Stephen King Fans discussion

Here is a synopsis of the story:
(view spoiler)[It tells the story of a black house maid working in a hotel and an eccentric alcoholic and prejudiced writer who is a frequent guest there. The maid consumes some of the writer's semen which was left on his sheets as part of a possible black magic spell, in the hope that it will pass talent and ability along to her unborn son. The story is told, in part, in the past tense.

King states in the introduction to this story that it was the inspiration for his novel Dolores Claiborne and that it was partly written to explore the idea of why such famous and talented people can sometimes be horrible in real life. (hide spoiler)]

This was a very well written story, though (view spoiler)[pretty ewwwwwwwfucknasty! in places (hide spoiler)].

A good example of how you never know what King will throw at you.

Did any of you guys every guess what author he said inspired the book based on his hints? I know at one point I thought Ray Bradbury but now I suspect Harlan Ellison.