“I found myself wondering whether Stephen King has ever written a book in which cicadas figure prominently.” Not King and not cicadas, but the great Richard Matheson (a major influence on King) has a story called ‘Crickets’ about a couple on vacation who are accosted by a possibly disturbed man who claims to have decoded the language of the crickets and discovered that they are calling out the names of the dead. Hijinks ensue.
“I found myself wondering whether Stephen King has ever written a book in which cicadas figure prominently.” Not King and not cicadas, but the great Richard Matheson (a major influence on King) has a story called ‘Crickets’ about a couple on vacation who are accosted by a possibly disturbed man who claims to have decoded the language of the crickets and discovered that they are calling out the names of the dead. Hijinks ensue.
I must find this & read it! Thanks much.