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@article{203553,
        author = {Dr. P. Jayageetha},
        title = {Words as Weapons: Writers’ Block, Creativity, and the Supernatural in Stephen King’s Bag of Bones”},
        journal = {International Journal of Innovative Research in Technology},
        year = {2026},
        volume = {12},
        number = {12},
        pages = {11320-11322},
        issn = {2349-6002},
        url = {https://ijirt.org/article?manuscript=203553},
        abstract = {These abstract focuses on Stephen King’s 1998 novel, analyzing its title as a metaphorical weapon. It examines how the visceral imagery of "bones" exposes the underlying horror of inherited generational trauma and systemic violence, transforming the human body from a vessel of love into a weaponized symbol of history. This study examines Stephen King’s critically acclaimed 1998 novel, Bag of Bones, proposing that the title itself functions as a visceral, horrifying weapon against the psychological and historical denial of a community. In King’s narrative, the literal and metaphorical "bag of bones", the scattered, abused skeletal remains of a murdered Black blues singer and her son acts as an agent of vengeance and symbolic violence. This paper explores how this skeletal motif represents the weaponization of history, forcing the protagonist, a grieving writer, to confront the dark, buried secrets of a seemingly idyllic Maine town.},
        keywords = {systemic horror, metaphorical, bag of bones, trauma.},
        month = {May},
        }