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News & Information May 24, 2013
 This is a really neat little interview by Ken Tucker with King from Parade magazine. Nothing too revelatory, but fun and smart. There's also a great behind-the-scenes video with some narration by King, touching on his reputation as a horror writer. Enjoy!
May 22, 2013 Hey all! Check out my in-depth review of Joe Hill's N0S4A2 over at FEARnet.com! If you like Hill's previous novels, Heart-Shaped Box and Horns, or you've read his Eisner Award-winning series Locke & Key, this book is a treat. As always, hit "like" on the FEARnet site if you like the review. Thanks for reading! May 18, 2013 Check out Larry Fire's exclusive interview with Joe Hill over on his blog, The Fire Wire. If you guys aren't checking out The Fire Wire on a daily basis (along with Charnel House, Lilja's Library, and Talk Stephen King, of course), you're missing out! Oh, and PS: the King boys are really terrific writers. I'm nearly done with N0S4A2 right now, and it's Joe Hill's strongest book yet. I just finished Owen King's Double Feature, and it's just fantastic stuff!
May 17, 2013 With all the excitement about Joyland (and seriously, be excited), you might have missed out on another Stephen King release coming this June. Hard Listening the new ebook by and about the Rock Bottom Remainders, will be out June 18 ... and we have some really cool new information:
On June 18, 2013, a new eBook will be released by Coliloquy.com titled Hard Listening, an anthology written by members of the Rock Bottom Remainders. Of particular interest to fans of Stephen's: his contributions to the book include a new essay, a new short story, and several candid email exchanges. There is also a featured writing contest, in which several of the authors (including King) contributed short stories written in the author’s style. Readers then get to vote on which piece was actually written by King before seeing the results. Emphasis mine ... but OMG, what emphasis! Hans-Åke Lilja, Lilja's Library, reports that one of the things definitely written by King is an essay titled "Just a Little Talent". This will make a swell bookend to his essay, "In the Neighborhood of the Beast," the first essay he wrote about his Remainders experience, first published in Mid-Life Confidential and later in Secret Windows. With this stuff and The Dark Man coming from Cemetery Dance, this is going to be one exciting Stephen King summer! May 15, 2013 My review of Stephen King's NEW NOVEL JOYLAND is NOW UP ON FEARNET.COM! Check it out, and hit "like" if you like it. You guys are going to LOVE this book! May 14, 2013 THE DARK MAN is coming...
 In a surprise announcement, today Cemetery Dance let the world know that they would be publishing one of Stephen King's best and most resonant poems - "The Dark Man," - as its own book, illustrated by master artist Glenn Chadbourne. Written while King was in college, "The Dark Man" is our first introduction to Randall Flagg, King's longtime villain. For decades, this poem has remained stubbornly uncollected in a King work (though it and a number of King's early poems had been collected in the anthology The Devil's Wine, edited by Tom Piccirilli). The fact that this fantastic poem will finally be available to a wider audience - and in a sumptuously illustrated edition, as with The Secretary of Dreams - is cause for celebration. From Cemetery Dance:
"Randall Flagg came to me when I wrote a poem called 'The Dark Man' when I was a junior or senior in college. It came to me out of nowhere, this guy in cowboy boots who moved around on the roads, mostly hitchhiking at night, always wore jeans and a denim jacket. I wrote the poem in the college restaurant on the back of a placemat, but that guy never left my mind."For more information, visit the Cemetery Dance Dark Man site!
May 13, 2013 JOYLAND LIMITED EDITION HARDCOVER COMING SOON. Today, British publisher Titan Books announced that it would release Joyland in a hardcover limited in three states. In minutes, the signed lettered and the signed numbered sold out. But you can STILL PREORDER the Gift Edition! The word:
This will be the only hardcover edition of this book. If you liked PS Publishing's hardcover editions of The Colorado Kid, this thing will be equally exciting. Order now and enjoy! http://forbiddenplanet.com/picks/stephen-king-joyland/
April 29, 2013 MAJOR UNPUBLISHED WORK NEWS! Recently, news of a previously unheard-of Stephen King work leaked to the internet. King experts didn't know about it. I didn't know about it. The only people who knew about it were Stephen King and the person for whom he wrote it (more details as I get them). The work is called "Phil & Sundance", an unfinished 80-page novella Stephen King wrote in 1987. Numerous sources have checked and it is, indeed, a legitimate Stephen King piece of fiction. French website Club Stephen King posted a scan of the very first page, with a note from King on it, indicating that it might be a piece intended for young people. You'll see that page to the right (click on it to read it more clearly). Right now, no one knows what the plans are for "Phil & Sundance." Will King finish it and publish it? Will he post the unfinished work to his site, a la The Cannibals? Will it remain unfinished and unpublished, like "Comb Dump"? No one knows. In any event, this is one of the most exciting Stephen King finds in the last decade, and you can expect the Stephen King community to be abuzz about it for awhile. As of right now, books by Justin Brooks (Stephen King: A Primary Bibliography) and Rocky Wood (Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished) are delightfully out-of-date.
April 25, 2013 Check out my BRAND-NEW review of Justin Brooks' stellar Stephen King: A Primary Bibliography, a book packed with a whole bunch of surprise new information. If you like the review, don't forget to click "Like" on FEARnet. Thanks! April 23, 2013 It looks like the cat's out of the bag on this one; we've been sitting on this information for awhile, but since it's being reported elsewhere, here goes: the new Rock Bottom Remainders book, Hard Listening will include NEW FICTION by Stephen King - an all-new, extremely recent short story (no word yet on the title...) So, now even more reason to clamor for what seems to be a very exciting new title. More information as soon as we're able to report it!
April 22, 2013 And now a treat for all you Rock Bottom Remainders fans out there: coming soon, Hard Listening: The Greatest Rock Band Ever (Of Authors) Tells All! Coming from ebook publisher Coliloquy, Hard Listening is an ALL-NEW work (not a reprint of Mid-Life Confidential):
Over 350M books sold. 40 New York Times #1 Bestsellers. One lousy band.You can sign up on the site to be notified when Hard Listening is available. According to King expert Bev Vincent, the book is going to feature "all manner of really cool stuff in it." I can't wait! April 18, 2013 Interesting news: Cavalier Magazine has just released an ebook collecting some very important interviews that first appeared on their pages - Andy Warhol, Barbra Streisand, and Bob Dylan - as well as the full roster of Stephen King short stories they originally published. "Battleground," "Suffer the Little Children," "The Cat From Hell," "Trucks," and "Weeds" are all available here, but there are a couple of catches: 1. According to Stephen King expert Rocky Wood, many of these are the "original Cavalier stories." Wood says
The marketing of this book claims that these stories are reprints from 'Cavalier' magazine. However, on checking the three stories that were later collected in King's books with significant variations from the original 'Cavalier' magazine text I find that each is actually a reprint of the version in King's books. Which of course makes me wonder about the provenance of this whole book. Certainly, you will not be buying a 'Cavalier Archive'. The stories that differ are 'Battleground', 'Trucks' (both collected in 'Night Shift') and 'Suffer the Little Children' (collected in 'Nightmares and Dreamscapes') - you will be reading the same version as published in those King collections. 'The Cat from Hell' is collected in 'Just After Sunset' and anyway does not vary from the original 'Cavalier' version. 2. To reiterate some of the above, all these stories are available in other formats. Every story but "Weeds" has been collected in a Stephen King anthology, and "Weeds" is being published in Shivers VII, from Cemetery Dance this spring. Shivers VII will also feature short stories by Clive Barker, Ed Goreman, and me. Yes. Me. It's called "I am Become Poe" and you'll like it, so buy that book, please, thank you.
April 9, 2013 Big exciting news in the world of writing on King: Justin Brooks has released his updated, revised version of Stephen King: A Primary Bibliography through Overlook Connection. This ebook is radically expanded, including a whole bunch of exclusive entries on unearthed (and previously unheard-of) Stephen King works. For those into looking a little deeper into the world of Stephen King, this book is essential. Take a look here - this thing is under $7 and will blow you away. Full review to come, but color me impressed.
April 8, 2013 Publisher's Weekly releases its preview/review of King's upcoming Hard Case Crime release, Joyland:
A haunted carnival funhouse gives a supernatural spin to events in Thriller Award–winner King’s period murder mystery with a heart. In the summer of 1973, 21-year-old college student Devin Jones takes a job at Joyland, a North Carolina amusement park. Almost immediately, a boardwalk fortune-teller warns that Devin has “a shadow” over him, and that his destiny is intertwined with that of terminally ill Mike Ross, a 10-year-old boy who has “the sight.” Shortly after Devin meets Mike, Mike makes a cryptic comment: “It’s not white.” This proves a vital clue when Devin begins investigating an unsolved murder committed four years before at the carnival’s Horror House, and quickly stumbles into more than he bargained for. King (The Colorado Kid) brings his usual finesse to this tale’s mystery elements, and makes Dev’s handling of them crucial to the novel’s bigger coming-of-age story, in which Dev adapts to the carny life and finds true romance. Agent: Chuck Verrill, Darhansoff & Verrill. (June) Still two months to go, kids, and I can't WAIT... March 27, 2013 The King boys are busy this year. We here at Charnel House are trembling in excitement for Joe Hill's novel, NOS4A2, due out next month. Owen King's first novel, Double Feature, was released last week, to some pretty terrific reviews. Today, his dad, Stephen, chimed in:
"If you are in the mood to laugh your ass off, Double Feature will perform that surgery and painlessly. I am proud of my son, Owen, and in awe of his talent. The book might be a little difficult to locate at Barnes & Noble but if you seek, there or elsewhere, you will find it." You can efficiently locate the book on Amazon.com, but hopefully your local bookstore will have it front and center. (Or, if like me, you're "reading" the book on audio, it's read by Holter Graham and it's at Audible.com.) If nothing else convinces you to read Double Feature, this picture of the King boys surely will:
March 21, 2013 Check out my brand-new review of Bev Vincent's brand-new upcoming book, The Dark Tower Companion. Read the review on FEARnet.com, hit "Like" there (please) and pre-order this awesome new book! Thanks! March 5, 2013 Don't forget, tonight's Jeopardy! will dedicate an entire column to Stephen King! Get your buzzers ready and check your local listings! More info: King Column on Jeopardy! March 2, 2013 This is Doctor Sleep.
September 24 can't come quickly enough.
February 22, 2013 My review of Max Allen Collins' terrific new crime novel, Seduction of the Innocent is now up on FEARnet.com! If you've ever read and loved Tales from the Crypt and other horror comics from Way Back When, you'll love this tale of hot dames and cold murder set in the tumultuous anti-horror comics furor of the 1950s. Plus, Seduction is published by Hard Case Crime, the folks who did King's The Colorado Kid and his upcoming Joyland, among a slew of other fantastic crime novels. Check out the review (please click "Like") and then check out the book - it's fantastic! February 20, 2013 Watch my video and revel in how excited I am about literally everything:
February 19, 2013
Last year, I completed a novel called I'm On Fire, a horror novel due out on ebook from Cemetery Dance fairly soon. I think it's pretty good, with a couple of go-for-the-gullet twists. I'll talk more about that when it comes out! Right now, I'm working on a new book, called Roller Disco Saturday Night. It's not a horror novel, but it's in the same sort of coming-of-age small-town genre as Bradbury's Dandelion Wine and McCammon's Boy's Life is. But there's also a roller disco. And motorcycles. And guy who carries around a stuffed raccoon called Metro. It's a weird book. In order to finish it, I want to take a month or so off one of my jobs. I work six jobs! I know! And in order to take some time off to work on fiction, I'll need some backing. Which is why I've begun a Kickstarter for my new novel. I'm trying to raise $3100 - enough to take two months off of one of my "regular" jobs and work on fiction. As of today, I'm halfway there. Hooray for supporting original fiction! There are prizes at every level of donation. You'll get digital copies of this book and other books I've written (including a never-before-compiled anthology of my work). You'll get some physical copies of my chapbooks. If you donate $50, I will write you a poem about you. If you become a major backer and donate $250? I will name a character for you in the book. Please consider donating to my novel. Fiction is hard, but it's easier when you don't have to take extra bar shifts. Thanks for supporting my site and my dreams for so long. It really is appreciated! http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/521727074/roller-disco-saturday-night February 12, 2013 Today, fantastic audiobook distributor Audible released King's recent essay, "Guns," as an audio single for 99 cents. Says King:
The overwhelming response from readers of the Kindle Single edition of Guns underscores the great need for thoughtful discourse on the issue of guns in AmericaÖI’m thrilled Audible is bringing Guns to the quickly growing audience of audiobook listeners. Narrated by Christian Rummel (young adult classic My Side of the Mountain, Vonnegut's Player Piano, and scores more), this edition of "Guns" is also charitable: King's earnings from its sale will go to the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence. You can purchase "Guns" on audio here. And don't forget to check out my review of the essay on FEARnet.com!
February 4, 2013 In a bit of stunning news, Cemetery Dance Publications announced their upcoming deluxe limited publication of King's Doctor Sleep. According to Cemetery Dance's website, "The exclusive Cemetery Dance Special Limited Edition of Doctor Sleep by Stephen King will be published in three states, all of them printed in two colors and bound in fine materials":
Special Features Exclusive to this Collector's Edition: CD offers some ordering instructions:
Ordering Multiple Copies: For all the information about this surprise deluxe limited you could possibly want, please visit Cemetery Dance's website. This will make an amazing companion piece to Subterranean Press's deluxe limited of The Shining, also coming soon! Doctor Sleep is expected to sell out super quickly, so place your order today! February 1, 2013 An extended version of the interview Stephen King did with Entertainment Weekly about Doctor Sleep is now online! And he talks about superfan Rocky Wood, who is awesome. Check it out! January 31, 2013 Check out my review of King's Kindle single, "Guns." I think it's an important piece, and of specific interest to King fans, as it involves a long discourse on King's novel, Rage, and why he felt it necessary to pull the book from publication. Great stuff. If you like the review, please hit "Like" on the FEARnet page! While you're there, check out my other FEARnet.com reviews and articles. Thanks for reading!
January 25, 2013 Today, Stephen King released a non-fiction essay through his own Philtrum Press titled simply "Guns." Meant to stir debate on the gun control issue, "Guns" is available exclusively.as a Kindle Single. King stated:
“I think the issue of an America awash in guns is one every citizen has to think about,” said King. “If this helps provoke constructive debate, I’ve done my job. Once I finished writing ‘Guns’ I wanted it published quickly, and Kindle Singles provided an excellent fit.” Amazon had a brief press release:
In a pulls-no-punches essay intended to provoke rational discussion, Stephen King sets down his thoughts about gun violence in America. Anger and grief in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School are palpable in this urgent piece of writing, but no less remarkable are King’s keen thoughtfulness and composure as he explores the contours of the gun-control issue and constructs his argument for what can and should be done. Extremely interesting and timely. This provocative essay - King's first nonfiction digital-only work - is available for 99 cents on Amazon. Whatever your stance on the issue, I encourage everyone to read the essay and get talking. January 23, 2013 Subterranean Press is now taking pre-orders for its limited edition of Doctor Sleep. Preorder today! January 11, 2013
 Issue #1242 of Entertainment Weekly (January 18, 2013) features a new interview with King on Doctor Sleep. It's a bit of a fluffy piece (and the story keeps trying to insist King has never written a sequel, equivocating on the Dark Tower stuff and flat-out ignoring The Talisman and Black House), but it's a neat article besides. Apparently there's an Easter egg involving 'Salem's Lot, which I'm particularly keen on. Read and enjoy!
January 02, 2013 In light of two brand-new publications of long-uncollected King stories, "Weeds" and "The Glass Floor," my new article on FEARnet.com looks at their elusive publication history: "Unearthing Buried Stephen King Stories". It was a fascinating article to research and I think you'll dig reading it. Remember, if you like it, hit "Like" on FEARnet. Thanks for reading! December 14, 2012 In his talk at UMass Lowell on December 7, King not only read from his new short story "Afterlife," but also teased about a new novel, tentatively titled Mr. Mercedes. See King discuss the new book here: A Conversation With Stephen King. It's the one titled, "Stephen King On Twilight, 50 Shades of Grey, Lovecraft and More." Ms. Mod from King's message board clarified both the printing schedule and the title:
Since there are already 2 books coming out in 2013, I wouldn't expect Mr. Mercedes (which is just the working title and is likely to be changed because Steve isn't happy with that one) to be out before at least 2014. Which is great news, because after Doctor Sleep, who really wants another salutatory title? By the by, the novel and the impetus behind it sound great, and I can't wait to dig in. It's greed, a little, but now that we know about Doctor Sleep and Joyland, I am all about info on ALL NEW STUFF! All right, that's the frosted side of me talking. Now back to journalistic integrity... (Many thanks to Justin Brooks for alerting me to this information!) December 10, 2012 At his appearance at UMass Lowell this weekend, Stephen King read the "world premier" of his new short story, "Afterlife." Here's a short clip!
Some facts about "Afterlife": 1. "Afterlife" started off as a comic book idea, following King's participation in Scott Snyder's and Rafael Alberquerque's American Vampire. Whether this prose version effectively stalls the story's future as a comic book remains to be seen. 2. Notice that William Andrews was born in Hemingford County, Nebraska. King also recently utilized Hemingford Home in his novella "1922" in Full Dark, No Stars. It's interesting that, after so long away from Mother Abagail's hometown (the 1990 version of The Stand was the last time we saw the place as a major locus until recently), King seems to have a vested interest. One wonders if it might be building to something big. 3. Currently, we have no knowledge of when "Afterlife" will be published, or how. But at this point, King has more than enough short works to justify a new collection, not to mention the upcoming publications of classic uncollected King stories "Weeds" (in Shivers 7 - which also includes my short story, "I Am Become Poe") and "The Glass Floor" (coming up in Cemetery Dance #68). A quick rundown of King's recent short-work publications:
Quite a lot to choose from, and we still don't know if he's written new stuff, or is interested in publishing the old stuff, or, you know, want "Squad D" all official yet. Let's hope so. November 27, 2012 My brand-new review of Jack Ketchum and Lucky McKee's unsettling I'm Not Sam, an unsettling look into the darkness buried in a loving marriage. Hit "Like" on FEARnet if you like the review! November 27, 2012 VeryFineBooks.com has done the world a great service: Stephen King Collector Guides offers a quick-look guide to Stephen King limited editions, first editions, "Red Leather Library Books," and a bunch more. It's a fantastic resource for King collectors and novices looking to get into the world of collecting. Check it out!
November 12, 2012 Today, Stephen King expert Bev Vincent announced his upcoming Dark Tower Companion, an "an all-new comprehensive guide to one of the most brilliantly constructed worlds in all of fiction." A follow-up to his well-received Road to the Dark Tower, this new Companion boasts
the ultimate compendium to King’s evolving magnum opus, presenting the mythology, history, and geography of this epic fantasy that has captivated generations of readers. Featuring interviews with Stephen King, Ron Howard, Dark Tower expert Robin Furth and others, Bev Vincent reveals The Dark Tower’s influential literary origins, examines its connections to the vast majority of King’s other novels, explores the expanded universe, catalogs the major characters, locations and concepts, and includes a travel guide to the story’s real-world locations, giving fans who have followed Roland’s journey—or those who are discovering it for the first time—a fascinating overview of the series and an inside look at the creative process of one of the world’s most popular authors. Also? There are maps. I'm officially excited. The Dark Tower Companion arrives next April! November 2, 2012 Brian James Freeman, co-author of The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book and The Illustrated Stephen King Movie Trivia Book is, like many folks who write on King, also a talented fiction writer. His novella, The Painted Darkness, recently arrived on the scene to much acclaim. Now, the audio version has made its way into the hearts (and ears) of readers and listeners everywhere. Check out my FEARnet.com review, "Brian J. Freeman's The Painted Darkness Captures the Strangeness of Youth", and remember to hit "Like" on the page if you enjoyed the review!
October 29, 2012 The speculation has proved out: The Shining is getting a major limited edition in anticipation of the much-anticipated Doctor Sleep! Today, King announced
Subterranean Press [The Green Mile, Stephen King Goes to the Movies] has announced they will publish Signed Limited Editions of The Shining in October 2013. The luxurious hardcovers will be published in three formats and will feature over 40 illustrations by acclaimed artist Dagmara Matuszak.Needless to say, this is extremely exciting. We've never had a limited edition of The Shining before, and it's about time this seminal work got the deluxe treatment. Subterranean's work on The Green Mile is some of the very best limited edition production design ever, which makes this news even more exciting. Sign up for their newsletter, and keep your eyes peeled here for more news! October 28, 2012 My brand-new review of Andrew J. Rausch's The Wit and Wisdom of Stephen King is now up on FEARnet.com! I really enjoy this book and I think fans of King (and quotations) will enjoy it, too. Take a look at the review, and hit "like" if you like it! Thank you so much! October 26, 2012
Nifty pop-culture website The A.V. Club today put out a list of columnists' scariest reading moments, and it's a fun list to read if you're at all into horror. Two King novels - The Shining and Pet Sematary - made it, as well as peripheral King stuff like Joe Hill's Locke & Key and someone's spooky recollection of an Archie comics story (you do know the connection between King and Archie, right?) It's a fun list, so check it out!
October 16, 2012 The 2013 Stephen King Desk Calendar is now available for purchase! It's a special "anniversary" edition, featuring essays celebrating 35 years of The Stand, 30 years of Christine and Pet Sematary, and, best of all, five years of Duma Key (the very first King Desk Calendar essay written by yours truly, Kevin Quigley). You can purchase the calendar through the Overlook Connection's Stephen King Catalog. If it's your first purchase with overlook, you can save 10% by using the code welcome10 when ordering! October 15, 2012 Well, this is just neat. With little notice, the King camp announced "The Little Green God of Agony" as an e-comic, exclusive to King's website, at this past weekend's New York ComicCon. This unprecedented project merges King's masterful short story with art by illustrator Dennis Colero. The press release:
“I have been a huge Stephen King fan for as long as I can remember,” explained Calero. “To be able to work on ANYTHING with him is an honor. And to make this announcement at New York Comic Con is icing on the cake!“ The first episode is out today, with new episodes appearing every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for the next eight weeks! It seems that, although we didn't get a winter novel this year, Stephen King has been plenty busy giving us new stuff, week after week! October 10, 2012
 One of the best stops for Stephen King (and all horror) books, magazines, and merchandise has always been The Overlook Connection (yo, Dave!) I remember those heady high school days when the Overlook catalog would arrive in the mail, and I'd leaf through to the Stephen King section and marvel at what was there. Well now, for the first time, the Overlook Connection's online presence has a dedicated Stephen King Catalog. There, you can find all manner of King stuff: books, short stories, essays, rare appearances, merchandise, magazines, and ephemera. Overlook rules and no fooling. Check them out now, and tell em Kev sent you! October 5, 2012 CHARNEL HOUSE, like everything, is now on Twitter! Click here for quick updates and all the news Charnel House sees fit to print! Thanks! October 5, 2012 Check out Brian James Freeman's interview with Lawrence Cohen, screenwriter of the movie Carrie and co-writer of the Broadway adaptation(s). I love the insider information about how the movie came to be, and how the musical has gained a cult status and revival acclaim. Really great interview! October 5, 2012 DoctorSleepBook.com is now live! From the site:
On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless—mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and tween Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the “steam” that children with the “shining” produce when they are slowly tortured to death.This just gets more and more exciting. 2013 is going to be a TERRIFIC year to be a Stephen King reader!
October 3, 2012 In Mint Condition: a fascinating new book coming in 2013 from Ambannon Books. This new collection of original fiction and art looks exciting. I've read fiction by some of the authors here before (notably Bob Ireland) and it's quite good, and some of these artists (like the awesome Glenn Chadbourne) are working professionally, as well. This is an awesome opportunity to catch some of these writers and artists in a unique, themed collection. The details:
Publisher: Ambannon Books Publishing Date: Early 2013 (date forthcoming) Table Of Contents:
1. “Mr. Scratch’s Murder Circus” by Jeremy Gooch “In Mint Condition” It is a phrase that has become very familiar to collectors. Whether you are a collector of fine books, antique watches, baseball cards, or comic books, you are always looking for something in mint condition. To be in mint condition, that special something must be of the highest quality. The best of the best. Taking that idea and running with it, Ambannon Books has collected the very best in brand new, never-before-seen short stories, creative nonfiction, poems, and artwork from the members of the leading Stephen King fansite on the internet, TheDarkTower.org. Join us on a journey through sixteen stories and poems of unspeakable horrors, inspirational bravery, alternate realities, and the dark side of things that seem so familiar, yet are simply waiting to consume you. In Mint Condition: 2013 will be released in two editions: A Trade Paperback Edition will be available for $9.99, and a Signed, Limited Hardcover Edition will be available for $49.99. The hardcover edition will be limited to 100 numbered copies only, will feature brand new dustjacket artwork, and will be signed by the editor. A portion of the proceeds from the Signed, Limited Hardcover Edition will be donated to the Haven Foundation in the name of TheDarkTower.org and Ambannon Books. The Haven Foundation gives financial assistance to provide temporary support needed to safeguard and sustain the careers of established freelance artists, writers and other members of the arts and art production communities who have suffered disabilities or experienced a career-threatening illness, accident, natural disaster or personal catastrophe. AmbannonBooks.com. The Signed, Limited Hardcover Edition is expected to sell out fast, so be sure you are among the first to reserve your specific number! September 26, 2012 HUGE Stephen King contest from Club Stephen King! From the Club: Stephen King turned 65, and the Club Stephen King will turn 20 in october : originally an organisation created in 1992 in France, the Club Stephen King is a website since 1999. The perfect occasion for celebrating Stephen King fans all around the world.Awesome! Check it out and win yourself some prizes! September 22, 2012 September 22, 2012 Rocky Wood's fantastic Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished (the revised edition with contributions by Stephen King himself) is now in paperback! And even better? Guys, I got a blurb on the cover:
 My first blurb ever! And for an awesome book! Go, buy it, and tell them Kev sent you! September 21, 2012 HAPPY 65th BIRTHDAY, STEPHEN KING! And many and many-a! September 20, 2012 Boom.
From Entertainment Weekly First Look:
Not only is King going retro with the setting of his upcoming novel, he’s also sticking to a tried-and-true format. “I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts,” he said in the press release. “I also loved the paperbacks I grew up with as a kid, and for that reason, we’re going to hold off on e-publishing this one for the time being. Joyland will be coming out in paperback, and folks who want to read it will have to buy the actual book.” Charles Ardai, editor of Hard Case Crime, promises a layered, genre-crossing story. “Joyland is a breathtaking, beautiful, heartbreaking book,” he said. “It’s a whodunit, it’s a carny novel, it’s a story about growing up and growing old, and about those who don’t get to do either because death comes for them before their time. Even the most hard-boiled readers will find themselves moved. When I finished it, I sent a note saying, ‘Goddamn it, Steve, you made me cry.’ ” This amazing cover is the work of Robert McGinnis (famous for movie posters like Breakfast At Tiffany's and Thunderball and pulp magazines like True Detective) and Glen Orbik (whose stellar cover art includes previous King novels The Colorado Kid, Blockade Billy, and the special 25th anniversary cover of It). This is fantastic stuff. Read more about Joyland at the Hard Case Crime website, and while you're there, pick up the James M. Cain lost masterpiece, The Cocktail Waitress. The last, newly discovered manuscript by the author of The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce, and Double Indemnity, The Cocktail Waitress is just terrific. If you're not reading Hard Case Crime, then you're missing out on the best crime fiction from the genre's glory days AND today. I promise you, I'm not a shill; I just really like these books! Follow both Hard Case Crime and publisher Charles Ardai on Twitter for the best updates on this spectacular publisher. Mark your calendars now if you haven't already: Joyland is coming this June!
September 19, 2012 Exciting news, Dark Tower fans! If you're one of the people who like waiting for the paperback, today is your lucky day! Well, actually, certain days in November and February are your lucky days. The Wind Through the Keyhole comes to trade paperback on November 6, 2012 ... and to mass-market paperback February 26, 2013! Added bonus: awesome new cover. King has been more selective about mass market paperbacks lately - Under the Dome simply didn't have one in America, and I'm not sure if we're going to get one for 11/22/63 - so this is really terrific news all around! September 18, 2012 Doctor Sleep has a release date ... and it's over a year away. Simon & Schuster and Hodder & Stoughton have confirmed that King's sequel to The Shining will be out on September 24, 2013. The original release date was scheduled for January; we now have a long, LONG wait until we get book-length work from King. Joyland, his new novel for Hard Case Crime, comes in June. Could this make way for a surprise book early in the year? A short fiction collection, maybe? We can hope ... and we can wait. September 17, 2012 Hey all! Check out my brand-new FEARnet.com review of Gary Raisor and Jeff Austin's Empty Places, a terrifically elegiac graphic novella. Remember: hit "Like" on FEARnet if you like the review! THE NEWS I'VE BEEN WAITING TO TELL YOU. Cemetery Dance just announced Shivers VII, a brand-new short story collection featuring work by Clive Barker, Ed Gorman, Stephen King ... and ME.
That's right, kids: Shivers VII marks the first time I will have fiction IN PRINT. My short story, "I am Become Poe," was selected by Cemetery Dance to share space with luminaries of the horror field, and I couldn't be more humbled and thrilled to be in the presence of such important, fantastic writers. Also, Stephen King's short story "Weeds" (the basis for the Creepshow adaptation, "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill") marks its first appearance in a book. Other than two appearances in periodicals (Cavalier [1976] and Nugget [1979]), "Weeds" has never seen print in book form, so this is a fairly momentous occasion for King fans! Here's the full table of contents:
"The Departed" by Clive Barker You can pre-order your trade paperback, hardcover, or SIGNED AND TRAYCASED LETTERED EDITION (boom) here. My fiction! In a book! Hooray!
September 1, 2012 Please check out my review of Stephen King's deeply affecting new short story, "Batman & Robin Have an Altercation" on FEARnet.com. The title seems silly, but trust me, you're going to love this thing. Please click "like" on the FEARnet.com site if you like the review! August 28, 2012 Hey folks! Please check out my FEARnet.com review of Stephen King and Stewart O'Nan's "Face In the Crowd," the brand-new ebook! Please "like" it if you like it! Thanks!
August 28, 2012 Good news for those who missed out on this summer's powerful Esquire two-parter by Stephen King & Joe Hill: "In the Tall Grass" is coming to ebook on October 9th! It's a terrifically scary/gut-churning little tale that I recently reviewed in two parts for FEARnet.com. (Part 1 & Part 2). Leagues different from the previous King/Hill collaboration, "Throttle," this one starts off disturbing and then goes on to deliberately haunt your nightmares. It's AWESOME! Read it in full on October 9! August 24, 2012 Full review to come, but guys? "Batman and Robin Have an Altercation" might be one of Stephen King's best stories ever. Go out, buy Harper's, and read this. Wow. August 20, 2012 In yet another surprise move, King has released a brand-new short story titled "Batman and Robin Have an Altercation," the latest in a long line of Stories With Weird Titles ("Herman Wouk Is Still Alive" and "That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is In French" among them). It's in the latest issue of Harper's Magazine; currently, only subscribers have access, but it should be out in stores this week. Further news as this develops! August 14, 2012 This. Is. IT! While I - your humble webmaster and King expert, Kevin Quigley - was recently superhumanly overexcited about the fact that I had an essay in the upcoming Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book, this news goes WAY beyond that. A WHOLE book, in hardcover, paperback, and deluxe editions, co-written by yours truly right here.
 The STEPHEN KING ILLUSTRATED MOVIE TRIVIA BOOK is coming this fall from the good people at Cemetery Dance. Co-authored by Brian James Freeman (The Illustrated SK Trivia Book), Hans-Ake Lilja (Lilja's Library), and Kevin Quigley (Charnel House, Chart of Darkness, This Terrestrial Hell)
features more than 1,000 questions to test your knowledge of the movies, miniseries, and television episodes based on ideas conjured from the imagination of the King of Horror, along with more than 50 special illustration-based questions from Cemetery Dance favorite artist Glenn Chadbourne! As a bonus, there's a huge big special offer that's available just this week:
Anyone who preorders any edition of this book through the Cemetery Dance website during the FIRST WEEK of preorders can also qualify for a FREE SIGNED LIMITED EDITION Glenn Chadbourne art print that will be signed by the artist.
 This book is YEARS in the making. Guys, I watched Stephen King movies for MONTHS to make this book a reality. Studied them. Rejoiced in some, suffered through others. Don't make me have had to watch every single Children of the Corn film in vain! Check out the pre-order page on Cemetery Dance, and snag yourself a copy today! You can also listen to me and Lilja talking about the book on the awesome Lilja & Lou Podcast. Check out Lilja & Lou's interview with me, and stick around for some rocktastic King discussion!
 August 05, 2012
 Check out my BRAND-NEW review of Peter Straub's upcoming novella, The Buffalo Hunter, coming this fall from Cemetery Dance. And don't forget: please hit "Like" if you like it! Thanks! August 03, 2012 You can now pre-order "A Face In the Crowd" on iTunes. The new story by Stephen King and Faithful collaborator Stewart O'Nan will be 50 pages long, give or take depending on your choice of font size. Coming August 21st! July 31, 2012 Breaking! Coming THIS FALL: The Revised & Expanded Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book from Cemetery Dance!
The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book by Brian James Freeman and Bev Vincent includes material right up through The Wind Through the Keyhole and no Stephen King collection will be complete without it! Emphasis mine. That's right, kids, not only is this revised and expanded edition super current and even more awesome than the first edition, it also features a BRAND-NEW ESSAY by ME! It's called "Trivial Matters" and it's never been published before, anywhere. This marks my very first appearance in hardcover, so I'm unreasonably excited. That's reason enough to get this book, if you really think about it. Cemetery Dance is releasing The Illustrated Stephen King Trivia Book in two states:
Folks, this book is awesome, honestly. The new material is fantastic, the new illustrations are kick-ass, and don't forget that afterword. Pre-order your copy HERE!
July 24, 2012 BRAND NEW STORY coming from Stephen King and previous nonfiction collaborator Stewart O'Nan (Faithful). From the press release:
Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn’t be at the ballgame, shouldn’t be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers’s past, all of them occupying that seat behind home plate. Until one day Dean Evers sees someone even eerier... No word on the length (whether it's closer to a short story or a novella). What we do know is that it will be published exclusively as an ebook and audiobook (read by Craig Wasson, [11/22/63]). More details to come. For more information, visit Stephen King's official site! What a treat! July 12, 2012 My brand-spanking new review of "In the Tall Grass, Part 2" is now up on FEARnet.com!!! Please be sure to hit "LIKE" if you like it, and spread the word!
July 9, 2012 The conclusion to the Stephen King/Joe Hill short story, "In the Tall Grass" is NOW OUT in this month's Esquire magazine. The first half was creepy enough, but as Esquire promises on its cover: "Now it gets WEIRD." Pick up your copy today; it's the bright yellow issue with Jeremy Renner on the cover. Full review to come! Thanks to Justin Brooks for the heads-up! June 26, 2012 New King story coming in July! Ms. Mod, from King's official message board, posted news of a new short story coming next month:
She clarified that it is NOT the second half of "In the Tall Grass":
King has really been cranking out the short stories lately, and I say yay! Earlier this year, I wrote an article called "Collection Time for Stephen King: An Observation", discussing his recent fiction and trying to decide what might be in a new anthology. Check it out and muse along with me as we wait out Part 2 of "In the Tall Grass" and this new story we know nothing about yet! Thanks to Justin Brooks for the heads-up! June 14, 2012 TWO BRAND-NEW BOOKS BY KEVIN QUIGLEY Hey folks, it's me, Kevin Quigley, your humble owner and showrunner of Charnel House. For years, I've been bringing you information about Stephen King, on this site, over at FEARnet, and through my many books for Cemetery Dance. Now, it's time for my say. Today, Cemetery Dance released two brand-new books by me, and I'd love for you to check them out. SURF'S UP 
Kevin Quigley’s new collection of poetry examines the dark crossroads where love and terror intersect. Otherworldly horrors pervade in "Fissure" and "Men With Tails" as maniac narrators hold court in "Meat Dumpster," "Scum Grinder," and "Exodus." Brutality lies at the center of "Slop Hovel" and "Pulling Teeth," while other kinds of pain comprise the wistful sketches "The Last Phone Booth in L.A." and "Thyme." The whimsy of "Danish Nation" and "Christine Again" can only hold the brightness for so long before the depths of human depravity in "Turpentine." THIS TERRESTRIAL HELL
 A young girl dangles her feet high above a fathomless pool filled with dead things. A murderous carny worker falls victim to a ringleader’s diabolical experiments. And a half-lit basement, where the tools of a maniac’s extreme weight-loss program are a cage, a knife Ö and a wet/dry vacuum. If you're comfortable manually loading ePub or Mobi files onto your reader/app, you can purchase both versions of this eBook in a single download through Cemetery Dance's online store. They have a whole FAQ about it. You can also get the books for Kindle on Amazon:
Folks, thank you so much for reading this site and my books on King all these years. I would really appreciate you spreading the word about these new books, and checking them out yourselves. Thanks, and have an awesome day! |
