We talk about the 2008 short story collection Just After Sunset. Content warnings for this episode include: domestic violence, misogyny, racism, fatphobia, body horror, homophobia, animal death. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord… Continue reading Just After Sunset
We talk about the 2008 novel Duma Key. A Florida classic! Content warnings for this episode include: misogyny, racism, child death. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord channel. Geneva “Gensuta” Heyward did the… Continue reading Duma Key
We talk about the 2007 Richard Bachman novel Blaze. Content warnings for this episode include: ableism, child abuse, racism. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord channel. Geneva “Gensuta” Heyward did the theme for… Continue reading Blaze
We talk about the 2006 novel Lisey’s Story. Content warnings for this episode include: misogyny, ableism, alcoholism, self-harm and mutilation, severe child abuse and death, stalking, sexual assault and violence. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out… Continue reading Lisey’s Story
We talk about the cellular-phone oriented novel from 2006, Cell. Content warnings for this episode include: ableism, child death, extreme burns, suicide, eye injury and head trauma. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord… Continue reading Cell
We talk about 2005’s crime novel The Colorado Kid. Content warnings for this episode include: murder. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord channel. Geneva “Gensuta” Heyward did the theme for this show. Thomas… Continue reading The Colorado Kid
We talk about the 2004 nonfiction book about baseball, Faithful. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord channel. Geneva “Gensuta” Heyward did the theme for this show. Thomas Hammersley-Ambroise did the art for the… Continue reading Faithful
We talk about the 2004 novel The Dark Tower. Content warnings for this episode include: animal endangerment and death, child death, automobile accidents and injury, mind control, mutilation, eye trauma, sexual assault, ableism, racism. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org… Continue reading The Dark Tower
We talk about the 2004 novel Song of Susannah. Content warnings for this episode include: racism, terrorism, alcoholism, rape. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord channel. Geneva “Gensuta” Heyward did the theme for… Continue reading Song of Susannah
We talk about the 2003 novel Wolves of the Calla. Content warnings for this episode include: ableism, racism, mutilation, hate crimes. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord channel. Geneva “Gensuta” Heyward did the… Continue reading Wolves of the Calla
We talk about the 2002 novel From A Buick 8. Content warnings for this episode include: description of injuries from auto accidents, domestic and police violence, animal injury and death, body horror. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come… Continue reading From A Buick 8
We talk about the 2002 short story collection Everything’s Eventual. Content warnings for this episode include: crude sexual humor, racism, misogyny, suicide, medical horror, insect horror, discussion of transphobic slurs. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out… Continue reading Everything’s Eventual
We talk about the 2001 sequel Black House. Content warnings for this episode include: ableism, graphic descriptions of gore, violence, dismemberment, child death, cannibalism, gut wounds, eye trauma, and infection. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out… Continue reading Black House
We talk about the 2001 novel Dreamcatcher. Content warnings for this episode include: body horror focused on parasitism and infection, bowel functions and injuries, ableism, fatphobia, misogyny, terminal illness and death, imprisonment and execution, drug use, alcoholism and addictions, violence against animals, suicide, racism, auto accidents and serious bodily injury, decapitation. Follow Ranged Touch on… Continue reading Dreamcatcher...
We talk about the 2000 memoir / writing guide On Writing. Content warnings for this episode include: description of serious automobile accidents and physical injuries, surgical procedures, and ear trauma; animal death, addiction and overdose, racism. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from… Continue reading On Writing
We talk about the 1999 novellaish novel Hearts in Atlantis. Content warnings for this episode include: automobile accidents, bullying, child abuse, ableism, racism, misogyny, rape and assault, graphic descriptions of serious injuries to the limbs and head, war crimes, child death. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King… Continue reading Hearts in Atlantis
We talk about the 1999 novel The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon. Content warnings for this episode include: child endangerment and injury, animal death, alcoholism, addiction. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord channel.… Continue reading The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon
We talk about the televisual novel Storm of the Century. Content warnings for this episode include: homophobia and discussion of a hate crime, murder. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord channel. Geneva “Gensuta”… Continue reading Storm of the Century
We talk about Bag of Bones. Content warnings for this episode include: misogyny, racism, rape and sexual assault, child death, suicide, description of sex acts. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord channel. Geneva… Continue reading Bag of Bones
We talk about the fourth Dark Tower novel, 1997’s Wizard and Glass. Content warnings for this episode include: sexual assault, racism, ableism, immolation, torture, child death, animal violence, addiction, terminal illness. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang… Continue reading Wizard and Glass
We talk about the 1996 disaster The Regulators. Content warnings for this episode include ableism, rape, extreme violence including injuries to eyes, face, and head; child death, racism, fatphobia, mind control, suicide. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come… Continue reading The Regulators
We talk about the 1996 doorstop Desperation. Content warnings for this episode include animal cruelty and death, child death, body horror, mind control, racism, alcoholism, misogyny, domestic violence, mass murder. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out… Continue reading Desperation
We talk about the 1996 serial novel The Green Mile. Content warnings for this episode include racism, ableism, torture and electrocution, rape and murder, animal cruelty and death. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our… Continue reading The Green Mile
We talk about the 1995 novel Rose Madder. Content warnings for this episode include misogyny, racism, homophobia, antisemitism, domestic violence and sexual assault, miscarriage, childhood sexual abuse, urination, cannibalism, mutilation, and severe jaw-related injuries. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org… Continue reading Rose Madder
We talk about the 1994 novel Insomnia. Content warnings for this episode include misogyny, domestic violence, terrorism, fatphobia,homophobia, ableism, ageism, dismemberment, medical horror, torture and flaying. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord channel.… Continue reading Insomnia
We talk about 1993’s short story collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes. Content warnings for this episode include alcoholism and substance abuse, child death, childhood sexual abuse, abduction and sex trafficking, mutilation and wounding, racism, mind control, ingestion of sexual fluids, sexual assault, homophobia, dismemberment and brain injury, suicide. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show… Continue reading Nightmares & Dreamscapes...
We talk about 1992’s Dolores Claiborne. Content warnings for this episode include childhood sexual abuse, incest, misogyny, domestic violence, alcoholism, broken bones and bludgeoning. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org page! Come hang out in our Discord channel. Geneva “Gensuta”… Continue reading Dolores Claiborne
We talk about 1992’s Gerald’s Game. Content warnings for this episode include discussion of sex acts and sexual fetishism, childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault and rape, grooming and molestation, gaslighting, misogyny, necrophilia, cannibalism, discussions of blood, gore, and de-gloving (skin removal), racism, ableism. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some… Continue reading Gerald’s Game
We talk about 1991’s Needful Things, the last Castle Rock novel (for now). Content warnings for this episode include suicide, child and animal death, addiction and substance abuse, ableism, fatphobia, misogyny, bestiality, pedophilia, homophobia. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise! Buy books from our Bookshop.org… Continue reading Needful Things
We talk about 1991’s The Waste Lands, the third book in the Dark Tower series. Content warnings for this episode include descriptions of sex acts and sexual assault, racism, physical abuse of a child, animal abuse, body horror, ableism, suicide. Follow Ranged Touch on Twitter! Support this show on Patreon! Buy some Just King Things merchandise!… Continue reading The Waste Lands
