A character that looks like a young Stephen King can be spotted in the first story.
One of the names Ronnie gives Richard in the bar is "Nicotero". Greg Nicotero is the executive producer of the series and the teleplay writer of the "Survivor Type" segment.
Keifer Sutherland (Pinzetti) previously starred in Stand By Me (1986), a film adaptation of Stephen King's story "The Body".
In the second story one of the books burning is The Stand
The shirt the father is wearing in the "Twittering Circus of the Dead" resembles the cover of It by Stephen King.