Wow. This hit and it hit HARD. By now most of you are familiar with the idea that a person going by the name Richard Ridyard submitted a plagiarized version of Stephen King’s “The Boogeyman” in to the magazine that I work for, Shock Totem. We immediately contacted Mr. King’s people and got the ball [...]
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Plagiarism Ticks Us Right Off. Obviously.
Posted in Writing, tagged Aaron Polson, Plagiarism, R.M. Valentine, Richard Ridyard, Shock Totem, Stephen King, The Boogeyman on September 30, 2009 | 11 Comments »
We Interrupt This Blog Post…
Posted in Writing, tagged Night Shift, Plagiarism, Richard Ridyard, Shock Totem, Stephen King, The Boogeyman on September 29, 2009 | 44 Comments »
to give you a warning. A few days ago Shock Totem received a story called “Baboulas” by an author calling himself Richard Ridyard. John Boden, Assistant Editor of Shock Totem, read the story and immediately cried foul. “This is plagiarism,” he said. “This is Stephen King’s ‘The Boogeyman’ from his Night Shift collection. Even the [...]
