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Origin Fantastical horror stories may not automatically come to mind when thinking of famed writer John Steinbeck, whose iconic novels addressed social issues and economic problems faced by rural laborers, especially in California. But he did write at least one unusual story that stepped well outside of his conventional work. In a 2003 letter to the editor in The New York Times, a high school teacher mentioned the short story “The Affair at 7 Rue de M ” by Steinbeck and described its unexpected plot: When I read your article on chewing gum (“Out, Damned Spot,” Jan. 26), I thought of the John Steinbeck story “The Affair at 7 Rue de M–.” In it, a kid who loves to chew gum finds himself being chewed by the gum. His father tries many ways to get rid of the gum, but it keeps finding its way back to their house, in horror movie fashion, eager to get back into the kid’s mouth. ....