{"id":5968,"date":"2015-05-13T14:53:25","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T18:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/?p=5968"},"modified":"2016-07-12T11:50:21","modified_gmt":"2016-07-12T17:50:21","slug":"stephen-king-news-from-the-dead-zone-178","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cemeterydance.com\/extras\/stephen-king-news-from-the-dead-zone-178\/","title":{"rendered":"Stephen King: News from the Dead Zone #178"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Next up from Stephen King is Finders Keepers<\/em>, which will be out on June 2. There’s an excerpt in the May 15 issue of\u00a0Entertainment Weekly (<\/em>also online<\/a>)<\/em>. Scribner and King’s office are running a contest\u00a0for a signed copy of the book<\/a>, as well as audio and hardcover editions. The early reviews (you can read Publishers Weekly, Kirkus, Library Journal and Booklist reviews<\/a> here) have been very good.\u00a0Stay tuned for my review very soon.<\/p>\n

At a recent event, King said he was hard at work on the third volume in the series, which has the working title The Suicide Prince<\/em>. The previous book, Mr. Mercedes<\/em>, won the Edgar Award for best novel.\u00a0King was present to accept it, as he was also at the banquet to present the Ellery Queen Award to Charles Ardai, editor and founder, Hard Case Crime.<\/p>\n

On November 3, we’ll get King’s next collection, The Bazaar of Bad Dreams<\/em>. King will introduce each of the eighteen stories and two poems, providing \u201cautobiographical comments on when, why and how he came to write it\u201d, as well as \u201cthe origins and motivation of each story.” The contents are:\u00a0“Mile 81,” “Premium Harmony ,” “Batman and Robin Have an Altercation,” “The Dune,” “Bad Little Kid,” “A Death,” “The Bone Church,” “Morality,” “Afterlife,” “Ur,” “Herman Wouk is Still Alive,” “Under the Weather,” “Blockade Billy,” “Mister Yummy,” “Tommy,” “The Little Green God of Agony,” “That Bus is Another World,” “Obits,” “Drunken Fireworks,” and “Summer Thunder.” The cover is being gradually revealed at King’s official website.<\/p>\n

Several of these stories are quite rare or haven’t been generally available. “Bad Little Kid,” for example, was only released in French and German previously. A few were only available electronically, and “Under the Weather” only appeared in the paperback edition of Full Dark, No Stars<\/em>. A few\u00a0of the stories are brand new. Among this number is “Drunken Fireworks,” which will be published as an audiobook read by Maine humorist Tim Sample on June 30. The story will also stream in its entirety on select CBS radio stations nationwide on July 2nd<\/a>, in keeping with its Fourth of July theme.<\/p>\n

Other publication news<\/h3>\n

Hard Case Crime has announced they will publish an illustrated edition of Joyland<\/em> this\u00a0September, featuring cover artwork by Glen Orbik, a map of Joyland illustrated by Susan Hunt Yule and more than twenty interior illustrations by Robert McGinnis, Mark Summers and Pat Kinsella. Note that this is not a limited edition. Hard Case Crime will publish as many copies as are needed to satisfy demand for the book. In related, sadder news, Orbik died recently at the age of 52 from cancer.<\/p>\n

The Shining: Studies in the Horror Film<\/em> is now available for pre-order from Centipede Press<\/a>. This 752-page book, edited by Danel Olson, features a new introduction by Academy-Award winning director Lee Unkrich, and nearly two dozen new interviews with cast and crew members, reprint interviews, and a handful of excellent essays (plus one from yours truly).\u00a0The book also features an amazing assortment of behind the scenes photographs, most never before published, crisp frame enlargements from the film, and a special gallery of poster artwork inspired by the movie.\u00a0The book will be shipping later this month.<\/p>\n

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