8 Stephen King Characters Who Deserve Their Own Book

2. Ralph Anderson

Somewhat uniquely, this entry is based not on a Stephen King novel, but a screenplay written by King titled Storm Of The Century. Despite being written from the ground up for television, the screenplay for Storm Of The Century was subsequently published in book form in 1999, not long after the airing of the TV miniseries. It tells the story of the town of Little Tall Island, and the mysterious murderer Andre Linoge. Over the course of the narrative, it transpires that Linoge is a four-thousand year old wizard who has the power to cause others to commit suicide (amongst other gruesome things). Linoge is desperate for an heir, as (in layman's terms) it's difficult to continue being an evil, murderous psychopath when you're four-thousand years old. Linoge earns a place on this list because he's so different than your standard villainous King entity. For a start, the idea that a four-thousand year old wizard is getting too old to murder people is hilarious, but it's the fact that he actually manages to succeed that really makes him interesting, and even more so because it involves successfully kidnapping the protagonist Mike Anderson's young child Ralph. So Linoge gets his heir...then what? Linoge himself is such a creepy, obscure character...which makes little Ralph even more curious by proxy. Is he trained by Linoge? Possessed? Is there a spirit within Linoge that enters Ralph or must he be taught to kill? To see Ralph return to Little Tall Island terrorizing his family would be very interesting material indeed.