Ah, school pictures. You trade them, your mom mails them to relatives, they’re published in the yearbook. Maybe you’ve even been memorialized in one of those “school pictures from grades 1-12” frames marketed to parents, insuring that they’ll pay for a set every year.

And then you grow up, toss them in a random box (usually with relief, since your dorky sixth grade picture is not one you want to remember- at least mine wasn’t) and forget about them for 20 years. At least, that’s what most of us do. But when you’re a famous author like, say, Stephen King, you don’t get to forget about them, because there’s always someone around to dig out those pictures and post them on the Internet. This one is courtesy of Flavorwire’s article “20 Famous Authors’ Adorable School Photos”. I love that his eyes are closed. Do you think this master writer of horror fiction was afraid of the camera?

Flavorwire credited this article, “Stephen King– King of Horror”, at squidoo, for the photo. There’s some nice biographical information as well as many other photos(and even a video) if you scroll down past the part where they’re trying to sell you King-related books and items.

You don’t really have to market Stephen King to readers, but I just know there’s a creative way to promote the horror collection with a photo like this.

Enjoy!