How Stephen King Taught Me That Genre Is A Trap.
7 min readApr 22, 2023
Mystery was my first love.
I discovered my love for reading in fifth grade. I started with the original Nancy Drew mysteries by Carolyn Keene. Although I enjoyed them, I only got to number three before switching to the newer updated Nancy Drew series circa 1989. I stuck to mysteries like that for a while; throwing in the occasional Babysitter’s Club and Agatha…