Snapshot · Last Podcast On The Left
Around the time Joe Hill remarried and had twins in 2018, both he and Stephen King independently wrote stories about haunted baby strollers without knowing the other was doing the same.
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Joe Hill explains the accidental shared-universe moment that produced one of modern horror's more charming publishing footnotes. While writing Nosferatu, he and his father were unknowingly creating nearly identical antagonists — supernatural predators who steal souls and energy from children. When they realized it, they had a choice: hide the similarity or run toward it. They ran. Stephen put Charlie Manx in Doctor Sleep; Joe inserted the True Knot into Nosferatu. Joe adds a second coincidence that's even harder to explain: around 2018, when he remarried and had twins, both he and his father separately wrote short stories about haunted baby strollers — neither knowing the other was doing it. His wife Jillian, pushing the actual twins' stroller while Joe recounted this, deadpanned: 'What inspires you?'
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