What Stephen King Taught Me About Bad Dads

A horror writer, a hospital bedside, and the surprisingly hopeful work of breaking the cycle

Have had my hands full the last few weeks, with little exciting to report from it: on the frontline of the flu epidemic that is tearing its way across Europe, with around half of both kids’ classes off sick at the moment, and a particularly challenging work project that has swallowed up all the time and headspace normally reserved for the newsletter. Ha…