All of Stephen King’s stories live in a multiverse, called Macroverse, and many of them have different links to each other through characters, events, and more, but it can be tricky to follow this vast universe with different timelines and dimensions. For decades, Stephen King has terrorized generations of readers with a variety of horror, suspense, and sci-fi novels and short stories, rightfully earning the name of “King of Horror”, and these are all contained in the Macroverse, though some live in certain timelines and dimensions that make this multiverse of King stories a bit difficult to follow.
The Shining, in 1977. Since then, King has explored a variety of scenarios, creatures, monsters (human and supernatural), and fears, and with time, all of them have formed a multiverse known as the Macroverse, and through this, the presence of supernatural creatures like IT has been explained, though there are still many mysteries around the Macroverse.
Many details about the Macroverse’s origin and more can be found in the Dark Tower holds in place. The Tower is ed by six beams, which in turn are guarded by twelve Guardians: hare, bear, horse, dog, eagle, elephant, rat, wolf, turtle, fish, bat, and lion. The turtle is none other than Maturin, a massive turtle who by nature was kind, wise, comionate, and benevolent, but he used to sleep a lot and withdraw into his shell and rarely came out – except when he had a stomachache, and one of those made him vomit out the mainstream universe, where most of King’s stories take place.
Existing in a void within the Macroverse is Randall Flagg, also known as Walter o’Dim and The Man in Black, considered the main antagonist of King’s multiverse, who has even been the hidden villain in some stories, such as Carrie, as it’s implied that he’s the title character’s real father.
Ultimately, everything connects to the Dark Tower due to the origin of the Macroverse, and while the rest of King’s stories can be enjoyed as standalone ones, the Dark Tower novels enrich the experience by offering a deeper look into the Macroverse and its potentially infinite number of parallel dimensions and many timelines. Of course, the more Stephen King writes, the more characters, monsters, worlds, and events are added to the Macroverse, which very much like the real-life universe, will continue to be surrounded by mystery and different explanations for its origins, mystical beings and more will keep popping up.
