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Beware Molly, The Thing of Evil (aka Stephen King’s Corgi)

In the course of researching his books, Jenn discovers the best things Stephen King has written: tweets about his Corgi Molly.

Jenn Northington

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Jenn Northington has worked in the publishing industry wearing various hats since 2004, including bookseller and events director, and is currently Director of Editorial Operations at Riot New Media Group. You can hear her on the SFF Yeah! podcast nerding out about sci-fi and fantasy. When she’s not working, she’s most likely gardening, running, or (obviously) reading. Find her on Tumblr at jennIRL and Instagram at iamjennIRL.

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As you might know from listening to me talk about it on Get Booked or SFF Yeah!, I am not much of a horror reader. (And by not much I mean, basically not at all, with the recurring exception of Lauren Beukes.) But in the name of Highly Classified Projects, I have recently done a dive into Stephen King’s work—and his Twitter feed. And while you’ll get to hear my thoughts on his books in a forthcoming [redacted for reasons of classified], I think it’s very important to acknowledge the best things he has ever written: tweets about his Corgi Molly.

While these tweets are basically short stories already, am I alone in wanting actual short stories about the Adventures of The Thing of Evil? I feel sure I am not! While we eagerly await that happy publication day, I give you the best tweets about Molly, the most horrifying Corgi in the world, from 2018.

[Photo: A black, white, and tan Corgi in a white sink, fur damp and left ear bent back, gazing directly at the camera.]

I think what particularly makes this one is the bent ear, and that gaze promising all the future hijinks/torture.

[Photo: A black, white, and tan Corgi with a red collar, curled up on a beige doggy bed with a little blue towel tucked over her tail.]

The photo itself is great, but the caption on this one is really what makes it. Well done, sir.

[Photo: A shot looking down at a clearly damp black, white, and tan Corgi gazing off to the viewer’s right, tongue sticking out.]

That manic gleam in her eye? It will haunt me the rest of my days.

[Photo: A black, white, and tan Corgi sitting in front a refrigerator on a gray tile floor, looking sassily at the camera.]

BRB, turning this one into an “Out of f*cks” meme…Also! What horrors did she perpetrate at Petco!? I MUST KNOW.

[Photo: a black, white, and tan Corgi has her head buried in a pint carton of ice cream, being held by Stephen King, with just her ears sticking out.]

I have a cat who is made of Evil and would very much like to know if this vanilla theory a) is true and b) works on felines.

[Photo: a black, white, and tan Corgi stands in a snowy area. Her face and nose are covered in bits of snow, and she’s looking directly at the camera.]

This one makes me wish for a Game of Thrones cameo for Molly. All men must die—but Corgis are not men!