Stephen King
Carneal had in his locker at the time a copy of Stephen King's novel Rage (first published in 1977 under the pseudonym Richard Bachman). After this shooting King requested his publisher to allow it to go out of print, fearing that it might inspire similar tragedies. Rage for a time continued to be available in the United Kingdom in The Bachman Books collection, although the collection now no longer contains Rage. King's other Bachman novels are available in the US in separate volumes.
Carneal now does some of his own writing, mostly writing short stories. Some of his art work and poems can be seen on murderabilia websites.
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