Stephen King Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

This is a fiction/fan codex: entries describe an in-universe canon. Our audits check canon and internal consistency — external fact-checking does not apply the way it does on real-subject codexes.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-21 · 28 entries checked · 13 flagged · 25 issues confirmed · 13 corrected · 12 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Danny Torrance — The entry states Dan sees Jack's ghost wave goodbye and disappear, finally at peace, but in the novel Doctor Sleep, Jack's ghost does not wave goodbye or disappear in that scene.

Randall Flagg — Flagg's second novel appearance is in The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982), not The Eyes of the Dragon (1984)

Randall Flagg — Flagg is not consistently a servant of the Crimson King; he is an independent agent who sometimes works for or against the Crimson King

Jack Torrance — Jack's father is named Mark Torrance in the novel, but his mother's name is not given; the entry says his father worked at the Regional Community Hospital, but in the novel Mark Torrance worked at a paper mill, not a hospital.

Jack Torrance — Jack's siblings are named Brett, Becky, and Mike in the entry, but in the novel his siblings are not named; these names are invented.

Annie Wilkes — The entry states Annie Wilkes was born in Bakersfield, California, but the novel does not specify her birthplace as Bakersfield; that detail is from the film adaptation.

Annie Wilkes — The entry claims she 'breaks both of his legs in a car accident,' but in the novel, Paul Sheldon breaks his own legs in the accident; she rescues him, she does not cause the breaks.

Henry Bowers — The 'DID YOU KNOW' section claims 'Henry Bowers' first name is an anagram for 'Brewer'' — this is incorrect; 'Henry' is not an anagram of 'Brewer'.

Henry Bowers — The 'LORE' section states Henry Bowers dies when he falls into the deadlights or is killed by the group — in the novel, he is not killed by the group; he dies after falling into the deadlights.

Small-Town Decay — The Talisman is set in Arcadia Beach, New Hampshire, but the novel's primary setting is actually Arcadia Beach, California, not New Hampshire.

Small-Town Decay — The Talisman won the Locus Award for Best Fantasy Novel in 1985, but it was not nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1985; it was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1984.

The Power of Storytelling — The Marsten House in 'Salem's Lot is a haunted house associated with the vampire Barlow, not a cursed object related to storytelling.

The Power of Storytelling — The manuscript in Misery is not a cursed object with parasitic qualities; the danger comes from Annie Wilkes's obsession, not the manuscript itself.

Randall Flagg — The claim that Flagg's fate is 'left ambiguous after Mordred bites his throat and eats parts of him' is a factual error; in the novel The Dark Tower, Flagg's death is definitive, not ambiguous.

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