In an interview in March 2009, King stated, describing an idea for a new short story he recently had: "And then I thought, 'Well, why don't I find three more like this and do a book that would be almost like modern fairy tales?'
King je u intervjuu u martu 2009. opisao ideju za novu kratku priču: “I onda sam pomislio, 'Pa, zašto ne bih našao još tri ovakve i načinio knjigu koja bi bila skoro kao zbirka modernih bajki?'