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Problem for The Stand?

Posted: November 17, 2012, 00:47
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Ben Affleck & 'The Stand': Director Having 'Hard Time' With Stephen King Adaptation.

"Right now we're having a very hard time," he said. "But I like the idea -- it's like 'The Lord of the Rings' in America. And it's about how we would reinvent ourselves as a society. If we started all over again, what would we do?"

Thanks to Lou Sytsma

Twitter...

Posted: November 16, 2012, 10:49
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As a lot of you probably have noticed there has been quite a lot of Walking Dead news on the Lilja's Library twitter feed. The reason for this is that I have used the same twitter account for both Lilja's Library and The Walking Dead News.

However, The Walking Dead News keeps growing each day (some days it even has more visitors than Lilja’s Library) and more and more people are finding it, enjoying it and returning to it, which is fun. Because of this though I’m doing some changes. This is the first of them.

In order to separate the news I have created a new twitter account just for The Walking Dead News and you can follow it at @TWDNs. For the time being the Walking Dead news will be posted in both twitter accounts but the plan is to eventually separate the two. My hope is off course that you will be following both accounts but if you only like one of them you will soon be able to just get the news you want.

Any help with spreading the @TWDNs account is appreciated!

Thanks for the attention! / Lilja

Contest time at Lilja's Library

Posted: November 14, 2012, 21:56
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Its contest time at Lilja’s Library. It’s been a while but now it’s about time. At stake this time are three (3) copies of The Talisman and three (3) copies of Black House on MP3 CD. Three lucky winners will get a copy of both books, how about that? There are three way’s you can enter.

1. Post a comment below in which you let me know why you should win.

2. Follow Lilja’s Library on Facebook and comment on one of the post I have posted there. Your comment must contain the words "Lilja's Library" though…

3. Follow Lilja’s Library on Twitter and make a post about what you want. The post need to contain the hash tag #followLiljasLibrary though.

Not to hard right? So, get to it ASAP. I will draw the three lucky winners on November 30. The contest is open to anyone everywhere and you can enter as many times as you want. Good Luck!

The Talisman





Jack Sawyer, twelve years old, is about to begin a most fantastic journey, an exalting, terrifying quest for the mystical Talisman—the only thing that can save Jack’s dying mother. But to reach his goal, Jack must make his way not only across the breadth of the United States but also through the wondrous and menacing parallel world of the Territories.

In the Territories, Jack finds another realm, where the air is so sweet and clear a man can smell a radish being pulled from the ground a mile away—and a life can be snuffed out instantly in the continuing struggle between good and evil. Here Jack discovers “Twinners,” reflections of the people he knows on earth—most notably Queen Laura, the “Twinner” of Jack’s own imperiled mother. As Jack “flips” between worlds, making his way westward toward the redemptive Talisman, a sequence of heart-stopping encounters challenges him at every step.

An unforgettable epic of adventure and resounding triumph, The Talisman is one of the most influential and highly praised works of fantasy ever written.

Black House





Twenty years ago, a boy named Jack Sawyer traveled to a parallel universe called the Territories to save his mother and her “Twinner” from an agonizing death that would have brought cataclysm to the other world. Now Jack is a retired Los Angeles homicide detective living in the nearly nonexistent hamlet of Tamarack, Wisconsin. He has no recollection of his adventures in the Territories, and he was compelled to leave the police force when a happenstance event threatened to awaken those long suppressed and dangerous memories.

When a series of gruesome murders occur in western Wisconsin that are reminiscent of those committed several decades earlier, Jack’s buddy, the local chief of police, begs Jack to help find the killer. But are these new killings merely the work of a disturbed individual, or has a mysterious and malignant force been unleashed in this quiet town? What causes Jack’s inexplicable waking dreams—if that is what they are—of robins’ eggs and red feathers? As these cryptic messages becomes impossible to ignore, Jack is drawn back to the Territories and to his own hidden past.

Ghost Brothers out on CD/DVD in March

Posted: November 14, 2012, 21:26
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It's taken 13 years, thousands of hours and countless rewrites, but Stephen King and John Mellencamp's musical Ghost Brothers of Darkland County is beginning to take its final shape. A version of the show ran in Atlanta earlier this year, and a CD/DVD deluxe edition, featuring the soundtrack, handwritten lyrics and a mini-documentary about the making of the musical, is hitting shelves on March 19th. The soundtrack features guest singers Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Taj Mahal, Kris Kristofferson and Mellencamp himself.

Read more here.

Thanks to Troy Tradup and Lou Sytsma

The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - Sheemie's Tale

Posted: November 10, 2012, 23:56
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The next Dark Tower comic will be...

DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER - SHEEMIE’S TALE #1 (of 2) ROBIN FURTH (W) • RICHARD ISANOVE (A) Cover by RICHARD ISANOVE THE TALE OF ONE OF THE DARK TOWER’S MOST BELOVED CHARACTERS, SHEEMIE, IS FINALLY TOLD! • Kidnapped by Marten Broadcloak, Sheemie’s become a prisoner in End-World. • The Crimson King’s servants are forcing him and the other psychic Breakers to destroy the Beams that hold the Dark Tower in place. • Will the dim-witted but big-hearted Sheemie, be able to foil his captor’s plans in time? 40 PGS./Parental AdvisorySLC …$3.99

Released in January 2013.

Thanks to Ari and Cristian Coppola.

Dark Tower: The Gunslinger - SheemieHEEMIE’S TALE

Posted: November 10, 2012, 23:55
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The next Dark Tower comic will be...

DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER - SHEEMIE’S TALE #1 (of 2) ROBIN FURTH (W) • RICHARD ISANOVE (A) Cover by RICHARD ISANOVE THE TALE OF ONE OF THE DARK TOWER’S MOST BELOVED CHARACTERS, SHEEMIE, IS FINALLY TOLD! • Kidnapped by Marten Broadcloak, Sheemie’s become a prisoner in End-World. • The Crimson King’s servants are forcing him and the other psychic Breakers to destroy the Beams that hold the Dark Tower in place. • Will the dim-witted but big-hearted Sheemie, be able to foil his captor’s plans in time? 40 PGS./Parental AdvisorySLC …$3.99

Released in January 2013.

The Dark Tower Companion announced

Posted: November 10, 2012, 23:18
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Bev Vincent has announced his new book: The Dark Tower Companion. Here is what he writes:

I’ve been a little coy about what I’m working on, but it’s time to announce my third book. The Dark Tower Companion will be published by New American Library (Penguin) in April. This massive companion is 50% longer than The Road to the Dark Tower. It covers not only the eight books of King’s series, but also the Marvel graphic novel adaptations. I interviewed King for the book, along with Robin Furth, Richard Isanove (colorist), Peter David (script), Jae Lee (artist) and most of the subsequent artists. I also, much to my great delight, got to talk with Ron Howard and Akiva Goldsman about how they plan to adapt the series. Click on the image to see a full-sized version of the great cover by Spanish artist Nekro.

Read more here.

Thanks to Herbert West

Haven revewed for a 4th season

Posted: November 10, 2012, 23:15
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It looks like Audrey Parker won't vanish at the end of Haven this season. At least not for long. Syfy has ordered a fourth 13-episode season of the mysterious Stephen King-inspired series.

Read more here.

Thanks to Al Mattice and Lou Sytsma

Tom Holland talks The Ten O'Clock People

Posted: November 4, 2012, 02:40
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Dread Central talked to Tom Holland about The Ten O'Clock People and here is what he said:

Additionally, Holland will again collaborate with Stephen King to bring the short story "The Ten O'Clock People" to the big screen. "They're in negotiations right now with the cast," Holland said. "We've got Rachel Nichols for the heroine, but we're in negotiations for the male lead. We're hoping to be shooting by the first week in December in Providence, Rhode Island. I think everyone knows it's a Stephen King short story, I'm very excited about it."

Asked whether it sticks close to the original story or ventures off, Holland said, "Oh, we venture off a lot."

You can read the entire interview here.

Limited Shining

Posted: November 4, 2012, 02:34
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The Shining - Signed Limited Editions
Shipping from Subterranean Press October 2013

The luxurious hardcovers will be published in three formats and will feature over 40 illustrations by acclaimed artist Dagmara Matuszak. The signed editions will be signed by Stephen and the artist.

- Signed Limited Edition of 750 numbered copies, housed in a custom traycase: $450

- Signed Lettered Edition of 52 copies, specially bound, housed in a custom traycase: $2,500

- Gift Edition of 1500 unsigned copies, cloth bound, housed in a custom slipcase: $95

Preorders for this offering will begin in January 2013. News regarding preorders will be sent first from Subterranean Press through their newsletter, so anyone interested is urged to sign up at their site.

If you have further questions, please contact Bill Schafer at Subterranean Press: subpress@gmail.com

Gramma being filmed...again

Posted: October 28, 2012, 05:15
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Universal Pictures is teaming with Jason Blum's red-hot Blumhouse Prods. banner on "Mercy," a fantasy-horror movie based on Stephen King's short story "Gramma," published as part of his 1985 collection "Skeleton Crew."

Peter Cornwell ("The Haunting in Connecticut") will direct from a script by Matt Greenberg ("1408"), and Frances O'Connor ("A.I.") is set to star.

Read more here

Thanks to Ari and Lou.

The Breathing Method Heads to the Screen

Posted: October 16, 2012, 09:33
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Following the success of Sinister at the box office, Deadline is reporting that producer Jason Blum is re-teaming with writer/director Scott Derrickson for The Breathing Method, an adaptation of the Stephen King novella. Originally published as part of 1982 anthology "Different Seasons," The Breathing Method is officially described as follow:

This takes place in an exclusive gentlemen's club in New York, where no one pays any dues. Membership is based upon a telling of tales, and one nightmarish tale about a disgraced woman determined to give birth--no matter the consequences.

Scott Teems is attached to provide the screenplay.
Thanks to Lou Sytsma

Episode 10: Lilja & Lou Find Haven, Not An Altercation, With Batman & Robin

Posted: October 15, 2012, 08:46
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Episode 9: Lilja & Lou Find Haven, Not An Altercation, With Batman & Robin - of the Lilja & Lou Podcast is now out.


We review the first four episodes of the third season of Haven.  


On the written side of things we review the latest Stephen King short story found in the September issue of Harper's Magazine: Batman & Robin Face An Altercation.


Finally check out our latest Stephen King news.


You can find the Carrie article we referenced written by Darren Franich over at EW.Com - 


'Carrie' remake: New teaser trailer debuts at New York Comic-Con


We hope you will all enjoy this episode and as usual we want to hear from you, good or bad, we want it all!



In this podcast:

1) 00:56 - Lilja and Lou Intro.
2) 01:33 - In The Death Room: Stephen King News
3) 09:02 - Reviews from The Night Shift: Part 1 - The first three episodes of Haven Season 3
5) 22:15 - Reviews from The Night Shift: Part 2 - Stephen King short story - Batman & Robin Face An Altercation
5) 43:05 - Reviews from The Night Shift: Part 3 - The fourth episode of Haven Season 3
6) 1:03:38 - Signoff

Intro Music - Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult


Outro Music - Stand By Me - Ben E. King


Listen here or on iTunes.


RSS Feed - RSS.




Carrie Panel

The NYCC crowd got an exclusive first look at Carrie‘s teaser trailer, which begins with a helicopter shot showing the school gym on fire, but then shows a trail of destruction leading throughout Carrie‘s small town…ending with a close-up on a blood-covered Moretz. The teaser features a cacophony of voices talking about Carrie — including the memorable line “She wasn’t some monster. She was just a girl.” — implying, perhaps, that the remake would adhere close to the structure of King’s original novel, which was written in a pseudo-epistolary style. (Brian De Palma’s original Carrie film in the late ’70s jettisoned that structure in favor of a more straightforward linear narrative.)

Description of the teaser.

Thanks to Lou Sytsma, Ari and Herbert West

The Little Green God of Agony comic

Posted: October 13, 2012, 23:47
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Exclusively on StephenKing.com, Web Comic of The Little Green God of Agony To Launch on Monday
Posted: October 13th, 2012 10:00:00 am EDT

Noted comic artist Dennis Calero (co-creator of Xmen Noir and Devil
Inside) has adapted Stephen’s “The Little Green God of Agony” for serial installments to appear Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays for the next eight weeks!

“It rocks most righteously,” Stephen says of Calero’s finely-drawn adaptation. Calero’s take: “I have been a huge Stephen King fan for as long as I can remember. To be able to work on ANYTHING with him is an honor.”

Tune in. Stay tuned.

Read more here

Thanks to Herbert West

Last day on a big contest

Posted: October 5, 2012, 10:32
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Here is a contest you don't want to miss!

Stephen King turned 65 on september 21st, 2012.
The "Club Stephen King" will turn 20 in october 2012... and we thought that it was the perfect occasion to create a GIANT CONTEST in order to thanks all Stephen King fans, all around the world.

The giant Stephen King contest, includes more than 100 gifts, among which : books, mass paperback books, audiobooks, ebooks, limited editions, proofs, illustrations, promotional items, documentaries, an ebook reader.... a wide range of articles provided by about 30 partners.

List of partners, of gifts & link to enter the contest : http://clubstephenking.com/
Club Stephen King website : http://club-stephenking.fr/

Radcliffe gets horns...

Posted: October 3, 2012, 08:39
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I didn’t have high hopes for the movie version of Horns when it was announced that Daniel Radcliffe would play Ig Perrish but after seeing this photo I have to admit that he looks quite a lot as I imagined when I read the book (reading it as we speak).

In The Tall Grass release in the UK

Posted: October 2, 2012, 14:21
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Interesting press release:

Hachette sister companies The Orion Publishing Group and Hodder & Stoughton are thrilled to be jointly publishing a brand new, and terrifying, story written by bestselling authors Stephen King and Joe Hill.

In The Tall Grass begins with a sister and brother who pull off to the side of the road after hearing a young boy crying for help from beyond the tall grass. Within minutes they are disoriented, in deeper than seems possible, and they've lost one another, while the boy's cries are growing more and more desperate . . .

What follows is a terrifying, entertaining, and masterfully told tale, as only Stephen King and Joe Hill can deliver.

‘I loved working with Joe. Our styles mesh pretty well. Maybe it's the similar DNA. Certainly we feed on each other's energy, and as the old man of the combo, I'm impressed with Joe's narrative drive and narrative clarity. Working with your kid is an amazing gift.’ – Stephen King

‘Working with my Dad is like buckling up for a ride in the meanest, fastest, baddest eighteen-wheeler on the roads. He's got a V12 engine under the hood; all the rest of us writer-types are stuck with little sewing machine motors. Been learning from him my whole life and I doubt I've picked up a tenth of what he knows.’ – Joe Hill

Originally an Esquire magazine exclusive, this story will be released as audio download and eBook original on the 9th October. The eBook will retail for £1.99 and the audio book for £9.99. It’s a must-read for fans of either author and, even more excitingly, the eBook includes an exclusive extract of Joe Hill’s forthcoming novel NOS4R2, and an extract of Stephen King’s forthcoming novel Doctor Sleep.

This thrilling collaboration of King and Hill will be supported by an exciting collaborative marketing and publicity campaign from both publishers.

‘In the Tall Grass is a brilliant, scary and suspenseful short story from two great writing talents. We are delighted in turn to combine the creative expertise of two great publishing houses to promote this terrific collaboration’ - say joint editors Philippa Pride at Hodder and Gillian Redfearn at Orion.

In Mint Condition: 2013

Posted: September 28, 2012, 10:26
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Here is an interesting press release for a book you might want to check out:

Publisher: Ambannon Books
Editor: Shannon John
Cover Artist (paperback): David Boehmke
Interior Artists: Jill Bauman, David Boehmke, Les Edwards, Glenn Chadbourne, Vincent Chong, Alex McVey, Rachel Readman, Erin Wells. 8 more artists to be announced soon!

Pre-Order Date: Sunday, September 30th, 2012, 10am Pacific Time at AmbannonBooks.com

Publishing Date: Early 2013 (date forthcoming)

Table Of Contents:

1. “Mr. Scratch’s Murder Circus” by Jeremy Gooch
2. “The Receptionist” by Bob Ireland
3. “The Train Graveyard” by Ariel Bosi
4. “Seagrass Encounter” by David Swearingen
5. “Brother” by Ryan Wood
6. “A Place On Pine Island” by Matthew Biddle
7. “Pumpkin” by Krystle Tiedeman
8. “Excelsior” by Jean Melkovsky
9. “My First Book” by Janine
10. “The Rule Of Three” by Thomas Cranham
11. “You’re The Best” by Tim Martin
12. “Darkness Rising” by Gabriel Ayala
13. “Tabula Rasa” by Hannah O’Connor
14. “Right To Life” by Mike Ziniti
15. “On Monday, I ate my cat.” by Jerome Smith
16. “Marvin’s Retirement” by Ralph Mulleins

“In Mint Condition”
It is a phrase that has become very familiar to collectors. Whether you are a collector of fine books, antique watches, baseball cards, or comic books, you are always looking for something in mint condition. To be in mint condition, that special something must be of the highest quality. The best of the best.

Taking that idea and running with it, Ambannon Books has collected the very best in brand new, never-before-seen short stories, creative nonfiction, poems, and artwork from the members of the leading Stephen King fansite on the internet, TheDarkTower.org.

Join us on a journey through sixteen stories and poems of unspeakable horrors, inspirational bravery, alternate realities, and the dark side of things that seem so familiar, yet are simply waiting to consume you.

In Mint Condition: 2013 will be released in two editions: A Trade Paperback Edition will be available for $9.99, and a Signed, Limited Hardcover Edition will be available for $49.99. The hardcover edition will be limited to 100 numbered copies only, will feature brand new dustjacket artwork, and will be signed by the editor.

A portion of the proceeds from the Signed, Limited Hardcover Edition will be donated to the Haven Foundation in the name of TheDarkTower.org and Ambannon Books. The Haven Foundation gives financial assistance to provide temporary support needed to safeguard and sustain the careers of established freelance artists, writers and other members of the arts and art production communities who have suffered disabilities or experienced a career-threatening illness, accident, natural disaster or personal catastrophe. Read more about the Haven Foundation here.

Pre-orders for In Mint Condition: 2013 will go on sale at 10:00am Pacific Time on Sunday, September 30th, 2012 at AmbannonBooks.com. The Signed, Limited Hardcover Edition is expected to sell out fast, so be sure you are among the first to reserve your specific number!

A contest worth checking out!

Posted: September 26, 2012, 01:08
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Here is a contest you don't want to miss!

Stephen King turned 65 on september 21st, 2012.
The "Club Stephen King" will turn 20 in october 2012... and we thought that it was the perfect occasion to create a GIANT CONTEST in order to thanks all Stephen King fans, all around the world.

The giant Stephen King contest, includes more than 100 gifts, among which : books, mass paperback books, audiobooks, ebooks, limited editions, proofs, illustrations, promotional items, documentaries, an ebook reader.... a wide range of articles provided by about 30 partners.

List of partners, of gifts & link to enter the contest : http://clubstephenking.com/
Club Stephen King website : http://club-stephenking.fr/

Episode 9: Lilja & Lou Take An Amiable Sleepwalk Through Knowing Darkness

Posted: September 23, 2012, 21:25
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Episode 9: Lilja & Lou Take An Amiable Sleepwalk Through Knowing Darkness - of the Lilja & Lou Podcast is now out.

We review the 1992 Stephen King scripted film - Sleepwalkers. Find out if Hans & Lou felt if this cameo heavy film is worth staying awake through.

One of our podcast listeners Ami Sandler contributes to the podcast and our review of the Stephen King art book - Knowing Darkness with his own audio review. Thanks Ami!

We also bring you the latest Stephen King news.

Aaaaaaaand we announce the contest winner of Lilja's draw for
Rocky Wood's Stephen King book - Stephen King: Uncollected & Unpublished signed by the author himself!

We hope you will all enjoy this episode and as usual we want to hear from you, good or bad, we want it all!

In this podcast:

1) 00:56 - Lilja and Lou Intro.
2) 01:33 - In The Death Room: Stephen King News
3) 09:02 - Reviews from The Night Shift: Sleepwalker - Movie
5) 22:15 - From the King Crate: Knowing Darkness - Art book review
6) 43:05 - Contest Draw, Next Podcast Preview & Signoff

Intro Music - Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult

Outro Music - Stand By Me - Ben E. King

CD talks limited

Posted: September 21, 2012, 22:41
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Here is an interesting article called Cemetery Dance Talks With IDW’s Jeff Conner about Stephen King, Clive Barker, and the future of horror Limited Editions that you should check out.

Joyland press release

Posted: September 21, 2012, 11:28
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New Stephen King Novel
From Hard Case Crime
COMING JUNE 4TH 2013


Called “the best new American publisher to appear in the last decade” by Neal Pollack in The Stranger, Hard Case Crime revives the storytelling and visual style of the pulp paperbacks of the 1940s, 50s, and 60s. The line features an exciting mix of lost pulp masterpieces from some of the most acclaimed crime writers of all time and gripping new novels from the next generation of great hardboiled authors, all with new painted covers in the grand pulp style. Authors range from modern-day bestsellers such as Pete Hamill, Donald E. Westlake, Lawrence Block and Ed McBain to Golden Age stars like Mickey Spillane (creator of “Mike Hammer”), Erle Stanley Gardner (creator of “Perry Mason”), Wade Miller (author of Touch of Evil), and Cornell Woolrich (author of Rear Window).

Joyland by Stephen King - Coming June 4th 2013 (Link to Large Cover Art

Stephen King commented, “I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts. That combo made Hard Case Crime the perfect venue for this book, which is one of my favorites. I also loved the paperbacks I grew up with as a kid, and for that reason, we’re going to hold off on e-publishing this one for the time being. Joyland will be coming out in paperback, and folks who want to read it will have to buy the actual book.”

King’s previous Hard Case Crime novel, The Colorado Kid, became a national bestseller and inspired the television series “Haven,” now going into its third season on SyFy.

“Joyland is a breathtaking, beautiful, heartbreaking book,” said Charles Ardai, Edgar- and Shamus Award-winning editor of Hard Case Crime. “It’s a whodunit, it’s a carny novel, it’s a story about growing up and growing old, and about those who don’t get to do either because death comes for them before their time. Even the most hardboiled readers will find themselves moved. When I finished it, I sent a note saying, ‘Goddamn it, Steve, you made me cry.’"

Nick Landau, Titan Publisher, added: “Stephen King is one of the fiction greats, and I am tremendously proud and excited to be publishing a brand-new book of his under the Hard Case Crime imprint.”

JOYLAND will feature new painted cover art by the legendary Robert McGinnis, the artist behind the posters for the original Sean Connery James Bond movies and “Breakfast At Tiffany’s,” and by Glen Orbik, the painter of more than a dozen of Hard Case Crime’s most popular covers, including the cover for The Colorado Kid.

Since its debut in 2004, Hard Case Crime has been the subject of enthusiastic coverage by a wide range of publications including The New York Times, USA Today, Time, Playboy, U.S. News & World Report, BusinessWeek, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Sun-Times, The Houston Chronicle, New York magazine,the New York Post and Daily News, Salon, Reader’s Digest, Parade and USA Weekend,as well as numerous other magazines, newspapers, and online media outlets. The Chicago Sun-Times wrote, “Hard Case Crime is doing a wonderful job publishing both classic and contemporary ‘pulp’ novels in a crisp new format with beautiful, period-style covers. These modern ‘penny dreadfuls’ are worth every dime.” Playboy praised Hard Case Crime’s “lost masterpieces,” writing “They put to shame the work of modern mystery writers whose plots rely on cell phones and terrorists.” And the Philadelphia City Paper wrote, “Tired of overblown, doorstop-sized thrillers…? You’ve come to the right place. Hard Case novels are as spare and as honest as a sock in the jaw.”

Other upcoming Hard Case Crime titles include The Cocktail Waitress, a never-before-published novel by James M. Cain, author of The Postman Always Rings Twice, Mildred Pierce, and Double Indemnity, and an epic first novel called The Twenty-Year Death by Ariel S. Winter that has won advance raves from authors such as Peter Straub, James Frey, Alice Sebold, John Banville, David Morrell and Stephen King.

For information about these and other forthcoming titles, visit www.HardCaseCrime.com

About Hard Case Crime
Founded in 2004 by award-winning novelists Charles Ardai and Max Phillips, Hard Case Crime has been nominated for or won numerous honors since its inception including the Edgar, the Shamus, the Anthony, the Barry, and the Spinetingler Award. The series’ books have been adapted for television and film, with two features currently in development at Universal Pictures and the TV series “Haven” going into its third season this fall on SyFy. Hard Case Crime is published through a collaboration between Winterfall LLC and Titan Publishing Group.

About Titan Publishing Group
Titan Publishing Group is an independently owned publishing company, established in 1981, comprising three divisions: Titan Books, Titan Magazines/Comics and Titan Merchandise. Titan Books, recently nominated as Independent Publisher of the Year 2011, has a rapidly growing fiction list encompassing original fiction and reissues, primarily in the areas of science fiction, fantasy, horror, steampunk and crime. Recent crime and thriller acquisitions include Mickey Spillane and Max Allan Collins’ all-new Mike Hammer novels, the Matt Helm series by Donald Hamilton and the entire backlist of the Queen of Spy Writers, Helen MacInnes. Titan Books also has an extensive line of media and pop culture-related non-fiction, graphic novels, art and music books. The company is based at offices in London, but operates worldwide, with sales and distribution in the US and Canada being handled by Random House. www.titanbooks.com

Cover for Joyland released

Posted: September 20, 2012, 16:30
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Here is the cover for Joyland.


Not only is King going retro with the setting of his upcoming novel, he’s also sticking to a tried-and-true format. “I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts,” he said in the press release. “I also loved the paperbacks I grew up with as a kid, and for that reason, we’re going to hold off on e-publishing this one for the time being. Joyland will be coming out in paperback, and folks who want to read it will have to buy the actual book.”

Charles Ardai, editor of Hard Case Crime, promises a layered, genre-crossing story. “Joyland is a breathtaking, beautiful, heartbreaking book,” he said. “It’s a whodunit, it’s a carny novel, it’s a story about growing up and growing old, and about those who don’t get to do either because death comes for them before their time. Even the most hard-boiled readers will find themselves moved. When I finished it, I sent a note saying, ‘Goddamn it, Steve, you made me cry.’ ”

Press release for Doctor Sleep

Posted: September 20, 2012, 11:08
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Press release for Doctor Sleep from Hodder & Stoughton:

STEPHEN KING to return to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining, in 2013

Hodder has acquired UK and Commonwealth rights from Chuck Verrill of Darhansoff &Verrill in DOCTOR SLEEP. King says he wanted to know what happened to Danny Torrance, the boy at the heart of The Shining, after his terrible experience in the Overlook Hotel. The instantly riveting, stand-alone novel, Doctor Sleep picks up the story of the now middle-aged Dan, working at a hospice in rural New Hampshire, and the very special twelve-year old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals.

On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmless - mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and tween Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the ‘steam’ that children with the ‘shining’ produce when they are slowly tortured to death.

Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his father’s legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him and a job at a nursing home where his remnant ‘shining’ power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes ‘Doctor Sleep.’

Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites Dan’s own demons and summons him to a battle for Abra’s soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted readers of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.

Hardcover publication of the novel will be September 24, 2013, and readers can hear a taster if they buy the CD or digital download of King's novel, THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE, because he reads the Prologue from it.

Joyland; King's next book

Posted: September 20, 2012, 10:14
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Charles Ardai talks Joyland and Haven:

CA: Yes, JOYLAND. It’s coming out in June 2013, and it’s perfect summer reading. It’s actually set partly on a beach, in the summer, so you have no excuse not to buy a copy and take it with you to the beach next summer. (I do realize that by the same reasoning you should only read FRANKENSTEIN in a castle during a lightning storm, but never mind.) We’re keeping the book under wraps until we’re closer to the publication date, so you won’t get any spoilers from me, but I’ll tell you it’s about a college student who gets a summer job working at a small-town amusement park and discovers some very strange things going on. Anyone who wants more info can find a bit on our website, www.hardcasecrime.com. I’ll tell you this: I’m a hardboiled sort of guy, but I was crying by the end of JOYLAND. Anyone who can read this book without shedding a tear shed is made of stone.

Carrie: The Musical

Posted: September 20, 2012, 10:13
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Check out the brand new music video of "In" - the first track off the Carrie: The Musical - Premiere Cast Recording, a vibrant adaptation of Stephen King's iconic 1974 novel. "In" introduces audiences to the intense pop-infused score composed by Academy Award winners Michael Gore (Fame, Terms of Endearment) and Dean Pitchford (Fame, Footloose), with a book by Lawrence D. Cohen, who also wrote the screenplay for the unforgettable 1976 film by Brian DePalma.

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