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New Stephen King Collection of Original Novellas:
Full Dark, No Stars
Full Dark, No Stars
 by Stephen King
These darkly thrilling stories are all linked by the theme of retribution, and are a showcase for the power of King’s inimitable imagination – satisfying established readers whilst enticing new ones. Visceral, immediate and featuring just a few characters, this is the other side of King’s writing; contrasting intimate portraits after the huge canvas that was Under the Dome. One of the novellas is reportedly about Hemingford Home, Nebraska, which fans of The Stand know as the home of Mother Abagail!
The story titles and plot synopses for Full Dark, No Stars are:
'I believe there is another man inside every man, a stranger...' writes Wilfred Leland James in the early pages of the riveting confession that makes up '1922', the first in this pitch-black quartet of mesmerising tales from Stephen King, linked by the theme of retribution. For James, that stranger is awakened when his wife Arlette proposes selling off the family homestead and moving to Omaha, setting in motion a gruesome train of murder and madness.
In 'Big Driver', a cozy-mystery writer named Tess encounters the stranger along a back road in Massachusetts when she takes a shortcut home after a book-club engagement. Violated and left for dead, Tess plots a revenge that will bring her face to face with another stranger: the one inside herself.
'Fair Extension', the shortest of these tales, is perhaps the nastiest and certainly the funniest. Making a deal with the devil not only saves Harry Streeter from a fatal cancer but provides rich recompense for a lifetime of resentment.
When her husband of more than twenty years is away on one of his business trips, Darcy Anderson looks for batteries in the garage. Her toe knocks up against a box under a worktable and she discovers the stranger inside her husband. It’s a horrifying discovery, rendered with bristling intensity, and it definitively ends 'A Good Marriage'.
Like DIFFERENT SEASONS and FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT, which generated such enduring hit films as The Shawshank Redemption and Stand by Me, FULL DARK, NO STARS proves Stephen King a master of the long story form.
Click here to place your order on Amazon today to guarantee you get the LOWEST price they offer the book for!
Riding the Bullet: The Deluxe Special Edition Double
by Stephen King & Mick Garris
Riding the Bullet: The Deluxe Special Edition Double
by Stephen King and Mick Garris will be published later this year as a highly collectible special edition in a format that evokes the tradition of the old Ace Doubles. This is the very first Stephen King book to be published in this manner, and  it's certain to be a huge hit with the collectors.
This special edition features the complete original novella by Stephen King and screenplay by Mick Garris; great artwork by Bernie Wrightson; a unique design with two color printing throughout; color wrap-around cover artwork and color interiors by Alan M. Clark, plus exclusive storyboards, photos from the set, production notes, hand-corrected script pages, and more from the Top Secret "Director's Notebook" kept during the production of the feature film.
Riding the Bullet by Stephen King has been described as a "ghost story in the grand manner" and the story of "a young man who hitches a ride with a driver from the other side," but in this special edition only available from Lonely Road Books, we're going to show you King's classic novella in a way you've never seen it before: alongside the feature film screenplay adaptation by director Mick Garris.
The road from print to the silver screen is often a bumpy one and much has been written about how a story is sometimes transformed to make it work in moving pictures. This is your chance to experience Riding the Bullet in a way only those close to the production of the film ever have. Start with King's original novella, then flip the book over and read the original script by Mick Garris. Compare what he kept, what he had to change, and even the storytelling flourishes he added to round out the tale.
Complete with stunning cover and interior artwork by Alan M. Clark and B&W drawings and sketches from the movie by Bernie Wrightson, this exclusive Lonely Road Books special edition is going to be one of the most discussed small press books of the year.
Click here to preorder from the Cemetery Dance online store today!
Surprise New Stephen King Novella: Blockade Billy
Blockade Billy
by Stephen King
Even the most diehard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first — and only — player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history.
Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional baseball, and with good reason. Blockade Billy had a secret darker than any pill or injection that might cause a scandal in sports today. His secret was much, much worse... and only Stephen King, the most gifted storyteller of our age, can reveal the truth to the world, once and for all.
This original, never-before-published novella represents Stephen King at his very best.
Click here to order from Amazon today!
Stephen King
Novella Exclusive to Amazon's KINDLE!
 Since his first novel was published in 1974, Stephen King has stretched the boundaries of the storyteller as a writer who constantly redefines his readers' experience by working in various genres and formats.
Whether in an epic horror novel, like THE STAND, a serial-novel like THE GREEN MILE, or a novella like SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, King is able to deliver a reading experience like no one else can. As quickly as a spider spins its web, King reminds us why he's the master of the novella - a format which, up until now that is, one might have thought is fast disappearing.
In his new novella, UR, King is at his unsettling best as he examines the future of the written word - for better or worse. Following a nasty break-up, lovelorn college English instructor Wesley Smith can't seem to get his ex-girlfriend's parting shot out of his head: "Why can't you just read off the computer like the rest of us?"
Egged on by her question and piqued by a student's suggestion, Wesley places an order for Amazon.com's Kindle eReader. The [pink?] device that arrives in a box stamped with the smile logo -via one-day delivery that he hadn't requested - unlocks a literary world that even the most avid of book lovers could never imagine.
But once the door is open, there are those things that one hopes we'll never read or live through. Firm, gripping, and deftly written by a craftsman at the top of his game, this is King at his crisp, clear, page-turning best. Download and read UR only on Kindle.
Here is the link to read more about the Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI?ie=UTF8&tag=052379122979-20
And here is where you can read more or preorder "Ur" by Stephen King:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001RF3U9K?ie=UTF8&tag=052379122979-20
More details and photos to come soon!
Other Recent Stephen King
Projects!
Road Rage
 by Stephen King, Joe Hill, and Richard Matheson
Road Rage unites Richard Matheson's classic Duel and the contemporary work it inspired—two power-packed short stories by three of the genre's most acclaimed authors.
Duel, an unforgettable tale about a driver menaced by a semi truck, was the source for Stephen Spielberg's acclaimed first film of the same name.
Throttle, by Stephen King and Joe Hill, is a duel of a different kind, pitting a faceless trucker against a tribe of motorcycle outlaws, in the simmering Nevada desert. Their battle is fought out on twenty miles of the most lonely road in the country, a place where the only thing worse than not knowing what you're up against, is slowing down . . .
Click here to order from Amazon today!
Stephen King Goes to the Movies
by Stephen King
 Stephen King revisits five of his favorite short stories that have been turned into films:
The Shawshank Redemption (based on the novella "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption") was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and best actor for Morgan Freeman. 1408 starred John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson and was a huge box office success in 2007. The short story "Children of the Corn" was adapted into the popular Children of the Corn. The Mangler was inspired by King's loathing for laundry machines from his own experience working in a laundromat. Hearts in Atlantis (based on "Low Men in Yellow Coats," the first part of the novel Hearts in Atlantis) starred Anthony Hopkins.
This collection features new commentary and introductions to all of these stories in a treasure-trove of movie trivia.
Click here to order from Amazon today!
Just After Sunset
by Stephen King
 Here are twelve riveting stories about relationships
with unexpected twists. Be very careful what you wish for.
Read about the acts of kindness from strangers:
'workmen' who intervene in the obsessive exercise regime of
a middle aged artist in Stationary Bike; the unexpected visitor,
a blind girl, whose kiss saves a dying man; a mute hitchhiker
who helps a driver get over his wife's affair. There are tales
of obsession and fights for power: The Gingerbread Girl runs
and runs to ease her pain; two neighbors contesting for a piece
of land get into A Very Tight Place and a man who witnesses
an act of domestic violence in a Rest Stop needs to step into
his identity as a crime writer if he's to intervene. Then there
are the unexpected outside events which turn people's world's
upside down or the right way up: a young couple, David and Willa
who are derailed on a train find themselves seeking the bright
lights in a nearby town -- and playing the jukebox, for eternity;
an older couple want to punctuate the banal humdrum with something
unusual -- until it happens.
Click here to order from Amazon today!
The
Secretary of Dreams (Volume Two) --
Special Deluxe Limited Edition!
by Stephen King
 World Fantasy Award winner Cemetery Dance Publications,
critically acclaimed artist Glenn Chadbourne, and New York
Times bestselling author Stephen King are proud to announce The
Secretary of Dreams (Volume Two). This second venture
into the world of Stephen King's stories contains even more
artwork and detailed illustrations that could only have come
from the inspired hands of artist Glenn Chadbourne!
The
Secretary of Dreams (Volume Two) continues where the
first acclaimed volume left off: combining classic tales of
terror from the mind of Stephen King with the haunting artwork
of Maine artist Glenn Chadbourne. This unique book displays
an incredible and original blend of King's words with Chadbourne's
one-of-a-kind B&W illustrations: text and artwork brought
together to tell these chilling stories in a whole new way.
As you venture into this new volume of The
Secretary of Dreams you'll discover "The Monkey,"
"Strawberry Spring," and "In the Deathroom"
presented on beautifully designed oversized pages. These stories
are heavily illustrated with spot artwork, full page illustrations,
and even multiple-page art spreads. Dozens of painstakingly
crafted illustrations bring King's characters to life.
Also within this collection are "Gray Matter,"
"One for the Road ," and "Nona," which appear
for the very first time in full graphic format as imagined by
Chadbourne. Not one word from King's original
manuscripts has been left out. Instead Chadbourne presents the
stories through a variety of techniques: traditional paragraphs
of text merged directly into the artwork, handwritten bursts
of dialogue to convey emotion, and even multiple fonts to match
the mood of each scene.
Like the first volume of The
Secretary of Dreams, this is a new collection of Stephen
King's greatest short stories presented in a way never before
imagined. Glenn Chadbourne has spent over two years creating
the artwork within these pages, digging deep inside the text
to make each of these classic tales burst off the page.
Click here to preorder from Cemetery Dance today!
 Duma
Key: A Novel
by Stephen King
Duma Key is the engaging, fascinating
story of a man who discovers an incredible talent for painting
after a freak accident in which he loses an arm. He moves to
a 'new life' in Duma Key, off Florida's West Coast; a deserted
strip, part beach, part weed-tangled, owned by a patroness of
the arts whose twin sisters went missing in the 1920s.
Duma Key is where out-of-season hurricanes tears
lives apart and a powerful undertow lures lost and tormented
souls. Here Freemantle is inspired to paint the amazing sunsets.
But soon the paintings become predictive, even dangerous. Freemantle
knows the only way forward is to discover what happened to the
twin sisters -- and what is the secret of the strange old lady
who holds the key?
The story is about friendship, about the bond
between a father and his daughter. And about memory, truth and
art. It is also is a metaphor for the life and inspiration of
a writer, and an exploration of the nature, power and influence
of fiction.
Click here to order from Amazon today!
Other Stephen King Books of Interest:
Epic New Stephen King Novel Out Now!
UNDER THE DOME!
About the Book:
 On an entirely normal, beautiful fall day in Chester’s
Mills, Maine, the town is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the
rest of the world by an invisible force field. Planes crash into it and
fall from the sky in flaming wreckage, a gardener’s hand is severed as
"the dome" comes down on it, people running errands in the
neighboring town are divided from their families, and cars explode on
impact. No one can fathom what this barrier is, where it came from, and
when—or if—it will go away.
Dale Barbara, Iraq vet and now a short-order cook, finds himself teamed
with a few intrepid citizens—town newspaper owner Julia Shumway, a
physician’s assistant at the hospital, a select-woman, and three brave
kids. Against them stands Big Jim Rennie, a politician who will stop at
nothing—even murder—to hold the reins of power, and his son, who is
keeping a horrible secret in a dark pantry. But their main adversary is
the Dome itself. Because time isn’t just short. It’s running out.
Click here to order your copy at Amazon.com!
About the Special Edition:
This collector’s edition of Under the Dome has a belly band and jacket, a stamped case, 4-color printed end papers, a ribbon marker, and contains a deck of special collector’s cards of the character drawings that appear at the beginning of each part of the book. The book will be shrink-wrapped. Printed on specialty paper, this publication is limited to 25,000 copies
Click here to order your copy at Amazon.com!
Stephen King
Novella Exclusive to Amazon's KINDLE!
Since his first novel was published in 1974, Stephen King has stretched the boundaries of the storyteller as a writer who constantly redefines his readers' experience by working in various genres and formats.
Whether in an epic horror novel, like THE STAND, a serial-novel like THE GREEN MILE, or a novella like SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, King is able to deliver a reading experience like no one else can. As quickly as a spider spins its web, King reminds us why he's the master of the novella - a format which, up until now that is, one might have thought is fast disappearing.
In his new novella, UR, King is at his unsettling best as he examines the future of the written word - for better or worse. Following a nasty break-up, lovelorn college English instructor Wesley Smith can't seem to get his ex-girlfriend's parting shot out of his head: "Why can't you just read off the computer like the rest of us?"
Egged on by her question and piqued by a student's suggestion, Wesley places an order for Amazon.com's Kindle eReader. The [pink?] device that arrives in a box stamped with the smile logo -via one-day delivery that he hadn't requested - unlocks a literary world that even the most avid of book lovers could never imagine.
But once the door is open, there are those things that one hopes we'll never read or live through. Firm, gripping, and deftly written by a craftsman at the top of his game, this is King at his crisp, clear, page-turning best. Download and read UR only on Kindle.
Here is the link to read more about the Kindle:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00154JDAI?ie=UTF8&tag=052379122979-20
And here is where you can read more or preorder "Ur" by Stephen King:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001RF3U9K?ie=UTF8&tag=052379122979-20
More details and photos to come soon!
Other Recent Stephen King
Projects!
Road Rage
by Stephen King, Joe Hill, and Richard Matheson
Road Rage unites Richard Matheson's classic Duel and the contemporary work it inspired—two power-packed short stories by three of the genre's most acclaimed authors.
Duel, an unforgettable tale about a driver menaced by a semi truck, was the source for Stephen Spielberg's acclaimed first film of the same name.
Throttle, by Stephen King and Joe Hill, is a duel of a different kind, pitting a faceless trucker against a tribe of motorcycle outlaws, in the simmering Nevada desert. Their battle is fought out on twenty miles of the most lonely road in the country, a place where the only thing worse than not knowing what you're up against, is slowing down . . .
Stephen King Goes to the Movies
by Stephen King
Stephen King revisits five of his favorite short stories that have been turned into films:
The Shawshank Redemption (based on the novella "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption") was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture and best actor for Morgan Freeman. 1408 starred John Cusack and Samuel L. Jackson and was a huge box office success in 2007. The short story "Children of the Corn" was adapted into the popular Children of the Corn. The Mangler was inspired by King's loathing for laundry machines from his own experience working in a laundromat. Hearts in Atlantis (based on "Low Men in Yellow Coats," the first part of the novel Hearts in Atlantis) starred Anthony Hopkins.
This collection features new commentary and introductions to all of these stories in a treasure-trove of movie trivia.
Just After Sunset
by Stephen King
Here are twelve riveting stories about relationships
with unexpected twists. Be very careful what you wish for.
Read about the acts of kindness from strangers:
'workmen' who intervene in the obsessive exercise regime of
a middle aged artist in Stationary Bike; the unexpected visitor,
a blind girl, whose kiss saves a dying man; a mute hitchhiker
who helps a driver get over his wife's affair. There are tales
of obsession and fights for power: The Gingerbread Girl runs
and runs to ease her pain; two neighbors contesting for a piece
of land get into A Very Tight Place and a man who witnesses
an act of domestic violence in a Rest Stop needs to step into
his identity as a crime writer if he's to intervene. Then there
are the unexpected outside events which turn people's world's
upside down or the right way up: a young couple, David and Willa
who are derailed on a train find themselves seeking the bright
lights in a nearby town -- and playing the jukebox, for eternity;
an older couple want to punctuate the banal humdrum with something
unusual -- until it happens.
 The
Secretary of Dreams (Volume Two) --
Special Deluxe Limited Edition!
by Stephen King
World Fantasy Award winner Cemetery Dance Publications,
critically acclaimed artist Glenn Chadbourne, and New York
Times bestselling author Stephen King are proud to announce
The
Secretary of Dreams (Volume Two). This second venture
into the world of Stephen King's stories contains even more
artwork and detailed illustrations that could only have come
from the inspired hands of artist Glenn Chadbourne!
The
Secretary of Dreams (Volume Two) continues where the
first acclaimed volume left off: combining classic tales of
terror from the mind of Stephen King with the haunting artwork
of Maine artist Glenn Chadbourne. This unique book displays
an incredible and original blend of King's words with Chadbourne's
one-of-a-kind B&W illustrations: text and artwork brought
together to tell these chilling stories in a whole new way.
As you venture into this new volume of The
Secretary of Dreams you'll discover "The Monkey,"
"Strawberry Spring," and "In the Deathroom"
presented on beautifully designed oversized pages. These stories
are heavily illustrated with spot artwork, full page illustrations,
and even multiple-page art spreads. Dozens of painstakingly
crafted illustrations bring King's characters to life.
Also within this collection are "Gray Matter,"
"One for the Road ," and "Nona," which appear
for the very first time in full graphic format as imagined by
Chadbourne. Not one word from King's original
manuscripts has been left out. Instead Chadbourne presents the
stories through a variety of techniques: traditional paragraphs
of text merged directly into the artwork, handwritten bursts
of dialogue to convey emotion, and even multiple fonts to match
the mood of each scene.
Like the first volume of The
Secretary of Dreams, this is a new collection of Stephen
King's greatest short stories presented in a way never before
imagined. Glenn Chadbourne has spent over two years creating
the artwork within these pages, digging deep inside the text
to make each of these classic tales burst off the page.
Duma
Key: A Novel
by Stephen King
Duma Key is the engaging, fascinating
story of a man who discovers an incredible talent for painting
after a freak accident in which he loses an arm. He moves to
a 'new life' in Duma Key, off Florida's West Coast; a deserted
strip, part beach, part weed-tangled, owned by a patroness of
the arts whose twin sisters went missing in the 1920s.
Duma Key is where out-of-season hurricanes tears
lives apart and a powerful undertow lures lost and tormented
souls. Here Freemantle is inspired to paint the amazing sunsets.
But soon the paintings become predictive, even dangerous. Freemantle
knows the only way forward is to discover what happened to the
twin sisters -- and what is the secret of the strange old lady
who holds the key?
The story is about friendship, about the bond
between a father and his daughter. And about memory, truth and
art. It is also is a metaphor for the life and inspiration of
a writer, and an exploration of the nature, power and influence
of fiction.
Other Stephen King Books of Interest:
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