NEW YORK (AP) — The novels of Stephen King may not seem designed for bedtime reading, at least if you value a good night's sleep, but the author has always had a fondness for fairy tales.

Especially when they get a little dark.

“Fairy tales are supposed to be scary,” he said during a recent telephone interview. “I think because they give children a taste of adult emotions. That's the hard part. The good part is that you give them a happy ending. We all hope things turn out well.”

The creator of such horror classics as “Carrie” and “The Shining” even called one of his books “Fairy Tale,” but he had never published one until he was contacted by the estate of a literary giant with a dark streak of his own, Maurice Sendak. Representatives for the late author-illustrator of such subversive f

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