I think if Stephen King isn't a full-blown sociopath, he has to have some amount of sociopathic tendencies. I can see him defending himself: "What? Horror fiction is supposed to make you uncomfortable. Murder is taboo; I write about murder to make you uncomfortable, but I would never commit murder. Weird sex is taboo; why can't I write about weird sex to make you uncomfortable?"
So, sociopath. And yes, definitely: watch list.
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