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Mike Flanagan & Stephen King Goes Into The Mist

Posted: February 10, 2026, 20:24
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Deadline reports today that King and Flanagan will do a remake of The Mist for Warner.

Flanagan will direct and write the screenplay and he will produce through Red Room alongside Tyler Thompson and Spyglass’ Gary Barber and Chris Stone. Alexandra Magistro will also executive produce for Red Room.

The Mist has previously been made into a feature film by Frank Darabont back in 2007 and a TV series back in 2017. Why King and Flanagan feel there is need for a new movie is beyond me. I rank Darabont's version as one of the top 5 best King adaptations out there, especially the ending.

Thoughts?

King Is Happy With The Scripts For S1 Of The Dark Tower

Posted: February 9, 2026, 16:38
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King has commented on the scripts for season 1 of Mike Flanagan's adaptation of The Dark Tower and he likes it.

The scripts for the first season are wonderful. I am so happy with them. Stephen King is very happy with them. He's been through it with his adaptations. He'll tell you he's not pleased. And this one means more to him than any of the others, so the pressure is huge.

Read more here

The Talisman 3: Other Worlds Than These Out Oct. 6

Posted: February 8, 2026, 02:56
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Amazon.co.uk has listed The Talisman 3 for release on October 6 and it’s title is Other Worlds Than These

'I wanted to go back to Mid-World, which was always the Territories by another name' - Stephen King

This is Stephen King and Peter Straub's epic and unforgettable finale to the Talisman Trilogy (including the novels The Talisman and Black House) and a wrapping up of the fate of the worlds in King's iconic, fiercely beloved Dark Tower epic. It is also a wonderful stand-alone novel, that will appeal to new readers, as well as to King's Constant Reader.

OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE is the story of Jack Sawyer, whom readers first met when he was twelve, crossing America and 'the territories' to save his mother's life, and met again in Black House, where Jack faces a child killer and the Crimson King (among other evils). In OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE Jack must stop a rampaging gang of infected teenagers from America-side, and the forces of the mysterious Gullet at the edge of Mid-World, before it destroys our world and all worlds. Jack is older now; his Ka-tet is fraying; and his task, nearly impossible.

Magnificent, riveting, full of heart, and humour, OTHER WORLDS THAN THESE is a spectacular, propulsive adventure, and features 30 exclusive black and white illustrations by artist Gabriel Rodriguez.

Pre-order your copy here.

Alfie Allen Joins The Institute & Plot Info Released

Posted: February 5, 2026, 09:48
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Alfie Allen from Game of Thrones has joined the cast of The Institute. Production has started in Halifax and Allen will play Nolan Reeves, an eccentric European tech billionaire and one of the Institute’s financial backers with an ambitious agenda all his own.

We have also gotten some info about the plot of season 2:

Season 2 picks up following the Season 1 finale, following Luke Ellis, Tim Jamieson and the other survivors as they work to expose the Institute’s crimes while staying one step ahead of the army of killers on their tail. Meanwhile, the ruthless and calculating Ms. Sigsby pursues her quest for vengeance and a return to power, in the process discovering more about the deep inner workings of the Institute than she ever could have imagined.

My Interview With Rex Ballot

Posted: February 4, 2026, 10:13
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I love to find out what happens behind the scenes in movies and TV series, so the other day I sat down with Rex Baluyot, Make-up Artist, and in the case of Welcome to Derry, Prosthetics Artist / Denture Technician and asked her about her work on creating Pennywise’s fangs…

So, if you are curious on things like this, check out the interview here.

My Interview With Andy and Barbara Muschietti

Posted: February 2, 2026, 16:16
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A few day ago I sat down with Andy & Barbara Muschietti to talk about Welcome to Derry but also to find out what was true and what was just rumors when it comes to season 2 and 3 of Welcome to Derry, if there will be a supercut of IT part 1 and 2 and also if there really are plans for a third movie, IT part 3.


Check out what they had to say here.

Hill Working On A Script and Hunger Pushed To March 2, 2027

Posted: February 2, 2026, 16:15
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In his latest newsletter, Escape Hatch • 72 Joe Hill gives an update on what he’s working on at the moment.

I’m closing in on the latest rewrite of this screenplay (adapted from a still-unpublished-but-it’ll-be-out-someday novella of mine).

He's also updating us on his next book Hunger:

I’m also elbow deep in what will probably be the last major rewrite of Hunger (although there will inevitably be at least two more lighter revisions).

HarperCollins announced Hunger, complete with a pretty good sketch of what the thing is about. There’s also a release date, but I wouldn’t Sharpie that on your calendar just yet, I kinda got a feeling it’s gonna get bumped to early 2027. (Hey! I said I’d finish a book a year, I didn’t promise anything about publication dates, which is somewhat out of my control).

The release date for Hunger on HarperCollins website has now been changed to March 2, 2027.

A 25,000 Words Longer King Sorrow?

Posted: February 2, 2026, 15:59
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In his latest newsletter, Escape Hatch • 72 Joe Hill talks about cutting 25,000 words out of his last book, King Sorrow, giving us a very detailed list of what he cut and how long each segment was. He also reveals that there might be a future limited edition in which he'll be able to put that material back into the narrative. I don't know about you but I'm hoping this will happen.

After my editor, Jen Brehl, and some other early readers had a look at the second draft of King Sorrow, it became clear to me that it would be best for the book, commercially if not creatively, to cut 25,000 words. In the end I had to make some hard choices. One of the things I had to clip out was a whole suspenseful subplot about Donovan McBride on Cherokee Island and his not-so-meticulous escape plan. It just about killed me to clip it out, but I saw that it could be excised cleanly, and no one would sense the loss of it. So that was 6,500 words right there.

I had cause to think of it the other day, because while I can’t announce anything just yet (there’s nothing to announce), there might be a future limited edition in which I’m able to put that material back into the narrative. We’ll see. Seems to me that could be pretty cool.

The prospect of restoring one of Van’s best moments to King Sorrow got me looking back on the other things I had to clip out, stuff that’s kind of wild to think about now. In several early drafts, when we first meet Arthur Oakes, he isn’t living with his best friend Van in off-campus housing… he was living with his aunt and uncle, who both had jobs at the school. Yeah, that’s right: Reverend Erin Oakes had a sister! Aunt Kate was a big character too. My mom was especially attached to her, and had real concerns about the way she disappeared from the last third of the novel… I remember my ma wrote me a few hundred words, sketching out what I might do with her.

I hadn’t noticed the way Aunt Kate disappeared from the last third of the book until my mom mentioned it… but that was a good cue that I didn’t need her. She had to go, and that was another 6,500 words.

I fought harder to keep something else: once upon a time, Gwen used to be a smoker. To be specific, she was a pipe smoker. Her father was too, and it was her habit to finish her day by smoking a pipe with him out on the front step. That pipe followed her throughout the story and often appeared at moments of high drama. I remember she banged it down in frustration, in Part I, when her friends were talking about pooling their money to pay off the Nighswanders. Years later, when Gwen is in fairly desperate straits, she goes out on the back step of her house with Robin Fellows and has a pipe while they talk about her options.

It’s a weird but true thing that when I attended John Bapst in Bangor, Maine, several of the girls had corn cob pipes, and would whip them out for a sneaky smoke when teachers weren’t around. I found that indescribably cool and, while working on King Sorrow, it seemed like a little random bit of Maine cultural history worth preserving.

My wife and my U.S. editor didn’t agree with me and one or both of my parents found it a totally valueless affectation. I was dragged kicking and screaming but in the end the pipe went. Maybe if we ever get a TV adaptation (hey! I’m allowed to daydream!) we’ll get the pipe back, but probably not. Although smoking was fairly ubiquitous in the 1980s, you won’t see a single ciggy in The Black Phone movies. Our distributor, Universal, wouldn’t have it. Gwen’s pipe, that was maybe 500 words. More? Maybe more. That pipe kept busy.

If you’re doing the math, you’ve probably realized this tally only gets me to about 14,000 words, and I needed to cut 25,000. Where’d I get the rest? Well, I just made a rule for myself that I was going to cut one sentence from every page, no exceptions. Sometimes I’d get two, or more, but never less than one. I also hacked conversations down to the bare minimum (there is always too much banter in my early drafts). I got there. Barely. And the good news is the psychic wounds have almost healed!

2026 Contest #1: The Stand - We have a winner!

Posted: February 1, 2026, 20:54
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The first 30th anniversary contest is over and we have a winner. But before I reveal who it is let’s check out the question and answer.


Question was: What year did Lilja’s Library first appear online?

The answer was of course 1996. Quite easy since the site celebrates it’s 30th anniversary this year. Most of you got the answer correctly. Unfortunately many of you didn’t read the instructions right and missed this part:

Please add your postal address in the answer field // Entries without postal address will be disqualified.

So, the first winners I selected hadn’t entered this info and because of this was disqualified.

One who did do everything right is Josh Johnson (Josh has been contacted and know he is the winner so if your name is Josh Johnson and you haven’t been contacted unfortunately you’re the wrong Josh) who now is the lucky owner of a copy of a Gift Edition of The Stand donated by Cemetery Dance! The book will come in the mail to you soon!

If you didn’t win this time don’t worry, there will be at least 3 more contests this year with great prizes. So keep an eye out for that.

Congratulations to Josh and thanks to Cemetery Dance!!

Hill’s Hunger Out On October 13

Posted: January 18, 2026, 01:14
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According to Amazon Joe Hill’s next book Hunger will be released on October 13 and here is a description of it’s plot:

A new novel about the battle for a country's survival — and a malevolent, murderous ghost hell-bent on consuming souls.
 
They’re starving in Boston.
It’s the winter of 1776, and the besieged city is running perilously low on supplies. First the American rebels penned in the British soldiers, then frostbite sank its teeth into the city, and now a ravenous ghost has come to feed on the trapped and desperate colonists who remain loyal to the Crown.
Morale is low enough among the besieged British troops without a fiend tempting men with a sumptuous feast of roast meat, pastries, puddings, and pies. It’s a spread many would sell their souls for…which is exactly the deal on offer.
As the ghoul’s withered victims pile up, and panic spreads, British General Howe takes action: he orders Captain Amos Crowe to expel the fiend by any means necessary.
It is an impossible order. But it’s far from the only impossibility in Crowe’s horrifying New World. For the dead have been speaking to him ever since he was injured at the Battle of Bunker Hill. And now, he must track down a witch hidden deep behind enemy lines, a woman who, it is rumored, holds the key to defeating the evil spirit.
A fast-paced and immersive historical yarn from Joe Hill, master of the supernatural fable, this gripping story weaves its way through the heart of the American Revolution as told through British eyes, capturing the spirit of the age in all its high passion, opportunity, and terror.

The book will have 432 pages (according to Amazon) and you can pre-order your copy here.

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!

Lilja's Library on Social Media
Facebook
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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?

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