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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

🚨🚨🚨ANOUNCEMENT🚨🚨🚨 I'm putting my journey on pause for a month or so. In my real life, I manage a political campaign for a wonderful candidate in the Deep South, USA and we have a real chance to flip a seat. I have all steps of this journey detailed out, so on Nov 4 (the day after the election,...

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟯𝟭 Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came once again dump all over The Dark Tower. Incredible! They found Jake’s death completely contrived and crammed into the narrative. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing twoguysdarktower.blubrry.com/2018/10/24/e...

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟮𝟵 The Kingslingers mourn the death of Jake as they come to the end of Part III of The Dark Tower. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Kingslingers - 53: The Dark Tower (Part 8)

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟮𝟴 I finish off Part Three of The Dark Tower with Chapter IV: Fedic (Two Views). After an Executive Board Meeting at the Tet Corporation, Roland found his way back to The Dixie Pig and the door that leads from Keystone Earth back to Fedic. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟮𝟳 Roland is wrapping up a long conversation with Moses Carver and the next generation of leadership at the top of Tet Corporation’s skyscraper. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

Day 1726: Sep 22, 2026 Stephen King gives Roland a break from the onslaught of ass-whooping that ka had been laying on our favorite gunslinger. He’s now in New York City and has reached the top of the Tet Corporation’s skyscraper #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

Source: GameRant “The Dark Tower: The Tet Corporation, Explained”
https://gamerant.com/the-dark-tower-tet-corporation-explained/

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟮𝟱 The two major quests were completed in relatively quick fashion: Freeing the Breakers at Devar-Toi in order to save the Beam and saving Stephen King from getting run over by a van so he can continue writing Gan’s Song. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

ChatGPT prompt: Create a photorealistic image of a grizzled 40-year-old cowboy. He is holding a piece of paper in his hand that contains a checklist. The image is a closeup of the checklist taken from over the cowboy’s shoulder. The checklist has a title across the top: “Dark Tower To-Do”. Underneath are two columns of tasks: The first column is labeled “Task”. The second column is labeled “Cost”. Under the first column are the tasks “Free the Breakers”, “Save Stephen King” and “Get Mordred a birthday gift”. Under second column are the costs “Eddie”, “Jake” and “???”. The tasks in the first two rows are checked off.

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟮𝟯 The Kingslingers attempt to make sense of the sacrifice made to save Stephen King’s life. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Kingslingers - 52: The Dark Tower (Part 7)

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟮𝟮 Today, I finish off The Dark Tower, Part III, Ch II: Ves’-Ka Gan. The wonder and awe are gone. The thrills of battles, the dread of strange creatures and rituals, the desire to turn the page and see what’s next…. Gone.

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟮𝟭 A second kick in the gut in so few days. Half of the ka-tet is now gone and the two remaining… Well, they have GOT to be broken inside by now. I continue reading The Dark Tower, Part III, Ch II: Ves’-Ka Gan. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

ChatGPT prompt: Create a photorealistic image of a woman in her 40’s. She is sitting on the side of a dusty rural road next to a truck. A 12-year old boy is laying down with his head in her lap. He is asleep. A medium-sized animal that is a cross between a dog and a racoon has his paw on the boy’s leg as a sign of affection. The woman is looking up at a grizzled 40-year-old cowboy who staring off into the distance.

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟮𝟬 I have never enjoyed not enjoying a book as much as I’m not enjoying The Dark Tower. The mood is so bitter here at the end of all tihngs. We’ve recently lost a beloved character in a painstakingly drawn out manner and now, during the quest to save King, #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 24/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟵 In a series that featured human/spider hybrids, insane wizards and psychotic intelligent trains, I didn’t expect an unhappy Jewish housewife to play a heroic role in the saga! I finish off Part Three, Ch I: Mrs. Tassenbaum Drives South. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

Source: Fan casting on Facebook
https://www.facebook.com/groups/StephenKingLovers/posts/6111488628898532/

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟴 I enter into the second half of The Dark Tower and Roland’s other question to save the undeserving Sai King. I start on Part Three, Ch I: Mrs. Tassenbaum Drives South. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

Source: Book art from the beginning of Part Three

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟳 Finished off this episode from The Kingslingers where they continued gushing over King’s writing of the death of Eddie Dean. I’d love to get them in a room with Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came and have them battle it out. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Kingslingers - 51: The Dark Tower (Part 6)

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟲 The Kingslingers had nothing but praise for the section of The Dark Tower that saw the end of a beloved character. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Kingslingers - 51: The Dark Tower (Part 6)

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟱 I pause after reading the saddest chapter in the entire Dark Tower series to listen to Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came review this section of The Dark Tower. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing twoguysdarktower.blubrry.com/2018/10/10/e...

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟰 I have never been this unwilling to continue with a book before. Even with the worst of the worst books, I will plow through it to the end because that’s just the way I’m wired. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Day 1713: Sep 9, 2026 I dreaded picking up The Dark Tower today. I knew Eddie’s demise happened in this book. I just didn’t realize it occurred so soon. The sense of adventure is gone. Now it’s just sorrowful mourning. I pick up at Part Two, Ch XII: The Tet Breaks. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

Source: Reddit
https://www.reddit.com/r/TheDarkTower/comments/9qx3za/eddie_dean_was_by_far_my_favorite_character_in/

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟮 I finish off Part Two, Ch XI: The Attack on Algul Siento in The Dark Tower. The action has been furious! Susannah the sniper has taken out several taheen and low-men. Roland and Jake have stormed the compound with Oriza plates. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟭 In Wolves of the Calla, the gunslingers established a solid defense of Calla Bryn Sturgis. Here, in The Dark Tower, they have gone on the offense, taking on the very facility whose purpose is to break the Beams and topple the Tower. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

Source: @TheCreatorGod on Deviant Art
https://www.deviantart.com/thecreatorgod/art/Algul-Siento-also-known-Devar-Toi-or-Blue-Heaven-1375230994

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screenpopnews.bsky.social @screenpopnews.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

Happy 79th birthday to iconic horror author, Stephen King!

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟭𝟬 I return to the written pages of The Dark Tower as Roland and the ka-tet (as well as a Sheemie and a few of his friends) are ready to drop in on the Devar-Toi (or Algul Siento or Blue Heaven) to stop the Breakers from #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Algul Siento, by Limestone Ziggurat

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟵 Finished off this episode from Kingslingers discussing several chapters from The Dark Tower. In a chilling moment, they recounted how Scott Wampler (formerly of The Kingcast, RIP) stated that he held a few books back from reading so that he would have #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Kingslingers - 50: The Dark Tower (Part 5)

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟴 Taking a short break from the book to listen to the Kingslingers discuss Ted Brautigan’s back story, Sheemie’s powers, and the ka-tet’s new missions. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Kingslingers - 50: The Dark Tower (Part 5)

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 21/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟳 Finishing off The Dark Tower, Part Two Ch X: The Last Palaver (Sheemie’s Dream). We left the gang with Sheemie recovering from a seizure (brought on by his use of his teleportation powers). We also learned that Sheemie suffers brain trauma every time #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

Source: Simone Moneta on Behance.net
https://www.behance.net/gallery/28049749/Ves-Ka-Gan-A-Dark-Tower-story/modules/182106709

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

Day 1706 Continuing with The Dark Tower, Part Two Ch X: The Last Palaver (Sheemie’s Dream). I don’t like the name of this chapter “Last Palaver”! I still have about two months to go in this book, but the finality of this lengthy journey is starting to hit me! #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

Source: Matt Burdette on artstation.com
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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟱 Continuing with The Dark Tower, Part Two Ch IX: Tracks on the Path. The rather lengthy previous chapter was all about Ted Brautigan’s great adventure, his super-powers and how he is the most powerful Breaker of them all. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟰 I finish off The Dark Tower, Part Two, Ch VIII “The Gingerbread House”. For many pages now, Roland and the ka-tet listened to hours of Ted Brautigan’s tape recordings in which he spoke not only of his personal story, #TheDarkTOwer #StephenKing

ChatGPT prompt: Create a photorealistic image of the ka-tet from Stephen King’s The Dark Tower series. They are sitting in a cave gathered around a large tape recorder, listening raptly as it is playing. Sitting around it are Roland, a middle-aged rugged cowboy; Eddie, a 25 year old man; Susannah, a 29 year old black woman who is legless below the knees; Jake, a 12-year old with dusty blond hair; and Oy, a cross between a medium-sized dog and racoon.

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 20/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟯 Ted Brautigan’s backstory deserved its own novella in one of King’s short story collections. And as interesting as it is, it feels like its brought the quest for the Tower to a grinding halt. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟮 In the middle of Ted Brautigan’s backstory from the WWI era. He’s a powerful psychic who was rejected by US Army doctors who refused to accept that someone like him could even exist. I return to Part Two, Ch VIII “The Gingerbread House” in The Dark Tower. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

Ted Brautigan as played by Sir Anthony Hopkins in the movie, Hearts in Atlantis.

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 19/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟳𝟬𝟭 I return to The Dark Tower with Part Two, Ch VIII “The Gingerbread House”. Roland and the ka-tet have shared a final meal (or a final drink of water anyway) before heading into Devar-Toi where the Beam Breakers are. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Replying to @meskees #stephenking #lore #books #horror #darktower

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟵𝟴 After a lengthy tour of Devar-Toi from the point of view of its warden and security chief, we focused again on the mysterious Ted Brautigan – the most powerful Breaker of them all and one who seems to be in opposition to the mission of The Crimson King. #

Source: The one-shot comic: Sheemie’s Tale
https://stephenkingjourney.com/dark-tower-beginnings/#SheemiesTale

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟵𝟳 The POV changed to those in charge of Devar-Toi (aka “Blue Heaven” aka “Algul Siento”): A weasel-headed taheen named Finli and a human warden named Pimli. Finli and Pimli: One could be forgiven for thinking we’ve landed back in the Shire. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟵𝟲 An emotional reunion with a character from Wizard and Glass brought a great twist to the plot. I open The Dark Tower at Part Two, Chapter VI: The Master of Blue Heaven. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Stanley “Sheemie” Ruiz (Dark Tower) Origins - A Simple Man With Extra-Ordinary Courage & Power!

YouTube video by Marvelous Videos

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟵𝟱 New-found buddies, Ted, Stanley and Dink bring Roland and the ka-tet to the brink of “good old Devar-Toi” where the Breakers are doing their thing to break the Beams. These new allies come with their own set of spooky powers... #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

Source: Concept art of Dever-Toi from the movie, The Dark Tower
https://www.liljas-library.com/img/other/darktowermovieart4.png

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟵𝟰 Roland and gang are headed to Devar-Toi to release or otherwise stop the Beam Breakers with Mordred (the Dark Man slayer) on their heels. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

Source: Dimitar Tzvetanov on artlimited.net
https://www.artlimited.net/16175/art/drawing-the-dark-tower-digital-construction-edifice-castle/en/222134

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟵𝟯 There was a lot to unpack in these past few chapters of The Dark Tower and The Kingslingers‘ helped me catch some things I originally missed! I finished off this episode today. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Kingslingers - 48: The Dark Tower (Part 3)

YouTube video by Doof! Media

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟵𝟮 I listen to the first half of The Kingslingers‘ take on the beginning of Part Two of The Dark Tower. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Kingslingers - 48: The Dark Tower (Part 3)

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟵𝟭 I take a pause the reading to listen to Two Guys to the Dark Tower Came review The Dark Tower, Part Two, Ch I – IV. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing twoguysdarktower.blubrry.com/2018/09/12/e...

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟵𝟬 Walter O’Dim (aka Randall Flagg) drops in on Mordred and the two strike up an immediate friendship – the kind that want to kill each other as soon as possible for their own personal reasons. I finish off Part Two, Ch III: The Shining Wire in The Dark Tower. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟵 Mordred helped himself to a billy-bumbler sandwich while observing the kat-tet on the TV monitors. I now open The Dark Tower at Part Two, Ch III: The Shining Wire. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

ChatGPT prompt: Create a photorealist image of a creature whose torso, arms and head are that of a man, but the body is that of a spider. The human portion should be in his early 20s. This creature is in a dirty electronic control room with TV monitors along the wall that are observing various rooms in the large complex.

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟴 Once reunited, the ka-tet decides that the next course of action is to return to Thunderclap and free the poor kids who were captured, taken there, and “roont” with some sort of brain-sucking device. I turn open to Part Two, Ch II: The Watcher. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

Source: Emyl-Eikenaar on Deviant Art
https://www.deviantart.com/emyl-eikenaar/art/Devar-Toi-the-Breaker-s-headquarters-810952767

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 16/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟳 I am back to the text of The Dark Tower. The ka-tet has reunited at long last in the dead city of Fedic. Spider-baby Mordred is running around. And the story now stands at a great reset with no obvious challenge to overcome or situation to shoot their way out of.

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟲 Radio Free Mid-World had a rather humorous episode regarding Part One of The Dark Tower. They made a very valid point questioning why Roland and Eddie lost their clothes when they got caught up in the Beam wave, #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Episode 56: The Dark Tower, "The Little Red King"

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Stephen King Journey @stephenkingjourney.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

𝗗𝗮𝘆 𝟭𝟲𝟴𝟰 Kingslingers delivers a second episode in their read-along series of The Dark Tower. #TheDarkTower #StephenKing

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Kingslingers - 47: The Dark Tower (Part 2)

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