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TIL: An old woman approached Stephen King in a supermarket and said “You are the horror writer. I don’t read anything that you do. I just like things more genuine, like that Shawshank Redemption.” He said, “I wrote that”. And she said, “No you didn’t”. And she walked off and went on her way.

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