"Then It Was Gone" - A Moment between Two Stephen King Novels

Between 1992 and 1993, Stephen King wrote two novels that stood apart from all his previously published work.

Gerald's Game and Dolores Claiborne are not immersed in horror in the practical sense. Both novels centre around two seemly strong women, whose lives were forever changed during one eclipse. Although novels of fiction, the eclipse they focus on happened in 1963, over Maine, USA.

The novels are entirely separate, save for one brief 'vision' between the two. The novels focus on the struggle of two independent women, the damaging effect of sexual abuse and the regression of memories.

'“Then It Was Gone” – A Moment between Two Stephen King Novels"' is an academic paper that investigates just how these novels are connected, why and what the effect is on King's 'Constant Reader.' It focuses on how this seemingly insignificant moment between the two novels is both King's signature and the entire focus and climax of the novels.

For the 'Constant Reader:' Please note, this paper contains many spoilers.