What Richard Chizmar has said about Gwendy's Button Box
2 quotes · 1 episode · Sep 25, 2026
Richard Chizmar, American horror author and founder of Cemetery Dance Publications, author of the Boogeyman trilogy, has been quoted on Gwendy's Button Box 2 times in 1 episode of Morbid, most recently on September 25, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Chizmar says Stephen King rejected his original ending for Gwendy's Button Box as too dark, which he later agreed made the sequels possible.
“I wrote the original ending. He actually wrote back and said, Rich, this is too dark”
Morbid: Morbid Book Club: Killing The Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:36:32
Chizmar relays King's explanation that he chose Chizmar to finish Gwendy because of how he writes ordinary people.
“he does everyday people so well in everyday settings. And I thought if anyone could finish Gwendy, it would be him”
Morbid: Morbid Book Club: Killing The Boogeyman by Richard Chizmar (Sep 25, 2026) · Listen from 1:44:56
Episodes
Morbid Book Club: Killing The Boogeyman by Richard ChizmarMorbid · Sep 25, 2026 · 2 h 11 min
Morbid hosts Ash Kelley and Alaina Urquhart talk with horror author Richard Chizmar about his Boogeyman trilogy finale, Killing the Boogeyman, and collaborating with Stephen King.
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