Word Processor of the Gods

Word Processor of the Gods

Infobox short story |
name = Word Processor of the Gods
author = Stephen King
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Short story
published_in = "Playboy" (1st release),
"Skeleton Crew"
publisher = Playboy Media Corp
publication_type = Magazine
media_type = Print (Periodical)
pub_date = January 1983
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"Word Processor of the Gods" is a short story by Stephen King first published in the January 1983 issue of "Playboy" magazine under the title "The Word Processor", and collected in the 1985 anthology "Skeleton Crew".

Plot summary

In the days when dedicated word processors were still popular, the main character, a middle-aged writer tired of his wife (a fat, bad-tempered tyrant), son (an amateur musician with an attitude problem), and life in general, gets a gift from his nephew (a teenage genius) – a custom-built word processor. Unfortunately, the nephew has recently died in a car accident (at the hands of his own evil, violent brother who was driving drunk), so the writer must figure out on his own how to use it. He discovers that, with this word processor, he can write things into existence, and also delete them – at least, as long as the word processor can last. He erases his son and wife, and finally (seconds before the processor's demise) replaces them with his nephew and the nephew's kind, gentle mother. The story ends with the writer going inside with his new son.

Adaptations

"Word Processor of the Gods" was adapted for an episode of the "Tales from the Darkside" TV series, first broadcast November 25, 1984.One of the books R. L. Stines' Goosebumb series, The Blob that Ate Everything, also has a typewriter that writes things into existance.


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