With global airborne pathogens on everyone’s mind lately, GQ thought it might make sense to talk about our potentially pandemic-ridden future with the man who turned the flu into a thousand-page nightmare with “The Stand.” Interviewer Alex Pappademas got King’s thoughts on our constant paranoia, the thrill of the apocalypse, and breathing masks, including the following:

GQ: Michael was way ahead on the mask thing. He’s going to make it. He’ll be the last one left.

SK: That’s it. One human being left on Earth, striding through the ruins with a spangled glove on.

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