Gwendy's Button Box
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Gwendy's Button Box has come up in 1 episode across 1 podcast in TMT, including Morbid. 1 person has made recorded remarks about it.
What people said
Richard ChizmarAmerican horror author and founder of Cemetery Dance Publications, author of the Boogeyman trilogy
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
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
Podcasts
- Morbid · 1 episode
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.