It’s only two sentences long, but Stephen King’s newest horror story is next level scary.
The Carrie author posted this extremely succinct tale about GOP nominee Donald Trump’s presidential campaign on Twitter Friday:
And despite its incredibly abbreviated nature, it still gave plenty of other Twitter users the shivers.
Some even lightheartedly dubbed it his most terrifying story yet, perhaps because it’s so true to life. Just remember Trump’s fear-mongering at the Republican National Convention in July.
Here’s how the novelist’s fans reacted:
King told The Washington Post last month that he was “terrified” that Trump could become president.
“A Trump presidency scares me more than anything else,” said the man whose imagination has spawned such despicable characters as It and Randall Flagg.
He was also among the 450-plus writers who signed an open letter airing concerns about Trump’s campaign in May. Read their message in full here.
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Editor’s note: Donald Trump regularly incites political violence and is a serial liar, rampant xenophobe, racist, misogynist and birther who has repeatedly pledged to ban all Muslims — 1.6 billion members of an entire religion — from entering the U.S.
