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I loved Revival but I'm a huge fan of the Lovecraft mythology as well as Frankenstein
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I really haven't met a King book I haven't liked.
The only King book I couldn't finish was The Girl who Loved Tom Gordon
Update on The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Posted: March 18, 2015, 13:31:58
Section: Book » The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
The Guardian has published an article about the upcoming The Bazaar of Bad Dreams and King’s editor at Hodder & Stoughton, Philippa Pride, gives us some updates on the book.
- It will be published on 3 November 2015
- It will Contain 20 short stories by King (a mix of new writing and work already collected in magazines)
- There will be introductions to each story by King in which he will provide “autobiographical comments on when, why and how he came to write it”, as well as “the origins and motivation of each story”.
Confirmed stories are:
- A Death
- Drunken Fireworks
- UR (revised)
- Bad Little Kid
Descriptions of others:
- “a man who keeps reliving the same life, repeating the same mistakes over and over again”
- “a columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries”
- “a poignant tale about the end of the human race”
Read the full article here.
“Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. The best of them have teeth.”
- Stephen King on the stories in The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Posted: March 18, 2015, 13:31:58
Section: Book » The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
The Guardian has published an article about the upcoming The Bazaar of Bad Dreams and King’s editor at Hodder & Stoughton, Philippa Pride, gives us some updates on the book.
- It will be published on 3 November 2015
- It will Contain 20 short stories by King (a mix of new writing and work already collected in magazines)
- There will be introductions to each story by King in which he will provide “autobiographical comments on when, why and how he came to write it”, as well as “the origins and motivation of each story”.
Confirmed stories are:
- A Death
- Drunken Fireworks
- UR (revised)
- Bad Little Kid
Descriptions of others:
- “a man who keeps reliving the same life, repeating the same mistakes over and over again”
- “a columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries”
- “a poignant tale about the end of the human race”
Read the full article here.
“Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. The best of them have teeth.”
- Stephen King on the stories in The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Hardcover Edition of Joyland Announced
Posted: March 18, 2015, 15:24:08
Section: Book » Joyland
STEPHEN KING’S JOYLAND
COMING IN NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION
Hardcover Edition from Hard Case Crime to Feature Never-Before-Seen Art by Glen Orbik, Robert McGinnis, Mark Summers and Pat Kinsella.
Hard Case Crime, the award-winning line of pulp-styled crime novels from editor Charles Ardai and publisher Titan Books, announced today that in September 2015 they will publish a new illustrated hardcover edition of their bestselling title of all time, Stephen King’s JOYLAND. The acclaimed coming-of-age story set in a possibly haunted small-town amusement park spent more than 25 weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller List in paperback and ebook format. Aside from certain extremely limited editions for collectors, however, no hardcover edition of the book has ever been published.
The new edition will feature a brand new cover painting by popular Hard Case Crime artist Glen Orbik, whose other covers for the series include books by Gore Vidal and Michael Crichton; a map of the Joyland amusement park illustrated in the classic ‘mapback’ style by Susan Hunt Yule; and more than twenty interior illustrations by acclaimed artists Robert McGinnis, Mark Summers and Pat Kinsella.
Posted: March 18, 2015, 15:24:08
Section: Book » Joyland
STEPHEN KING’S JOYLAND
COMING IN NEW ILLUSTRATED EDITION
Hardcover Edition from Hard Case Crime to Feature Never-Before-Seen Art by Glen Orbik, Robert McGinnis, Mark Summers and Pat Kinsella.
Hard Case Crime, the award-winning line of pulp-styled crime novels from editor Charles Ardai and publisher Titan Books, announced today that in September 2015 they will publish a new illustrated hardcover edition of their bestselling title of all time, Stephen King’s JOYLAND. The acclaimed coming-of-age story set in a possibly haunted small-town amusement park spent more than 25 weeks on the New York Times Best-Seller List in paperback and ebook format. Aside from certain extremely limited editions for collectors, however, no hardcover edition of the book has ever been published.
The new edition will feature a brand new cover painting by popular Hard Case Crime artist Glen Orbik, whose other covers for the series include books by Gore Vidal and Michael Crichton; a map of the Joyland amusement park illustrated in the classic ‘mapback’ style by Susan Hunt Yule; and more than twenty interior illustrations by acclaimed artists Robert McGinnis, Mark Summers and Pat Kinsella.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams info From Hodder
Posted: March 26, 2015, 20:04:12
Section: Book » The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Hodder & Stoughton sent out this info about The Bazaar of Bad Dreams today.
A new collection of stories from Stephen King
Coming November 2015
Hodder and Stoughton is delighted to announce that they will publish Stephen King's new book The Bazaar of Bad Dreams on 3 November 2015. It will be released as a hardback, trade paperback for Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, eBook and audio digital download.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams is a thrilling collection of twenty stories – some brand new, some published in magazines, all entirely brilliant and assembled in one book for the first time – with a wonderful bonus: in addition to his introduction to the whole collection, King gives readers a fascinating introduction to each story with autobiographical comments on their origins and motivation. This will delight all his readers including those who loved his insight into the craft of writing in his non-fiction title On Writing.
Stephen King is the master of the short story form – the No. 1 bestselling writer has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of novellas and short story fiction since his first collection Night Shift was published 35 years ago. He describes the nature of the form in his introduction to the book: ‘There's something to be said for a shorter, more intense experience. It can be invigorating, sometimes even shocking, like a waltz with a stranger you will never see again, or a kiss in the dark, or a beautiful curio for sale laid out on a cheap blanket at a street bazaar.’
And indeed in this collection there is a curio for every reader – a man who keeps reliving the same life, repeating the same mistakes over and over again, a columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries, a poignant tale about the end of the human race and a firework competition between neighbours which reaches and explosive climax. This latter, excitingly, will be launched initially as an audio-only edition – find out more here.
‘I made them especially for you’, says King to his Constant Reader. ‘Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. The best of them have teeth.'
Posted: March 26, 2015, 20:04:12
Section: Book » The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Hodder & Stoughton sent out this info about The Bazaar of Bad Dreams today.
A new collection of stories from Stephen King
Coming November 2015
Hodder and Stoughton is delighted to announce that they will publish Stephen King's new book The Bazaar of Bad Dreams on 3 November 2015. It will be released as a hardback, trade paperback for Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, eBook and audio digital download.
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams is a thrilling collection of twenty stories – some brand new, some published in magazines, all entirely brilliant and assembled in one book for the first time – with a wonderful bonus: in addition to his introduction to the whole collection, King gives readers a fascinating introduction to each story with autobiographical comments on their origins and motivation. This will delight all his readers including those who loved his insight into the craft of writing in his non-fiction title On Writing.
Stephen King is the master of the short story form – the No. 1 bestselling writer has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of novellas and short story fiction since his first collection Night Shift was published 35 years ago. He describes the nature of the form in his introduction to the book: ‘There's something to be said for a shorter, more intense experience. It can be invigorating, sometimes even shocking, like a waltz with a stranger you will never see again, or a kiss in the dark, or a beautiful curio for sale laid out on a cheap blanket at a street bazaar.’
And indeed in this collection there is a curio for every reader – a man who keeps reliving the same life, repeating the same mistakes over and over again, a columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries, a poignant tale about the end of the human race and a firework competition between neighbours which reaches and explosive climax. This latter, excitingly, will be launched initially as an audio-only edition – find out more here.
‘I made them especially for you’, says King to his Constant Reader. ‘Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. The best of them have teeth.'
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Looking forward to it. 
4 New Stories Confirmed for Bazaar
Posted: March 30, 2015, 16:25:02
Section: Book » The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Today Simon & Schuster posted some new info about The Bazaar of Bad Dreams and also gave us 4 new titles. That makes it 8 known titles so far.
- Afterlife (previously published in Tim House #56, 2013)
- Obits (New)
- The Dune (previously published in Granta #117, 2011)
- Morality (previously published in Esquire July issue, 2009 and Blockade Billy, 2010)
- UR (previously published as a standalone eBook and an audiobook)
- Drunken Firework (will be published as audiobook June 30, 2015)
- Bad Little Kid (previously published as a standalone eBook in France and Germany in respective language)
- A Death (previously published this year in The New Yorker)
Unpublished Stories = 1
Published Stories = 7
Unknown Stories = 12
A master storyteller at his best—the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each story.
Since his first collection, Nightshift, published thirty-five years ago, Stephen King has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of short fiction. In this new collection he assembles, for the first time, recent stories that have never been published in a book. He introduces each with a passage about its origins or his motivations for writing it.
There are thrilling connections between stories; themes of morality, the afterlife, guilt, what we would do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past. “Afterlife” is about a man who died of colon cancer and keeps reliving the same life, repeating his mistakes over and over again. Several stories feature characters at the end of life, revisiting their crimes and misdemeanors. Other stories address what happens when someone discovers that he has supernatural powers—the columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries in “Obits;” the old judge in “The Dune” who, as a boy, canoed to a deserted island and saw names written in the sand, the names of people who then died in freak accidents. In “Morality,” King looks at how a marriage and two lives fall apart after the wife and husband enter into what seems, at first, a devil’s pact they can win.
Magnificent, eerie, utterly compelling, these stories comprise one of King’s finest gifts to his constant reader—“I made them especially for you,” says King. “Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. The best of them have teeth.”
Posted: March 30, 2015, 16:25:02
Section: Book » The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Today Simon & Schuster posted some new info about The Bazaar of Bad Dreams and also gave us 4 new titles. That makes it 8 known titles so far.
- Afterlife (previously published in Tim House #56, 2013)
- Obits (New)
- The Dune (previously published in Granta #117, 2011)
- Morality (previously published in Esquire July issue, 2009 and Blockade Billy, 2010)
- UR (previously published as a standalone eBook and an audiobook)
- Drunken Firework (will be published as audiobook June 30, 2015)
- Bad Little Kid (previously published as a standalone eBook in France and Germany in respective language)
- A Death (previously published this year in The New Yorker)
Unpublished Stories = 1
Published Stories = 7
Unknown Stories = 12
A master storyteller at his best—the O. Henry Prize winner Stephen King delivers a generous collection of stories, several of them brand-new, featuring revelatory autobiographical comments on when, why, and how he came to write (or rewrite) each story.
Since his first collection, Nightshift, published thirty-five years ago, Stephen King has dazzled readers with his genius as a writer of short fiction. In this new collection he assembles, for the first time, recent stories that have never been published in a book. He introduces each with a passage about its origins or his motivations for writing it.
There are thrilling connections between stories; themes of morality, the afterlife, guilt, what we would do differently if we could see into the future or correct the mistakes of the past. “Afterlife” is about a man who died of colon cancer and keeps reliving the same life, repeating his mistakes over and over again. Several stories feature characters at the end of life, revisiting their crimes and misdemeanors. Other stories address what happens when someone discovers that he has supernatural powers—the columnist who kills people by writing their obituaries in “Obits;” the old judge in “The Dune” who, as a boy, canoed to a deserted island and saw names written in the sand, the names of people who then died in freak accidents. In “Morality,” King looks at how a marriage and two lives fall apart after the wife and husband enter into what seems, at first, a devil’s pact they can win.
Magnificent, eerie, utterly compelling, these stories comprise one of King’s finest gifts to his constant reader—“I made them especially for you,” says King. “Feel free to examine them, but please be careful. The best of them have teeth.”
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Yes! Another short story collection. 
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Has his poem "The Bone Church" been anthologized? I have regrettably fallen behind on his work. Also, I ordered the hardcover of Joyland.
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Has there been any word on the possibility of a Dark Tower movie series?
Full list of stories for The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Posted: April 20, 2015, 15:56:10
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Here is the full list of stories in The Bazaar of Bad Dreams:
Author’s note
Introduction
1. Mile 81 – Scribner e.
2. Premium Harmony – 2009 New Yorker
3. Batman and Robin Have an Altercation – Harpers 2012
4. The Dune – Granta 2011
5. Bad Little Kid – New; Serial
6. A Death
7. The Bone Church – poem
8. Morality – Esquire 2009
9. Afterlife – Tin House 2013
10. Ur – 2009 Amazon e.
11. Herman Wouk is Still Alive – The Atlantic 2011
12. Under the Weather – Mass Market FDNS
13. Blockade Billy – Scribner e.
14. Mister Yummy – New; Serial
15. Tommy – Playboy poetry
16. The Little Green God of Agony – A Book of Horrors 2011
17. That Bus is Another World - Esquire
18. Obits – New; Serial
19. Drunken Fireworks
20. Summer Thunder – Cemetery Dance 2013
Posted: April 20, 2015, 15:56:10
Section: Book » The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Here is the full list of stories in The Bazaar of Bad Dreams:
Author’s note
Introduction
1. Mile 81 – Scribner e.
2. Premium Harmony – 2009 New Yorker
3. Batman and Robin Have an Altercation – Harpers 2012
4. The Dune – Granta 2011
5. Bad Little Kid – New; Serial
6. A Death
7. The Bone Church – poem
8. Morality – Esquire 2009
9. Afterlife – Tin House 2013
10. Ur – 2009 Amazon e.
11. Herman Wouk is Still Alive – The Atlantic 2011
12. Under the Weather – Mass Market FDNS
13. Blockade Billy – Scribner e.
14. Mister Yummy – New; Serial
15. Tommy – Playboy poetry
16. The Little Green God of Agony – A Book of Horrors 2011
17. That Bus is Another World - Esquire
18. Obits – New; Serial
19. Drunken Fireworks
20. Summer Thunder – Cemetery Dance 2013
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Got some repeats in there -- I already have Ur and Mile 81. Blockade Billy. Huh.
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Very curious about #3 now.
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I think that there's some Low Men in Ur...so there's a Dark Tower connection.
How would you all like to see the taheen done in life action? I think something like the satyr in Pan's Labyrinth and the puppetry of The Dark Crystal's vulture-people could give them a creepy, inhuman feel.
How would you all like to see the taheen done in life action? I think something like the satyr in Pan's Labyrinth and the puppetry of The Dark Crystal's vulture-people could give them a creepy, inhuman feel.
The Suicide Prince
Posted: April 22, 2015, 15:34:28
Section: Book » The Suicide Prince (The Bill Hodges Trilogy #3)
The big scoop yesterday at the event at St. Francis College was that the working title of the third book in the Bill Hodges Trilogy is The Suicide Prince.
Posted: April 22, 2015, 15:34:28
Section: Book » The Suicide Prince (The Bill Hodges Trilogy #3)
The big scoop yesterday at the event at St. Francis College was that the working title of the third book in the Bill Hodges Trilogy is The Suicide Prince.
Stephen King wins Edgar award for killer thriller Mr Mercedes
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/30/stephen-king-wins-edgar-award-for-mr-mercedes
http://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/30/stephen-king-wins-edgar-award-for-mr-mercedes
First Piece of Bazaar Cover
Posted: May 1, 2015, 22:59:18
Section: Book » The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Throughout May, the cover artwork for Bazzar of Bad Dreams will be revealed on the following dates:
May 1st, 8th, 12th, 15th, and 22nd. Look for a new piece at 3pm EDT on those dates. Here is the first piece.
Posted: May 1, 2015, 22:59:18
Section: Book » The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Throughout May, the cover artwork for Bazzar of Bad Dreams will be revealed on the following dates:
May 1st, 8th, 12th, 15th, and 22nd. Look for a new piece at 3pm EDT on those dates. Here is the first piece.
2nd Version of The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Cover
Posted: May 8, 2015, 21:31:34
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Here is the second version of the cover for The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
Posted: May 8, 2015, 21:31:34
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Here is the second version of the cover for The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
3rd Version of Bazaar of Bad Dreams Cover
Posted: May 12, 2015, 23:32:10
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Here is the third version of the cover for The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
Posted: May 12, 2015, 23:32:10
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Here is the third version of the cover for The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
4th Version of The Bazaar of Bad Dreams Cover
Posted: May 16, 2015, 01:05:01
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Here is the 4th version of the cover for The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
Posted: May 16, 2015, 01:05:01
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Here is the 4th version of the cover for The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
Full Cover for The Bazaar of Bad Dreams
Posted: May 22, 2015, 23:39:14
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Here is the final US cover for The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
Posted: May 22, 2015, 23:39:14
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Here is the final US cover for The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
King Done With 1st Draft of The Suicide Prince
Posted: June 9, 2015, 00:40:59
Section: Book » The Suicide Prince (The Bill Hodges Trilogy #3)
According to the moderator on King’s messageboard King has finished the first draft of The Suicide Prince and is now working on something new.
Posted: June 9, 2015, 00:40:59
Section: Book » The Suicide Prince (The Bill Hodges Trilogy #3)
According to the moderator on King’s messageboard King has finished the first draft of The Suicide Prince and is now working on something new.
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I don't understand how anybody could write this fast.
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He must have a very active mind. Dean Koontz cranks out a lot of books as well.
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