Zach Dionne

...is the creator and proprietor of the Stephen King-y Patreon SKzd, a senior news editor at Complex, and has written for GQ, Grantland, Rolling Stone, Vulture, Billboard, Fast Company, Indy Week, and Decider, home of Streamin' King

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IT (2017) x Welcome to Derry (2025)

Lots more in my Decider recap.

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“Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the Internet.”

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Anonymous (via notwritenow)

Which, judging by my Tumblr, I fail miserably at.

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This post was 15 years ago.

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"There's a difference between sleight of hand / and giving everything you have."

I don’t want to get all AIM buddy profile circa ‘01 on you, but that line from Thrice's Artist in the Ambulance record/title track has been sewn into myself since I was too young to know how essential it would be. It bears repeating.

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Andor season 1/season 2 mirrors.

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when artists ask for advice this is likely best trot i could give. applies to those looking for the big movie deal or record deal or big five publishing deal but really it is about YOU and THE GIFT OF YOUR ART. glad to be able to share on PUBLISHING RODEO

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The more I think about it, the more excited I am for Mike Flanagan to turn Carrie into an eight episode thing.

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On my Patreon SKzd, no paywall. Happy You Like It Darker day, Constant Readers 🥳

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More Dark Tower Mixtape here. This is merely one track of 13...so far🌹

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The Dark Tower Mixtape - "Priest & Vampire (Someone Saved My Life Tonight" on SKzd. My best track yet, by a mile. Featuring a rendition of the Elton John tune, arranged and performed by the inimitable PLANET ARTEMIS, poster art by Alicia Rose Bane, starring a character from the one and only 'Salem's Lot.

The gist of The Dark Tower Mixtape is I record my favorite passages from Stephen King’s epic, genre-spanning series and write/cover/sample/commission music that makes alchemical magic with the text, then publish them on my Patreon, SKzd. ($3 gets you almost two years worth of writing + audio.) "Someone Saved My Life Tonight" is written right into this Wolves of the Calla scene, and New Zealand film composer Planet Artemis—who you should check out on Instagram, TikTok, and YouTube—delivered a truly stunning rendition.

My mission’s for anyone to be able enjoy these short audio adventures—fan or not, read the books long ago or never once. Check out Track 13: "Priest & Vampire (Someone Saved My Life Tonight)" and let me know what you think?

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stephen king has a heart shaped picture of Clint Eastwood on his desk and no one can convince me other wise

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Righteous Gemstones, Interlude III. Just operating on another level👏🏻

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Swing by my Patreon for the biggest feature I've published, detailing the full career of Owen King, son of Stephen, writer of the excellent The Curator and so much more. No paywall. Hope you enjoy, and get the spark to read.

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📼 🌹 THE DARK TOWER MIXTAPE🌹📼 

…is audio fanart I make for my Stephen King Patreon. It’s a newbie-friendly audio quest where I narrate and musically score the genre-spanning series’ greatest hits in nonchronological, song-length bites. Every one begins with a mini-cover of a relevant song (Crazy Train for “Blaine & Wastes,” La Vie en Rose for “Jake & Rose,” Separate Ways/Worlds Apart for “Eddie & Sky Carriage,” etc) and then either an original composition for the duration, or reworked covers of existing songs (one is a montage of Sabbath riffs and I love it—but I love them all, to death).

Come check it out? Or just enjoy the new cassette art element right here on tumblr dot com. Long days and pleasant nights, sais.

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🌹🌹👇🏻 new tracks! 👇🏻🌹🌹

www.patreon.com/stephenking_zd 🦡

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There were so many books on so many shelves, I knew I could live to be old without coming to the end of them. The sound of the pages turning was the sound of magic. The dry liquid feel of paper under fingertips was what magic felt like.

Emma Donoghue, Kissing the Witch: Old Tales in New Skins

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Saga #63 - Chapter Sixty-Three (April 5, 2023)

Written by: Brian K. Vaughan Artist by: Fiona Staples Lettered & design by: Fonografiks Published by: Image Comics

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If the Stephen King Universe had Marvel Cinematic Universe stingers...

Lots more on my Patreon, SKzd, including The Dark Tower Mixtape.

But specifically, lots more of these SKU/MCU mashups. 10 more.

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Hari’s amazing new special! Just there on YouTube! The generosity.