Stephen King’s alter ego who inspired a George Romero horror film

Stephen King can’t stop. The bestselling horror author is extremely prolific, churning out books at a steady, uninterrupted pace for decades. For years, King claimed in interviews that the only days he didn’t write were Christmas and his birthday. He later admitted that was a lie: He wrote on those days, too. When you write that often, you produce a lot of work. But when King’s career really took off after the publication of his first novel, “Carrie,” in 1974, the publishing world had a curious rule: Authors were only allowed to publish one book a year. That wasn’t enough for King: He wanted more.

“I have been asked several times if… I thought I was overpublishing like Stephen King,” King later wrote. “The answer is no. I didn’t think I was overpublishing… but my editors did.” King found a solution to publish more…