The Stephen King Thread - Part 2

Time To Order!​

Posted: March 18, 2025, 10:16
Sections: Book » Never Flinch, General news » Joe Hill, General news » Owen King
Time to order 2025's most exciting books! Links below.

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Stephen King:
Never Flinch (May 27)
Hansel & Gretel (September 2)

Joe Hill:
Jackknife (April 15)
King Sorrow (October 21)

Owen King
Letter Slot (April 15)

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I wonder if that’ll be next year’s release or if he’s got something else to hit us with first. I never really know how quickly his books go to print once he’s finished them off.
 
I'm just happy they are still coming along regularly. I've enjoyed them all. :)
 

King To Narrate Audio Edition Of Hansel And Gretel​

Posted: July 10, 2025, 22:40
Section: Book » Hansel & Gretel
HarperCollins Publishers announced today that King will narrate the digital audio edition of the picture book Hansel and Gretel, a reimagining of the Brothers Grimm fairytale, retold by Stephen King, with artwork by Maurice Sendak, the Caldecott Medal–winning creator of Where the Wild Things Are. HANSEL AND GRETEL Unabridged Audio Edition will be available for download in the U.S. and Canada from HarperCollins Audio and in the United Kingdom by Hodder Children’s Books, part of Hachette Children’s Group, on September 2, 2025.

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Hansel and Gretel brings together two creative legends, each unparalleled in their genius and influence, shaping the literary landscape for kids and adults alike for more than sixty years. In this audio edition, Stephen King brings his signature voice to the classic fairytale of two brave children lost in an eerie and dangerous forest. In the tradition of all the best classic fairy tales, which are meant to be enjoyed aloud, this captivating audiobook makes the perfect gift for fans of King, Sendak, and Grimm fairytales.

“Stephen King's reading of Hansel and Gretel is captivating and thrilling, bringing new depth to this classic tale,” said Lynn Caponera, executive director of The Maurice Sendak Foundation.

In a 1997 behind-the-scenes interview with the producer of the Hansel and Gretel opera, Maurice Sendak said, “‘Hansel and Gretel’ is the most profound of all Grimm fairy tales. Generally speaking, most of Grimm is about heroic children. Hansel and Gretel are the most heroic of them all. . . . It’s the toughest story in the world and people are afraid of it, yet it’s famous because it’s so truthful.” (The Art of Maurice Sendak: 1980 to the Present by Tony Kushner)

“When I was asked if I might be interested in writing a new interpretation of ‘Hansel and Gretel,’ bending it to fit (loosely) with set and costume designs Maurice Sendak had created for the Humperdinck opera of the story, I was interested,” said Stephen King. “When I saw the pictures themselves, I resolved to give it a try. Two of his pictures in particular spoke to me: One was of the wicked witch on her broom with a bag of kidnapped children riding behind her; the other was of the infamous candy house becoming a terrible face. I thought, This is what the house really looks like, a devil sick with sin, and it only shows that face when the kids turn their backs. I wanted to write that! To me, it was the essence of this story and, really, all fairy tales: a sunny exterior, a dark and terrible center, brave and resourceful children. In a way, I have been writing about kids like Hansel and Gretel for much of my life.”

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Physical Copy Of The End Times​

Posted: August 26, 2025, 16:00
Section: Book » The End Times
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Did you order a digital version (or not at all) of The End Times and want a physical copy? Now is your chance...if you live in the US.

You can order here and if you have already ordered a digital copy you should have gotten an email with a code giving you a discount on the physical edition.



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New Interview With King​

Posted: September 1, 2025, 08:18
Section: Book » The Talisman 3
Here is a new interview with King in which he speaks about his fear of dementia (no he doesn’t have it), having finished The Talisman 3 and is now on a temporary work halt.

In some areas the interview is behind a paywall but not all so check it out if you can here.

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Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King​

Posted: September 3, 2025, 08:59
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What seems to be a very interesting look into early King and how he worked is being published by Hodder & Stoughton on April 21 next year. I’m talking about the book Monsters in the Archives: My Year of Fear with Stephen King by Caroline Bicks.

Pre-order your copy now:
From Amazon.co.uk
From Amazon.com

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After Caroline Bicks was named the University of Maine’s inaugural Stephen E. King Chair in Literature, she became the first scholar to be granted extended access by King to his private archives, a treasure trove of manuscripts that document the legendary writer’s creative process – most of them never before studied or published. The year she spent exploring King’s early drafts and hand-written revisions was guided by one question millions of King’s enthralled and terrified readers (including her) have asked themselves: What makes Stephen King’s writing stick in our heads and haunt us long after we’ve closed the book?

Bicks focuses on five of his most iconic early works – The Shining, Carrie, Pet Sematary, ‘Salem’s Lot, and Night Shift – to reveal how he crafted his language, storylines, and characters to cast his enduring literary spells. While tracking King’s margin notes and editorial changes, she discovered scenes and alternative endings that never made it to print, but that King is allowing her to publish now. The book also includes interviews Bicks had with King along the way that reveal new insights into his writing process and personal history.

Part literary master class, part biography, part memoir and investigation into our deepest anxieties, Monsters in the Archives – authorized by Stephen King himself – is unlike anything ever published about the master of horror. It chronicles what Bicks found when she set out to unearth how King crafted some of his scariest, most iconic moments. But it’s also a story about a grown-up English professor facing her childhood fears and getting to know the man whose monsters helped unleash them.
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Philippa Pride, Stephen King’s British editor, says: ‘This is a fascinating and unique exploration of King’s work – authorised by Stephen King himself – by Shakespearian scholar Caroline Bicks. It offers new insights into the creative and personal world of Stephen King, which will appeal not only to those fans who devoured King’s book On Writing, but also to those who are fascinated by the writing process.’

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Velshi Banned Book Club: a Conversation with the Great Stephen King

There are few authors with as much influence as Stephen King. King’s writing, from imagery to phrases, is deeply entrenched in American culture: “It” and Pennywise cemented the killer clown, “Carrie” defined high school suffering, “The Shining” crystallized haunted hotels, “The Shawshank...
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Richard Bachman Connection In The End Times​

Posted: October 4, 2025, 00:40
Section: Book » The End Times
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Interesting news about the upcoming The End Times. I have heard that…

King's Constant readers will be excited to learn that King's contributions will have an interesting connection with Richard Bachman.
There are still physical editions left but get them fast, no way of telling how long they will last. Get the physical edition here.

If you rather get a digital edition you can get that here.



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Loads Of Updates From Joe Hill​

Posted: October 12, 2025, 17:30
Section: General news » Joe Hill
Joe Hill just did a great interview with The Loser’s Club and quite a lot of news and interesting info was revealed.

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Joe revealed that the first story his dad wrote for him was called something like Joe and Naomi in the Fart Cookies of Death. My guess is that it was The King Family and the Wicked Witch that involves a witch that begins farting so explosively that she blows herself to the moon. The first real Stephen King book he read was IT and that he read it in manuscript form that was about 200 pages longer than the finished book.

As for Joe’s upcoming publication there are a lot to look forward to. Besides King Sorrow who was called both Coil and Serpentine in early stages Joe revealed that a limited edition of the book will be out in 2 volumes from PS Publishing in the future and in that edition, he hopes to be able to include a major subplot with Donovan McBride that he cut from the original version of the book.

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He also confirmed that his next book will be called Hunger and revealed that it will be out in October 2026 if everything goes as planned. b>Hunger is a historical ghost novel taking place in the 18th century and he’s been doing research for it for the last 7 years.

And as if that isn’t enough, he has two more books that he is working on as well as a finished novella that probably will be released as an illustrated stand-alone book. Joe has also written a screenplay based on that same novella.

And, to make things even better Joe reveals that the plan for the next 10 years is to release 1 book and 1 screenplay a year for the next 10 years. This means we will have a lot more to read from Joe up until 2035, at least.

Check out the entire interview over at The Loser’s Club podcast. It’s really worth a listening.

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Joe Hill is just as good as his dad.:)
 

Talisman 3, One More Holly Book And Then…​

Posted: October 16, 2025, 00:48
Sections: Book » The Talisman 3, Book » New Holly Book
In an interview with USA Today King says he has two more books he wants to write and then we’ll have to wait and see what happens…

I’m trying to clear my desk as much as I can. At my age, you're off the warranty. You can't take anything for granted.
King is planning one more book starring Gibney that he hopes to write this winter.

I love Holly. Right now I am rereading The Outside’ because I have a way into this last Holly book so I need to refresh myself with that.
Before that he has to finish the third Talisman book. King says that at the end of Black House it was made “pretty clear” that the world of the Territories, is also the Mid-World of his Dark Tower books and that he plans to “button up” both series with the new tome. Straub had given King some ideas for their third book before his death in 2022.

I kept putting it off when Peter was alive. Peter had stuff to do, too. I mean, it wasn't all on me. But I would say, ‘Well, this time, this time…’ and time ran out for Peter. That made me feel really bad.
King also reveals that he wants to take some time off while he’s still healthy.

You can't guarantee anything once you get past the age of 75, 76. So you've got to be a little bit careful. Anything can happen to anybody. I got hit by a car while I was in my prime, so to speak. I might have another 10, 15 years, but you can't count on it, that's all.
In a recent interview about his new novel King Sorrow his son Joe Hill admitted he wants to be a “book-a-year guy” like King.

He’s a force, man. My dad (sneezes) and then he pulls out the tissue and goes, ‘Oh wow. Look, there's a novel there.’
King’s explanation:

The thing is, I try to entertain myself. I sit down like at quarter of 6 in the morning before anybody's up, and before my wife's having her first cup of coffee and she's in another part of the house. I really enjoy those three or four hours where I can play in a kind of a fantasy world. It's kind of nice.
But don’t worry. King’s not retiring tomorrow, if ever.

I’m a busy guy. However, I’d like to stop before I start to drivel. Like, repeat myself. I feel like I've still got a little more space to explore, but I have to watch out and not become a bore. I hate that idea, of being a boring person. I'd like to still surprise people a little bit.
Words we have heard before…

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