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Throwback Time

Posted: January 12, 2026, 09:00
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19 years ago, today info about my first interview with King was posted on StephenKing.com. During the interview I spoke with King on the phone for 45 minutes and it resulted in a 3-part interview that was published on Lilja’s Library on January 16, 17 and 18 2007.


Some of the things we talked about is not that exciting today 19 years later as it was then but at the same time some of the things, like his accident, the soon to be released third Talisman book and writing under a pseudonym are still as exciting today as it was back in 2007.

You can check out the interview through these links if you haven't already.

Part 1: January 16, 2007
Part 2: January 17, 2007
Part 3: January 18, 2007

Fun Facts About King's Books

Posted: January 7, 2026, 11:40
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The other day, I was looking at the number of books King has released between 1974 and 2025. It’s a total of 90 books, with an average of 1.73 books per year over these 52 years. Pretty amazing, if you ask me.

Two interesting and fun facts occurred to me while doing this.


1. During these 52 years, King has published at least one book every year except 1976. That is the only year between 1974 and 2025 in which he didn’t release any books. Every other year, he has published between one and three books.

2. I also found proof that King was working on a secret Batman novel between 1998 and 2005… If you look closely, you should be able to see the signs, but if not, click on the link below:

King's secret Batman book

The Dark Tower Update

Posted: January 6, 2026, 01:06
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Mike Flanagan called The Dark Tower for ”his Holy Grail” and now he says several of the scripts are done:

“We’ve got a lot of scripts done for it. It’s the first priority.”

He envisions it as a series running for five seasons, followed by two stand-alone movies. Flanagan also had this to say about the 2017 adaptation:

“We can’t let that be the final word. We really can’t.”

Becka Paulson Canceled

Posted: January 5, 2026, 18:08
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Comic Book reports that CW canceled the adaptation of The Revelations of ‘Becka Paulson after being acquired by Nexstar in 2022. The network has since reconsidered its approach to big-budget adaptations under its new leadership.

The question is, is anyone dissapointed? Did anyone expect this one to be done? After all, we haven’t heard anything about it since July 2020.

2026 Contest #1: The Stand

Posted: January 2, 2026, 09:18
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It’s time for the first 30th anniversary contest. The prize is Gift Edition of The Stand donated by Cemetery Dance. Let’s start with a fairly simple question.


What year did Lilja’s Library first appear online?

Answer the question by filling out this form (no other entries will be valid so please do it right) and follow me on one or several social medias. On February 1st I’ll randomly select one of my social medias. I will then randomly select one of the entries. If the entries I select have the right answer I’ll also see if the person who sent it in follows me on the selected social media and if that is the case we have a winner. If the answer is wrong or the selected person doesn’t follow me on the selected social media I’ll select a new winner.

Here is an example (facebook and Mr. X are just examples in this case) of how I will draw the winner. So, the more you follow me the bigger are your chances of winning.


Good Luck to everyone! You have until January 31 to enter!

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About the book:
Gift Edition of The Stand, released by Cemetery Dance.
Slipcased Oversized Hardcover Gift Edition of only 4,000 copies printed in two colors on a specialty paper stock; bound with a fine binding, two color hot foil stamping, and embossed endpapers; and featuring a unique black-and-white limitation page with artwork by Glenn Chadbourne.

Thanks to Cemetery Dance for donating this book!

Welcome to 2026, Year 30 Online!

Posted: January 1, 2026, 10:46
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Welcome to 2026! This year Lilja’s Library celebrates 30 years online. Besides a reason for celebration this also means I have run Lilja’s Library for more than half of my life. That is crazy when you think about it.

I will celebrate this during the entire 2026 and throughout the year there will be at least 4 contests with amazing prizes. So far at least one of them will be signed by King himself. The first contest will go live tomorrow.

So, I hope you will be joining me in celebrating Lilja’s Library 30th anniversary! I have already started with a new logo done by the very talented Vincent Chong that I’m very happy with. Vincent is also the first of many to send me a happy birthday wish. If you want to send one, just email it to me and I’ll post it on the site (I’d love it if you do).


With that said, let’s enter 2026, the 30th year online!

King wishes New Year With New Holly Book

Posted: December 28, 2025, 10:00
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King posted just posted this on Threads.


Not sure about you but I feel this is King telling all Holly-Haters that he does what he wants regardless of what the fans want him to do and after 90 books I think he has more than earned the right to do so without feeling he owes anyone anything. Go King!

The Talisman Dead At Netflix

Posted: December 26, 2025, 12:56
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Bad news about The Talisman adaptation.

In 2022, it was reported that Stranger Things creators Matt and Ross Duffer were doing the book as a Netflix series. Now they say it’s not happening.

Ross Duffer revealed
Sadly, Talisman is no longer at Netflix, so we're not involved.

Matt added:
I remember I was, I think it was probably naive of us to think we could break The Talisman.

Ross continued:
When I interned, when I was really, you know, back in college at Kennedy Marshall, I remember reading, I think it was a movie script for Talisman. So it's been in development forever, so I'm sorry that we were not the ones to break the curse."

Matt then added:
It will be whoever does it and cracks it.

Goodbye 2025!

Posted: December 23, 2025, 09:00
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2025 is coming to an end and what a year it has been. A lot of nice things have happened during the year. We got a lot of good stuff this year. We got four movies of which two are among the best adaptations ever made from a King story, The Life of Chuck and The Long Walk.

We also got two TV series. Welcome To Derry really left me wanting more. We also got two books during the year.

Besides King we also got a new novel from Joe Hill. King Sorrow is the first new novel from him in nine years. And it’s one of his best ever. Personally, I also got to meet Joe in London and got to interview him for Lilja’s Library. I also went to the Czech Republic for the release of my book Stephen King: Odds & Ends.

Speaking of Lilja’s Library a lot of time during 2025 has been spent preparing for the site’s 30th anniversary next year. The celebration will take place during the entire 2026 with a lot of fun stuff, contest and other surprises.

I also want to take this opportunity to wish you all a Happy Christmas and a Great New Year and thank all of you what have followed me through the site and the different social medias that I run. It’s been an honor to serve you with the latest news from the world of Stephen King (and the King family) during 2025 and I hope you will be here next year as well and join me in the celebrations.

Thanks!
Lilja

Darabont Turned Down The Dark Tower

Posted: December 22, 2025, 14:18
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In an interview with IndieWire Darabont get asked if King turned him down when he asked to do The Dark Tower and Darabont then reveals that it was he that turned down King’s offer.

Actually, I can correct that: I actually turned Steve down. He called me once, and it’s not the only time he ever called me, but he called me once and asked me if I was interested in taking on “The Dark Tower.” I was very flattered and very honored that he asked me. But man, so much of that story is so internalized. It’s so in the heads of the characters, and it’s this massive, endless story as well. I thought, oh my god, this could be the next 10 years of my life and miss the mark, because it is a diabolically difficult thing to adapt. And at that point, I was just exhausted anyway.

And I said, “Steve, I love you… Thank you for asking, but I gotta not do this.” I would have frozen in place if I had. He was very, very kind about that and then moved on with it. A couple of years later, when we were having a conversation, I said, “So wait, what’s going on with ‘The Dark Tower’? I don’t know, I might reconsider that.” He said, “Oh, no, it’s with somebody else by now.” So you know, that may be where the he turned me down thing comes from.

What do you think, did Darabont do the right thing turning down The Dark Tower?

Oh, and Frank, if you read this please get in touch. I’d love to talk to you.

If you want to check out my interview with Frank from back in the days, you can do so here:

February 6, 2007
January 7, 2008
March 25, 2008

Celebrating 30 Years Of Lilja's Library - Want To Help?

Posted: December 16, 2025, 11:32
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A couple of times during the 29 years Lilja’s Library has been online, I have asked you for financial aid, and every time, you have come through for me. This is something I feel very proud of, and hopefully, it’s a sign that you like what you find here. And now, once again, I find myself asking for your support.

This time, the reason is that Lilja’s Library will celebrate its 30th anniversary next year, and I plan to celebrate throughout 2026. My plan is to organize a few contests with great prizes during the year. Some I have already secured and believe me when I say that they are great prizes. I will also continue to add interesting interviews, and share other cool content to the site, hopefully more this year to make it special. As you can guess, this will take time and money. The time I will happily put in and I will also cover some of the costs myself, but to do everything I would like, I would need to invest more than I can afford, and this is where you come in.

All of the donations will go straight into celebrating the 30th anniversary in the form of prizes, postage, or other related costs. You can contribute with as much or as little as you feel comfortable with. Whatever you feel comfortable with will be perfect! And if you can’t contribute, no problem. You are still very welcome to take part in everything that happens on the site free of charge. Lilja’s Library will never charge anyone for visiting the site or accessing it’s content.

To donate, follow this PayPal Link.

Thanks in advance for your generosity and support. I am truly grateful!
// Lilja

Ghost Brothers Of Darkland County Returns

Posted: December 1, 2025, 08:33
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Between April 17 - May 17 2026 Road Less Traveled Productions will be performing King and John Mellencamp's Ghost Brothers of Darkland County.

A bluesy rock score by legend John Mellencamp and a claustrophobic, refractured parable from the master of thriller Stephen King combine to create the spooky, cautionary tale of Ghost Brothers of Darkland County. In an eerie cabin in the woods, a young couple come across its caretaker, the Troubador, who reveals to them an almost Biblically violent story that took place in that very house, about a set of brothers who are in love with the same woman and the ensuing rivalry that sparks between them. The young couple hearing this tale realize that this cabin’s past is certainly like their present. When the young man’s brother shows up to stake a claim for the woman he loves, will they repeat the sins of the past—especially if it means staying alive?

Read more here.

Carrie Is More Than Worth The Wait

Posted: November 30, 2025, 09:24
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Matthew Lillard says Mike Flanagan's upcoming Carrie TV show is not only book-accurate, but more than worth the wait.

"Carrie's brilliant. Mike Flanagan – who I worked with on Life of Chuck – he is just the single greatest force of nature in this industry. We rehearsed for three weeks. He had plotted out every shot in the entire film. He had it down to the minute in terms of he amount of time it would take to shoot. He developed an app so you could see where they were in shooting. I mean, he's so prolific and profound and such a great storyteller. So that's the first thing."

"The second thing is the cast is incredible. It's three different sort of sections. It's the story Carrie written by Stephen King. It's really a pure adaptation of the book [more] than the original movie was," Lillard explains. "The De Palma film is really about sort of one aspect, but there's a lot that happens in the book that's been introduced to the show. And then there's three different tiers – the teachers and the parents, and the students. The teachers and the parents are kind of the varsity level of actors, you know, old. It's just a way of calling the old actors. And then the kids...the kids are freaking brilliant."

"And we saw the first three episodes cut before we even left Vancouver, Mike had already finished and picture-locked the first three episodes, which was remarkable. But the show's great. It's really fantastic. The only thing that sucks is you have to wait a year to see it, because it's so good."

Summer H. Howell stars as Carrie White, Siena Agudong as Sue Snell, Alison Thornton as Chris Hargensen, Josie Toah as Tina Blake, Arthur Conti as Billy, and Joel Oulette as Tommy Ross. Samantha Sloyan plays Carrie's mother Margaret and Amber Midthunder plays Rita Desjardian.

The series is eight episodes and is part of Flanagan's new deal with Prime Video.

Source Total Film

Alternate Ending To The Long Walk

Posted: November 28, 2025, 14:08
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The DVD and BD release of The Long Walk is out and as promised on the 4K edition there is an alternate ending to the movie. Cinema Blend has seen it and if you want, you can read all about it on their site. Please note that there are spoilers for the movie in the text so read at your own risk.

Personally I prefer the ending we originally got.

Lilja Attending KingCon 2026 In Atlantic City

Posted: November 25, 2025, 23:02
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I'm happy to reveal that I'll be attending KingCon 2026 as one of the speakers next year in Atlantic City! This will be very exciting and I hope to bring copies of my books if anyone is interested in getting them and I can't wait to meet up with many of you there! Only 331 days to go.


Get your tickets here.

The End Times Preview

Posted: November 18, 2025, 08:45
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Check out this preview of The End Times, first issue out tomorrow November 19. We know already that Claudia Bachman will be one of the contributors to the paper and Bloody Disgusting has taken a closer look at that in this article.


Don’t miss out on this one. I have read the two first issues and this will be good!

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.

My Thoughts On The Running Man

Posted: November 14, 2025, 23:37
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Here are my thoughts about The Running Man.

The Running Man is 2025’s biggest surprise. Before I saw it, based on the trailers I was convinced that this was going to be a typical action movie with a lot of one-liners like ”I’ll be back” and ”Yippie ki-yay…” but I was wrong.

Is Mister Yummy Being Filmed?

Posted: November 12, 2025, 13:09
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Deadline reports that Intrinsic Value Films is heading to the American Film Market with several projects, one being a Stephen King adaptation.

The King adaptation is titled Mister Yummy and is based on the short story with the same name from Bazaar of Bad Dreams. It’s being described as a “haunting tale”, the story follows a man confronting mortality where death waits around every corner and regret becomes the ghost that never leaves. Troy Blake has written the screenplay.

My Interview With Joe Hill

Posted: November 3, 2025, 15:28
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Here is my inteview with Joe Hill. In it we talk about his new book King Sorrow, his upcoming book Hunger and Stephen King among other things.

Yeah, so Hunger is in one sense the kind of story I feel very comfortable writing. It’s a ghost story and it’s very much a horror novel. In some way the last third of the book is THE most horror novel I have ever written, you know the most, goes the deepest into the sort of horror genre. In another sense though it’s way outside my comfort zone.

The Day I Met Joe Hill

Posted: November 1, 2025, 23:47
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The day I met Joe Hill was in late October this year, 2025, in London. Joe was there to promote his book King Sorrow, and I was there to interview him and hopefully get a copy signed and a photo taken with him. I was traveling light and figured I’d get a copy of the book to bring with me to our meeting once I got to London. I would be there two days before I was scheduled to meet him, so I thought that would be an easy fix.


On Thursday (I was scheduled to meet him on Friday at 4:30 PM), I set out to get my copy, and I thought that Forbidden Planet, where I would meet up with him the day after, would be a great place to get a copy of the book. I would also get a chance to check out the place so I’d know where I was going and what it looked like the next day. Well, that was what I thought. Once I got there, I couldn’t find the book in the store anywhere, and I thought it must be me looking in the wrong place. The man is scheduled to be there the next day to sign his book. He can’t do that if they don’t have the book, right? Well, I asked a gentleman who worked there if they had it, and he went to look for it. When he came back, he said, “Sorry, but I can’t sell you the book. There is a signing tomorrow between 5 PM and 7 PM, and then after that we will sell any leftovers that we have, so you can come back then.”

Well, OK, I thought. I can understand that they want to have books in stock for everyone that had bought a ticket for the signing, which I hadn’t. But I didn’t sweat it. London is huge and filled with bookstores. I was sure I’d find one that had the book.

During the rest of that day I didn’t run into a single bookstore that had the book, and I started to get stressed out. I couldn’t miss the chance to get a book signed in person when I was meeting Joe Hill. So that evening I went online, and at Waterstones on Piccadilly I found one. I ordered it for Click & Collect, and a couple of hours later I got an email that the book was ready for me to pick up.

During Friday I did a bit of sightseeing and happened to run into another Waterstones bookstore. I decided to see if the book was available there, and if so, I could buy it there, cancel my other one, and save me the extra trip to collect it. They had one copy in the back that they got for me after almost five minutes of searching for it. Only problem with that was that it was already signed. Good thing I noticed. It would have been strange to arrive with a book already signed by Joe, asking him to sign it. So, on my way to Forbidden Planet, I stopped by Waterstones at Piccadilly, and thank God they had the book. It wasn’t already signed, and they allowed me to buy it. With the book in hand, I headed for Forbidden Planet and my meeting with Joe. Of course, it started to rain the second I stepped outside the bookstore. But I was prepared. I had my umbrella, and I had my plastic bag to put the book in, and both I and the book arrived safely.

I had gotten instructions from Caitlin from Joe’s publisher to wait by the main entrance at 4:15, and she would come and get me. I was there by 4:13 and waited. By 4:20 I was still waiting and got a bit nervous that I had gotten it wrong and was supposed to wait somewhere else. I texted her, and she said Joe hadn’t arrived yet, but that she would come and get me as soon as he had. Puh, I was at the right place, I was at the right spot, and at the right time. So, I waited. After a while I heard a familiar voice. “Should I just go down there? OK.” When I looked up, it was Joe himself entering the store like any shopper would, checking where he was supposed to be with the clerk, and then went past me and down one floor. It felt so unreal that I didn’t even react. I just looked at him as he passed. And in fact, no one else seemed to realize that Joe Hill had just passed them. Very strange. I waited some more, but now I wasn’t nervous that I was in the wrong place — now I started to get a bit nervous that there wouldn’t be time for me to interview him before he was due upstairs to sign books for everyone that was lining up.


While I waited, I met some people I knew and some I didn’t know before but got to know then, and then it was time. Caitlin fetched me, and we went downstairs and into a backroom where I was told to wait — Joe was on his way.

When he arrived, there were also a few of the staff with him carrying books. Those were the staff’s books that Joe was asked to sign, and he did. I quickly understood that Joe is one of those authors that really takes the time to sign a book — he doesn’t just scribble his name and be done with it. I didn’t see what he wrote, but I did see that he took the time to sign and dedicate each and every one of the books. Just like we fans want it. Then it was my turn. My turn to interview Joe Hill face to face.

READ THE INTERVIEW HERE

The interview went great, and Joe answered all my questions, and not once, even though there were a lot of fans waiting to get their books signed one floor up, did Joe feel stressed or make me feel like I had to hurry up with my questions. He took the time to answer everything, and he was a joy to interview.


Once I was done, I asked if he had time to sign my copy of King Sorrow, which he did. As with all the other copies I saw him sign, he didn’t just sign his name but also wrote a great inscription and he drew a dragon. After that we took a picture, I thanked him for everything, and he went upstairs to sign books and chat with his fans for two hours. I can only hope that all of you had the same good experience as I did.

Big thanks to Joe and Caitlin for making this happen. I really appreciate it.

Claudia Bachman’s First Contribution

Posted: October 31, 2025, 22:02
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Forbes has an exclusive of Claudia Bachman’s first contribution to The End Times

When asked what byline he’d like to use for the paper, King suggested Claudia Inez Bachman, the wife of Richard Bachman, to whom the apocryphal writer dedicated Thinner.

“It opened up many, many more imaginative doors for me,” Percy said. “Because now The End Times was shouldering up to King’s universe. I'm grinning like an idiot just thinking about it. I've been a constant reader my whole life, so to be able to join forces with my hero is beyond belief.”

Some Thoughts On The End Times

Posted: October 28, 2025, 16:05
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Here are some thoughts aobut The End Times. The first issue will be released the week of November 18 and the second in mid-December so there are still time to get your subscription.

The End Times is a very interesting thing. Not your normal book or short story and I really like it. You can decide for yourself if you want to read one issue a month digitally or buy the entire thing as a physical copy once all issues are out. The paper will run for one year, and what happens after that we don’t know. Maybe the world is no more by then, or, if we are lucky, it’ll be a continuing thing. Either way, make sure you get this. You do NOT want to be left out!

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.

End Times New Hire!

Posted: October 28, 2025, 13:41
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How about this?


So, Bachman is back--with a twist! Longtime Constant Readers will immediately recognize Claudia as the widow of King's pseudonym Richard Bachman.

The first issue of The End Times is expected to ship around the 19th of November.

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.

My Thoughts On The Begining Of Welcome To Derry

Posted: October 26, 2025, 09:00
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Today Welcome to Derry premiers on HBO. There will be one episode each week between now and December 14th. I’ve gotten a sneak peek of the first five episodes and here are my thoughts about them. I’ve kept the review spoiler free…or if you have been following the news about the show you are safe from getting it spoiled.

So, the scope of Welcome to Derry is to uncover the origin of the entity called Pennywise. We also know it as IT or as a clown from the book, movies, and miniseries we’ve seen and read, but where does it come from, and why does it look like a clown?

King Talks Holly Live Later This Month

Posted: October 23, 2025, 13:06
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King is set to join UMass Lowell’s Andre Dubus III for a free, virtual event on October 29th at 4 p.m. The virtual, live event is free and open to the public. The two will discuss King’s 2023 novel, Holly.

”Who better to be our inaugural author guest than Stephen King, a writer who has moved (and horrified) millions and millions of readers in dozens of countries for decades.”
- Andre Dubus

Please register for the event (to get the link) here.

King Awarded The H.C.A. Special Literature Award

Posted: October 22, 2025, 23:46
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In September, Stephen King received The Hans Christian Andersen Special Literature Award, presented by The Hans Christian Andersen Literature Committee.

The award is given for King’s “unique ability – similar to Hans Christian Andersen – to use imaginative storytelling to explore the dark and sinister sides of human life, while captivating millions of readers worldwide.”

King On The Vampire Movie That Flew Under Everyone's Radar

Posted: October 20, 2025, 13:05
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The Looper had an interesting article about King’s time as a columnist for Entertainment Weekly between 2003 and 2011 and specifically about a movie that was released in 2010, Let me in.


The movie is based on John Ajvide Lindqvist’s 2004 novel and remakes its 2008 Swedish adaptation, Let the Right One In and centers on a bullied 12-year-old boy, Owen and a vampire named Abby. King found it the movie beautiful and frightening, saying:

"Moving and bloodthirsty, tender and horrifying, sweet and gruesome. These beautifully drawn contrasts — plus the bleak snowscape of Los Alamos, New Mexico — make Let Me In the best remake ... of the year, and the best horror film of the decade."

Talisman 3, One More Holly Book And Then…

Posted: October 16, 2025, 00:48
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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…

Pennywise Is Joined By Another Familiar Face In Derry

Posted: October 15, 2025, 00:17
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Pennywise won't be the only familiar face in Welcome to Derry when it debuts later this month. That's right, Dick Hallorann (now played by Chris Chalk) is back.

”Dick is in Derry because Dick f---d up and that's the truth. You'll see the show and you'll get that."
- Chris Chalk at New York Comic Con

Chalk has been asked a million times how Dick made the jump from The Shining to IT and says it helps him weed out the casual fans from the absolute diehard fans:

”When people ask that question I go, 'You didn't read the book! You're not a big fan, are you?,'"

And executive producer Barbara Muschietti pointed out that Dick Hallorann indeed appears in King's original IT novel.

Not Just Horror Mentioned In Greek Magazines

Posted: October 13, 2025, 16:45
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The Greek magazine Ladylike include Stephen King: Not Just Horror in it’s Editor’s choice at Ladylike: The Perfect Autumn Reading List where they pick six books that they think everyone should check out this autumn.

Clickatlife calls Stephen King: Not Just Horror fresh and introspective.

A fresh and introspective look at the character and creative path of the King of Horror from the pen of Hans-Åke Lilja, the man who knows Stephen King better than anyone.

Loads Of Updates From Joe Hill

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

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.

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.

My Thoughts On King Sorrow

Posted: October 9, 2025, 14:50
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Here are my thoughs about King Sorrow by Joe Hill out on October 21st.

Having finished the book, I realize how much I’ve missed Hill’s books. I know he has released a few collections and short stories over the years, but a full novel is something else entirely.

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