Bram Stoker Award Best Novel Winner
Duma Key
by Stephen King
Summary
Edgar Freemantle, a contractor who loses an arm and nearly his mind in a construction accident, relocates to a remote Florida key to recover and discovers that his new paintings carry uncanny and increasingly dangerous power. As his art begins to alter reality, he confronts a malevolent ancient force tied to the island and its haunted history. King delivers a story about trauma, creativity, and recovery wrapped in slow building supernatural terror.
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Historical Context & Significance
Duma Key was Stephen King's first novel set in Florida, where he had begun spending part of each year, and it won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel.