No, Steve doesn't have any plans for a sequel--at least at this time. He feels that everything that needed to be written on that story has been written and leaves it up to each reader's imagination as to what happened next.
I'm with Ms. Mod on this one. When I read The Stand for the first time, and as the story wound down to the wow-finish, I was actually sorry I was getting to the end of it. It was that good. I didn't want to leave the Captain Trips-ravaged landscape SK had crafted. But then I realized even a masterpiece must have an end. So it is with every SK novel, and so it was with The Stand.
And yes, I do wonder what happened to Stu, Frannie and the survivors of the Free Zone, just like the rest of us.
I think there'd be plenty of room to write a compelling story set in that world, but only if it was a straight-forward post-apocalyptic drama. I'd hate to see Flagg return for vengeance, or some bullcrap like that.
Which is not to say I wouldn't read it if King wrote it. SURE I would!
I'd like to see a short story sequel version maybe 100 or so pages. Maybe told from someone else's perspective totally new to the story. Maybe where the new characters are trying to find the free zone and they've encountered flagg recently. Something to that effect.
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