Stephen King at King's alma mater, the University of Maine in Orono, for many years and had been covered by numerous King experts. King rewrote the original 1973 manuscript for its publication. King has used other pseudonyms. The short story "The Fifth Quarter" was published under the pseudonym John Swithen (the name of a character in the novel "Carrie"), that was published in "Cavalier" in April 1972. The story was reprinted in King's collection "Nightmares & Dreamscapes" in 1993 under his own name. In the introduction to the Bachman novel "Blaze", King claims, with tongue-in-cheek, that "Bachman" was the person using the
Finders Keepers (King novel) in 'Mr. Mercedes.'" Nick Romeo of "The Boston Globe" was more critical, faulting the "somewhat outlandish plot" and how "[d]eeper themes about the power of fiction feel somewhat grafted onto the suspenseful story." On October 10, 2017, the Audience network announced that the TV series based on the first Bill Hodges novel, "Mr. Mercedes", is renewed for season 2, which will be based on original "Mr. Mercedes" novel, "Finders Keepers" and "End of Watch". Finders Keepers (King novel) Finders Keepers is a crime novel by American writer Stephen King, published on June 2, 2015. It is the second volume in