Kingslingers | A Dark Tower Podcast

This week, our final episode of 2021 has us looking at Chapters 25-45 of The Eyes of the Dragon. Thomas spies on his daddy, Flagg kills him, and Perfect Peter takes the fall. We chat about King's use of intrigue, the story's take on mob psychology, and where the story is going from here! Discussion Question: What is your favorite Stephen King-related thing of 2021 Next week, The Eyes of the Dragon continues with chapters 46-71! Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Stay updated with Kingslingers: @Kingslingerspod Message us at kingslingerspod@gmail.com Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet Cover artwork created by Cyrix: https://www.reddit.com/user/CyrixDrawsStuff

Scott and Matt begin a new book: King's divisive by charming high fantasy novel The Eyes of the Dragon. We're chatting about chapters 1-24. We meet Roland, Peter, Thomas, and the devilish magician and advisor to the King: Flagg! Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Discussion Question: What is your favorite fantasy kingdom in storytelling Next week, The Eyes of the Dragon continues with chapters 25-45! Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Stay updated with Kingslingers: @Kingslingerspod Message us at kingslingerspod@gmail.com Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet Cover artwork created by Cyrix: https://www.reddit.com/user/CyrixDrawsStuff

This week we're Kingslinging another King short story. We learn about the past of Breaker Extraordinaire Dinky Earnshaw with 2002's "Everything's Eventual" Discussion Question: What is your favorite "interesting" or "minor" psychic power? Next week, The Eyes of the Dragon begins with chapters 1-24! Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Stay updated with Kingslingers: @Kingslingerspod Message us at kingslingerspod@gmail.com Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet Cover artwork created by Cyrix: https://www.reddit.com/user/CyrixDrawsStuff

This week the Kingslingers are back to take one last look at Low Men In Yellow Coats. We read and discuss our listener's take on the novella and talk about some overall themes we didn't explore enough in the individual episodes! What a story, huh!? Discussion Question: None this week! Next week, we'll be reading and discussing the entirety of Everything's Eventual the short story in King's collection of the same name Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Stay updated with Kingslingers: @Kingslingerspod Message us at kingslingerspod@gmail.com Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet Cover artwork created by Cyrix: https://www.reddit.com/user/CyrixDrawsStuff

At long last, we're ready to talk about the winners of our first Kingslingers Stephen King writing prompt podcast. To discuss the winning stories, we thought it would be fun to meet up with our friends from Do The Write Thing. Matt and Scott are joined by Alexandra and Jarvis to read the top 3 winning stories and briefly discuss them. Congrats again to our winners: Winner: Talullah's Cab Ride by Jody H (Read By Matt) Second Place: Faraway and Faraday by Matt N (Read by Scott) Third Place: The Parling Lot by Dylan T (Read by Alexandra) Congratulations to Jody, Matt, and Dylan for some wonderful and very King-y stories! Hope you enjoy your prizes. If you'd like to see the written version of these three winning stories as well as all other contest entries, check them out here: https://www.doofmedia.com/2021/12/07/do-the-king-thing-writing-prompt-podcast1-results/

Another King novel in the bag! This week on Kingslingers we finish Low Men In Yellow Coats chatting about the final 3 chapters: 9-11. We chat about Bobby's descent to lowness and why King's description of the Low Men differ so much from that of The Dark Tower Discussion Question: What did you think of Low Men In Yellow Coats? Any themes/motifs/ideas we didn't talk about that you want to share? Next week, we take one last look at the Low Men before moving on with our quest. Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Stay updated with Kingslingers: @Kingslingerspod Message us at kingslingerspod@gmail.com Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet Cover artwork created by Cyrix: https://www.reddit.com/user/CyrixDrawsStuff

Happy Thanksgiving everyone! Low Men In Yellow Coats continues with chapters 5-8. Bobby Garfield goes on an adventure with his new friend Ted, which leads him to a bar on the bad side of town, and a lesson in growing up. Discussion Question: What is your favorite seedy location or "Down There" in storytelling Next week Low Men concludes with chapters 9-11. Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Stay updated with Kingslingers: @Kingslingerspod Message us at kingslingerspod@gmail.com Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet Cover artwork created by Cyrix: https://www.reddit.com/user/CyrixDrawsStuff

It's new book time! We begin our coverage of Stephen King's Low Men In Yellow Coats with Chapters 1-4! We chat about Bobby Garfield's complex relationship with his mother and King's incredible skill at writing child characters Discussion Question: What book made you fall in love with reading? Next week Low Men continues with chapters 5-8! Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Stay updated with Kingslingers: @Kingslingerspod Message us at kingslingerspod@gmail.com Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet Cover artwork created by Cyrix: https://www.reddit.com/user/CyrixDrawsStuff

We're back and healthy this week and ready to wrap up our coverage of Insomnia. We talk about our overall feelings on the novel, why we think it hasn't been adapted and why Roland thinks it's a mind trap. Next week, Low Men in Yellow Coats begins with the first 4 chapters! Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Stay updated with Kingslingers: @Kingslingerspod Message us at kingslingerspod@gmail.com Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet Cover artwork created by Cyrix: https://www.reddit.com/user/CyrixDrawsStuff

We interrupt your regularly scheduled programming for terribly timed illness! Scott is recovering from a bad chest cold that knocked his voice out, so... we'll be taking some unplanned time off this week. To make it up to you, we're releasing one of our Patreon Exclusive Other Levels of the Tower episodes, where Scott and Matt take a look at adaptations of King's works. On this episode, we watch and discuss Brian De Palma's 1976 Carrie adaptation. Hope you enjoy this little bit of bonus content. We'll be back to finish up Insomnia next week! Check out the show schedule: https://tinyurl.com/yxa7lojv Support us on Patreon: https://patreon.com/doofmedia Stay updated with Kingslingers: @Kingslingerspod Message us at kingslingerspod@gmail.com Original music created by Matt Freeman: https://soundcloud.com/the-daly-planet/kingslingers-intro-ka-tet Cover artwork created by Cyrix: https://www.reddit.com/user/CyrixDrawsStuff