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
Rage (King novel) age, my own college writing—including a short story called 'Cain Rose Up' and the novel "Rage"—would have raised red flags, and I'm certain someone would have tabbed me as mentally ill because of them..." After the Sandy Hook elementary school shooting, he elaborated in a non-fiction essay, titled "Guns" (2013), on why he let "Rage" go out of print. King's website states: "All profits from 'Guns' will benefit the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence." Rage (King novel) Rage (written as Getting It On; the title was changed before publication) is a psychological thriller novel by American writer Stephen King,