panama Canal. Her scheduled visit is July 5.

Explorer of the Seas: This ship, marketed by Royal Caribbean, was built in the year 2000 and is registered in the Bahamas. She, too, is a large ship, with a gross tonnage of 137,308 and her dimensions are 1,020 by 127. She carries 3,224 passengers with a crew of 1,285 and will be in Bar Harbor July 8 and Aug. 5.

Grand Caribe: This ship is an American, Canadian, Carribean Line ship, classified as a mini cruise ship. She is an American ship. Her gross tonnage is 94, with dimensions of 183 by 42. She carries 96 passengers with a crew of 17. Her schedule is as follows: July 14, 15, 22, 23 and 31; Aug. 1, 8 and 9.

Norwegian Dawn: This ship is a Norwegian Cruise Line ship registered in the Bahamas. Norwegian Cruise Line ships are noted for free-style dining, which means that passengers have open sitting at dinner time. She was built in 2002. Her tonnage is 91,740 with dimensions of 964 by 105. Originally she was ordered as Superstar Scorpio. She has a crew of 1,300. Her Bar Harbor visits include July 17; Sept. 4, 11, 17 and 25.

Caribbean Princess: This is a Princess Line ship registered in Bermuda. She was built in 2004. She, too, is too large to go through the Panama Canal. She has a gross tonnage of 112,894 with dimensions of 935 by 118. She carries 3,592 passengers and has a crew of 1,142. She is on her maiden voyage to Bar Harbor. Her schedule is Aug. 28; Sept. 4, 11 and 17; Oct. 1, 9, 15 and 22.

Norwegian Dream: She is also a Norwegian Cruise Line ship registered in the Bahamas. She was built in 1992. Her gross tonnage is 50,764 and her dimensions are 758 by 94. She carries 1,948 passengers with a crew of 750. Her Bar Harbor visits include Sept. 6, 13, 20 and 27.

Aidaaura: This is an Italian ship, run by Aida Cruises. She was built in 2003. She, too, is on a maiden voyage to Bar Harbor. Her gross tonnage is 42,289 and her dimensions are 634 by 91. She carries 1,266 passengers. Aida cruises is a rapidly expanding Cruise Line with at least nine ships. Visits to Bar Harbor include Sept. 13, 18 and 30; Oct. 8 and 20.

Sea Princess: This ship, built in 1998, is a Princess Cruise Line ship and flies the British flag. Her former name was Adonia. Her gross tonnage is 77,499 with dimensions of 856 by 106. She carries 1,950 passengers and has a crew of 900. She will be in Bar Harbor, Sept. 16 and 30 and Oct. 6.

Eurodam: This is Holland America Lines newest ship. This is her first visit to Bar Harbor. Her maiden voyage was in June of this year. She has a gross tonnage of 86,000 with a length of 935 feet. She carries 2,044 passengers. More than 800 of her cabins are balconized. Her crew numbers 800. Visits to Bar Harbor include Sept. 18, 24 and Oct. 9.

American Star: Built in 2007, she is an American Cruise Line ship. This ship is known as a mini cruise line ship. She has a gross tonnage of 100 with dimensions of 215 by 46. She carries 100 passengers. Her visits to Bar Harbor include June 16 and 17; July 6, 7, 13, 14, 20, 21, 27 and 28; Aug. 3, 4, 10, 11, 17, 18, 27 and 28; Sept. 7, 8, 14, 15, 21, 22, 28 and 29.

American Glory: Built in 2003, this American Cruise Line ship has a tonnage of 100. She carries 49 passengers. Her schedule is as follows: Aug. 6, 7, 25, 26 and 31; Sept. 1, 9, 10, 16 and 17.

Queen Elizabeth 2: A favorite ship. It is her last year of service. She will retire at the end of 2008 and become a convention center in Dubai. Cunard’s oldest ship, she was built in 1969. Her tonnage is 70,327. Her dimensions are 963 by 105. She carries 1,815 passengers. She has visited Bar Harbor many times and will be sorely missed. She has a crew of 921. Her only visit is Sept. 17.

Crystal Symphony: She is operated by Crystal Cruises and is registered in the Bahamas. She was built in 1995 and has a gross tonnage of 50,202. Her dimensions are 771 by 97. She carries 960 passengers and has a crew of 545. Visits to Bar Harbor are scheduled for Sept. 20, Oct. 4, 12 and 26.

Jewel of the Seas: This is a Royal Caribbean ship built in 2004. She is registered in the Bahamas. Her gross tonnage is 90,000 and her dimensions are 961 by 97. She carries 2,100 passengers with a crew of 1,050. Her schedule is as follows: Sept. 22 and 29; Oct. 6, 13, 20 and 25.

Royal Princess: Her former name was R Eight and Minnerva II. She was built in 2001 and is a Princess Line ship registered in the Marshall Islands. Her gross tonnage is 30,277 and her dimensions are 695 by 85. She carries 698 passengers and has a crew of 373. Her two visits to Bar Harbor are scheduled for Sept. 23 and 29.

Constellation: This is a Celebrity Cruise Ship an offshoot of Chandris Shipping. One of her features is a bank of glass elevators that ride up the side of the ship giving one the impression of riding over the sea. She was built in 2002 and is registered in Liberia. Her gross tonnage is 90,280 with dimensions of 954 by 105. She carries 2,038 passengers with a crew of 999. She visits on Oct. 3, 15 and 19.

Saga Ruby: Her former names were Vistajord and Caronia. As the Caronia, she often traveled to Bar Harbor. She is now operated by Saga Cruises of Europe and registered in the Bahamas. Cruise passengers are senior citizens, the ship accepts passengers who are 50 years of age or older. This is a beautiful older ship. She was built in 1973, with a gross tonnage of 29,292 and dimensions of 628 by 82. She carries 677 passengers with a crew of 376. Her only visit is scheduled for Oct. 4.

Norwegian Majesty: This is an older Norwegian Cruise Line ship. Her former name was Royal Majesty. She was built in 1992 but has been “stretched” since then. She has a friendly captain and crew. She is registered in the Bahamas. Her gross tonnage is 40,876 and her dimensions are 680 by 91. She carries 1,462 passengers and has a crew of 660. She will visit in October being in the harbor Oct. 7, 14, 22 and 29.

Artemis: This is a Royal Princess ship registered in Great Britain. Her former name was Royal Princess. She was built in 1984. Her gross tonnage is 44,588 and her dimensions are 738 by 95. She carries 1,200 passengers and has a crew of 520. She is operated by P and O. Oct. 29 will be her only visit to the area.

The last ship visiting Bar Harbor for this year is the Norwegian Majesty on Oct. 29.
As she sails away, Bar Harbor will settle down for the winter. Before that, however, plan to come and visit the ships. It is a thrilling experience.

This is indeed an exciting Cruise Ship schedule!
I will be in Bar Harbor to see all of the ships that visit. I have been welcoming passengers and making friends with cruiser's for years! This year alone, I will be meeting a total of 56 friends as they come to shore in Bar Harbor, it is a yearly ritual for myself and the many friends I have made with the yearly passengers onboard these spendid ships!I will also be meeting new friends that my friends have brought along to meet me! How exciting!

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Joe Hill, An interview on Febuary 11th, 2008.

An Interview with Joe Hill -
Febuary 11th, 2008.

J.H. - {"I've been publishing fiction for about ten years, mostly in the small presses. Heart-Shaped Box is my second book – the first, 20th Century Ghosts, was a collection of strange and surreal short stories."}

Joe Hill is one of those rare creatures—a writer who broke through onto the literary scene with short stories and established his career from there. He has since achieved a huge amount of recognition and won various awards for both his longer and shorter works.

Here, he talks a little about his love of comic books and of how he found himself writing short stories.

L.A. - You’re often described as a horror writer, but much of your work is fantasy or mixed genre. How would you classify yourself in terms of genre?

J.H. - When I was a kid I used to read Fangoria Magazine and the thing that used to make me nuts was when I’d read some interview with a director who had just directed Hollywood Meatloaf Massacre IV and he would insist that he didn’t make horror films. I’d be thinking to myself “Jesus, guy, did you actually watch the picture that you directed? Of course it’s a horror film!” I would be very comfortable saying that Heart-Shaped Box is a horror novel and there are stories of horror in 20th Century Ghosts; I love horror fiction. I don’t feel confined to horror fiction, though, and if I’m working on a story that has the right values, hopefully that will find an audience regardless of the specific genre it belongs to. So I don’t know if I think of myself as a horror writer per se, but I have certainly enjoyed writing horror stories from time to time.

L.A. -In another interview you said that your short story “Best New Horror” was written as a defence of surreal dark fantasy. Is that something that is important to you; do you feel that it needs to be defended?

J.H. -I think that in some ways maybe it needs to be defended less now that it did even a few years ago, but yeah, I think that to a certain segment of the book reading audience, horror fiction is third class literature at best; it’s the red light district of the literary world, that doesn’t deserve the same consideration we would give mainstream literature, or even a certain type of highbrow fantasy written by, say, Italo Calvino, but I think there is a long important literary tradition of horror fiction going back to M.R. James and Shirley Jackson, and Dickens wrote ghost stories. So, yeah, I think it’s important to stick up for the genre every once in a while, remind people that the genre can have some literary weight and that horror fiction doesn’t necessarily have to be disposable, that it can engage in the way that other forms of literature do

L.A. -When we talk about “Horror,” the term carries a lot of different connotations for different people. What does it mean to you?

J.H. - I think that all fiction lives or dies based on suspense. If you don’t care about what happens next, there’s no reason to read on, and the defining characteristic of horror fiction is that it takes suspense to its most extreme limit. A piece that pushes the reader’s buttons to the point of thinking “Oh my God, I can barely bear to go on, because this is getting so terrible, and yet I can’t put it down because I want to see how it turns out.” So to an extent, I think that any story that has that suspense and tension has the possibility of becoming a horror story, and any story that doesn’t have that suspense isn’t worth finishing.

L.A. - You made your name and founded your career on short fiction before moving on to longer work. What is it about short stories that excite you?

J.H. -I love short stories. I much prefer short stories to the novel. As a kid, I think the first stories that I really woke up to were comic books. The first stories I really felt passionate about were short stories, not novels; they were the Sherlock Holmes stories. When I was eleven or twelve, they were the stories that set my imagination on fire. Ray Bradbury, too—I really fell into Ray Bradbury stories as a kid.
Part of the reason I wound up writing so many short stories and caring so much about them as a form was because I was really a failed novelist. I had done such a bad job at it. Before "Heart Shaped Box", I wrote four novels that I was never able to sell, including one that I’ve talked about here and there—"The Fear Tree". It was almost a thousand pages long, and I thought it was a really good book. I still think it has some really good qualities, but I couldn’t sell it in America, I couldn’t sell it in Canada, I couldn’t sell it in England. I tried big presses, I tried small presses, but no-one would have it, and it was a real life changing experience to have invested so much time and energy into a piece of work that never found a market, and that was never read by more than about half a dozen people. After that, I thought, I’m never going to put so much of myself into a single work again. I wasn’t willing to spend three years writing something a thousand pages long. I also realised that part of the reason the book failed to sell was that it did have inherent flaws, that it sprawled too much; reeling away from this wreck of a book, I realised, I’ve got to get smaller, and so, I started writing short stories.

There is an illusion—which isn’t true—that in a thirty-page short story you can be perfect, that every sentence can add something to the story and have meaning. It’s not true, you’ll never have a perfect story, but still, it seems possible that at the twenty- or thirty-page level you could have the perfect story, whereas with a novel, you’re bound to take some wrong turns, and there is bound to be some material that works less well than the rest.

L.A. -As someone who has written both shorter and longer works with a great deal of success, would you agree with claims that short fiction writers find it harder to gain recognition in the literary world than novelists?

J.H. -That’s a tough one to answer. Clearly you can’t survive commercially as a writer on just short stories. That era has been gone for maybe three decades. I doubt if even thirty years ago there was much of a living to be made just off short fiction, but there were writers like Raymond Carver and Tobias Wolf who made a certain number of sales to The New Yorker and other high profile markets, and back then, there was some money in it. I don’t think that that time is still with us, and yet, I think that for a writer, creatively and artistically, you really learn your craft in the crucible of the short story. I don’t know how writers will learn what they have to learn if there are no more markets for short fiction. I think that one thing you see in a lot of writers of my generation is a lack of economy, and a lack of focus. This is the natural result of two things—so many writers are writing fewer short stories because there are fewer places to sell them and therefore there is less motivation to write them, so writers don’t learn how to tell that story in twenty pages, and the other problem is that the word processing technology encourages sprawl. It invites you to write a page when a sentence would do. So my hope is that writers do continue to write short stories, and there continues to be a market for them, because it is an important part of the process.
I do think we see writers like Kelly Link, who begin with short stories and do gain a level of recognition for their craft. So there are still some people who break out with short fiction.

L.A. - “Pop Art,” one of your best known short stories, is to be made into an indie film in the UK. How do you view the prospect of seeing your characters come to life through someone else’s interpretation of your work?

J.H. - It’s being made by a talented young film maker called Amanda Boyle. I read several drafts of the script that she showed me, and I thought they were all good, and I thought the draft that she decided to film was especially strong. It will be interesting to see what she comes up with. I told my version of the story. My version of the story is the version that appears in "20th Century Ghosts", so on one level, whatever Amanda winds up doing is completely divorced from what I did. She has to tell her version of the story. It will be interesting to see how it comes out.

L.A. - During my research, there was mention of a partially completed story called “But Only Darkness Loves Me” which, it says, you collaborated on with your father. Is a collaborative project with a view to publication something you would be interested in working on at some point in the future?

J.H. - It’s funny, someone mentioned this a few months ago, and I have no memory of this story. All I can think is that it must have been something we worked on when I was a kid. As kids, we would spend time as a family, passing a story around, writing a page each at a time, so that it became this sort of improvisational game where you see what you get in ten pages, and my dad would take a turn, and I would take a turn, and my brother would take a turn, my mum would take a turn, and my sister would take a turn, and two times through and you would have a complete story. We did that a few times, and all I can think is that maybe this “Darkness Loves Me” was one of those stories, in which case I suspect that we all would have messed around with it.
If I was going to collaborate, and I’m not sure that collaboration is definitely a good idea, I’d probably want to collaborate with someone in my family—either my dad, or my mum or my brother. In fact I have actually written two screenplays with my brother, Owen King. It was sort of my former career. I have a secret history of screenwriting. It precedes the publication of "20th Century Ghosts" and "Heart Shaped Box", and was something I did in the late ’90s.

L.A. - Do you find it challenging to move between the different forms of writing?

J.H. - This is something I learned from Neil Gaiman, who is someone I have read since I was in high school, and someone who has meant a lot to me. I think he defines the best of what is possible for a 21st Century writer, in the sense that he manages to maintain his literary identity across a variety of forms. He writes shorts stories and poetry; he writes novels and comics. He writes screenplays, and it looks like with Beowulf has finally landed his first hit as a screenwriter. He’s the jack of all literary trades. I think that you can see a lot of other writers who have gradually shifted in that direction, who are able to work in a variety of different forms, and that’s something I’ve always aspired to. I’ve always wanted to be able to move across different forms.
One thing I wanted intensely for years, which was sort of my ultimate long-term writing goal, was to write for comics. I think that as a storytelling form, comic books are just about the most exciting form out there. I’m sort of half joking when I say it, but the frustrating thing about movies is that they’re not collaborative, all you do is sit there on your ass and watch them. Books are very collaborative, they invite the reader to do half the work, but the problem with books is, they’re so full of words. What I like about comics is that they invite the reader in to collaborate just like a book, but they move with the acceleration of a film, and that makes them extremely fun to play in. My first professional fiction submission was to Marvel Comics. They turned me down. I was twelve.
I’ve always loved comics, and a lot of my favourite writers have worked in comics. Alan Moore, Neil Gaiman, Frank Miller, and more recently Brian K Vaughan… there is just this incredibly gifted set of writers who work almost exclusively in comic books. One thing that has been really exciting for me is that over the last couple of years, I have had a chance to scratch that itch and do some work in comics.

L.A. - What advice would you pass on to other writers who are just starting out?

J.H. - I’ve got to think of something fresh to say to that question. The advice writers tend to give is so routinely the same; they always say “write every day,” so young writers hear that a lot. They may not do it, but they hear it.
I would say this: don’t kid yourself about what you love. That’s the first step to having some success as a writer, and I’m not talking about commercial success; I’m just talking about artistic success. If there’s a certain type of fiction you find yourself reading obsessively, that’s a big hint that it’s an area you could work in. The other thing I would say is develop a circle of three or four readers who will give it to you straight. If they are saying “it was great” every time you give them a story, you’ve got the wrong readers. You don’t want a reader who is going to say “it was great.” You’ve got to step back from your own work, pretend that it’s the work of someone else, and find some readers who will say “I loved the first page, everything after that stunk…” You need people who will give it to you with painful honesty, because that’s the only way you get better.

L.A. - So now Joe, what comes next for you then?

J.M. - I’ve got a new novel that will hopefully be finished early this year. I have a completed young adult novel, which is also a tale of dark fantasy. In the past I have referred to it as Heart Shaped Box for eleven-year-olds. It’s not, it’s very different, but it has a lot of the same values, just aimed at a much younger audience. The other thing I have going on is I have a comic book coming out called "Locke and Key" which I am doing with IDW, the same publisher who did 30 Days of Night. I think the first issue will be out in February. There are going to be six issues initially, which will tell a story about my main characters, but not the complete story. So we’ll see how that does, and there may be some more Locke and Key stories if people like it.

L.A. - Well, I thank you for your time and I most certainly appreciate your work and friendship, and I look forward to more of your new works!

Stephen King's son Joe Hill presents - "Heart Shaped Box" w/ Signings in Florida and Maine.

"Heart Shaped Box" by Joe Hill.

A compelling and claustrophobic supernatural thriller from a remarkable new author.

'Buy my stepfather's ghost' read the e-mail.
So Jude did.

He bought the dead man's suit, delivered in a heart-shaped box, because he wanted it: because his fans ate up that kind of story.
It was perfect for his collection: the genuine skulls and the bones, the real honest-to-God snuff movie, the occult books and all the rest of the paraphanalia that goes along with his kind of hard/goth rock.

But the rest of his collection doesn't make the house feel cold.

The bones don't make the dogs bark; the movie doesn't make Jude feel as if he's being watched. And none of the artefacts bring a vengeful old ghost with black scribbles over his eyes out of the shadows to chase Jude out of his home, and make him run for his life . . .

Joe Hill is past recipient of the Ray Bradbury Fellowship and the winner of the A.E. Coppard Long Fiction Prize.

His short fiction has appeared in literary, mystery and horror collections and magazines in Britain and America .

MAINE: Joe Hill a/k/a Stephen King's son. - "20Th Century Ghosts"

The Author of "20th Century Ghosts."

- Mr. Joe Hill -

Imogene is young and beautiful.

She kisses like a movie star and knows everything about every film ever made.

She's also dead and waiting in the Rosebud Theater for Alec Sheldon one afternoon in 1945. . . .

Arthur Roth is a lonely kid with big ideas and a gift for attracting abuse. It isn't easy to make friends when you're the only inflatable boy in town. . . .

Francis is unhappy.

Francis was human once, but that was then. Now he's an eight-foot-tall locust and everyone in Calliphora will tremble when they hear him sing. . . .

John Finney is locked in a basement that's stained with the blood of half a dozen other murdered children.

In the cellar with him is an antique telephone, long since disconnected, but which rings at night with calls from the dead. . . . . . . .

Joe Hill is the author of the critically acclaimed New York Times bestseller "Heart-Shaped Box", a two-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, and a past recipient of the World Fantasy Award.

His stories have appeared in a variety of journals and Year's Best collections.

He calls New England home.

Joe will be Promoting 20th Century Ghosts
Friday, March 14, 2008LEE COUNTY LIBRARY SYSTEM/Southwest Florida Book Festival2345 Union ST Fort Myers, FL 33901

Happy Belated New Year 2008 - Welcome "DUMA KEY" by Horror writer ~ Stephen King.

"Happy Be-lated New Year"!!

It's time to get back to work on my blog site!

I am now working on reading and reviewing the newest book by Stephen King,..
"DUMA KEY".




Like I said; "Time to get back to work",.....

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Stephen King's ~ Duma Key ~ Story set in Florida? Hmmm,..

Attention all S.K. fans!

Mr. Stephen King has really out done himself on this one!

{"This one is a real treasure!"}

"DUMA KEY", a paradise set on an island on the Gulf Coast of Florida!

I can relate to this fictional island in my mind as I hail from the Sunshine State.

This is the novel I anxiously anticipate an adaptation to film and hopefully it will not take as long as the other S.K. "book to film" projects.

Stephen King's latest novel, "DUMA KEY," tells the story of Edgar Freemantle and his recovery from a terrible nightmare-inducing accident that stole his arm and ended his marriage.

Many S.K. fans have already said; "It is as truly scary as anything King has ever written".

In "Duma Key", Edgar Freemantle is one of King's most interesting protagonists starring in what is, again so far, one of his finest mysteries.

For some time now I've been wondering, like many of you I'm sure, what happened to the guy who brought us Misery and The Stand and two of my own favourites, The Long Walk (okay, that's a Bachman) and Hearts in Atlantis.

At least one of the mysteries of Stephen King has been solved,..he can write again after his Accident and it is really hitting home with many of his readers!

I'd say he's finally found the niche it seems he's been so determined to find and occupy in the years since his Accident, that of the writer who can bridge the great divide between genre and literary fiction.

My faith is restored that Mr. King is well on his way back in his craft, and this time he is coming on strong!

In Mr. King's latest work; "DUMA KEY", there is a "life after accident"!

Here is a clip from MSNBC, An interview with "The King of Horror",...

Enjoy!



I am a native Floridian, a Florida Keys Islander; and I have been to some of the actual areas that Mr. King has trend.

I can vividly imagine the actual island of "DUMA KEY" even though I know it is absolute fiction.

As far as the horror part, I have yet to really dive into reading "DUMA KEY" and I plan to write a review on this new book as soon as I have read it,..maybe twice.
Congrats Stephen!

You have really found another way to creep your fans out!
I look forward to future novels!

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