13 Things You Didn't Know About Stephen King

13. He Is A Long-time Contributor To Porn Magazines

King began his writing career pitching short stories to a range of men's magazines (some now defunct).

Throughout the 1970s, King published stories in Playboy, Penthouse, Adam and others. These stories have since been brought together and published as the potentially tongue-in-cheek Night Shift short story collection.

That, however, is not the end of his foray into the risque end of the literary scene. Playboy have long been known as proprietors of the arts (publishing such heavyweights as Vladimir Nabokov and Margaret Atwood) and has maintained a long relationship with King since his first interview for them in 1983.

As recently as 2009, King has had pieces published with the porn titan, securing a rare spot of narrative poetry - The Bone Church - in that year's November edition.