Hex Publishers Hex Publishers Hex Publishers is an independent publishing company based in Erie, Colorado that specializes in genre fiction which includes science fiction, horror, and dark fantasy, and publishes the online magazine "Words", which features free short fiction, movie reviews and author interviews. Hex was founded by Joshua Viola (owner) and Dean Wyant in 2014 before the company’s first release, Nightmares Unhinged. Authors published by Hex Publishers include Carrie Vaughn, Edward Bryant, Steve Alten, Jeanne C. Stein, Kat Richardson, Paolo Bacigalupi, Minister Faust, Stephen Graham Jones, Steve Rasnic Tem, Brian Keene, Richard Kadrey, Matthew Kressel, Cat Rambo, Sarah Pinsker, Alyssa Wong,
Castle Rock (Stephen King) Castle Rock (Stephen King) Castle Rock is part of Stephen King's fictional Maine topography and provides the setting for a number of his novels, novellas, and short stories. Castle Rock first appeared in King's 1979 novel "The Dead Zone", and has reappeared as late as his 2013 novel "Doctor Sleep" and 2014 novel "Revival" (see list below). The name is taken from the fictional mountain fort of the same name in William Golding's 1954 novel "Lord of the Flies". King, a native of Durham, Maine, created a trinity of fictional Maine towns – Castle Rock, Derry and Jerusalem's Lot as