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Stephen King and his son Joe Hill will release their first graphic work as a duo next week. Road Rage, published by IDW as a comic-book series will be available in comic shops next Wednesday. The book follows The Tribe, a gang of grungy, infighting motorcycle outlaws who run afoul of a relentless homicidal trucker. The series will also feature an adaptation of the work Throttle was based on, Richard Matheson's story Duel. Read more HERE .

John Mellencamp and Stephen King's dramatic musical, Ghost Brothers of Darkland County will debut as a theatrical presentation beginning April 4 in Atlanta; a guest star-packed studio concept album will follow on May 22, via Hear Music, in both a single disc and 3-CD deluxe edition. Elvis Costello, Rosanne Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Sheryl Crow, Taj Mahal and Neko Case are set to sing on the project, with Matthew McConaughey, Meg Ryan, former boxer Joe Frazier and Costello doing readings, as well. Both projects are produced with the input of producer T-Bone Burnett — who described the sound as [...]

"I never had any friends later on like the ones I had when I was 12. Jesus, does anyone?" After writing my piece on Stephen King film adaptations, I happened upon one of my favourites, Stand By Me , on TV. The coming-of-age story about four young boys who go in search of a dead body is a film that has stood the test of time. It's about friendship, strained [...]

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StephenKing.com has published the original final chapter from 11/22/63. It was replaced with Citizen of the Century but you can now read it HERE . Originally King had a different ending to his latest book but after a suggestion from his son, Joe Hill, he changed it.

A new excerpt from The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King is now available. Read it now HERE .

"I have never been what you'd call a crying man," Jake Epping states in Stephen King's latest work, 11/22/63 . It's a running sentiment throughout the 849-page novel, which follows a time traveler (Epping) aimed at stopping the death of President John F. Kennedy. King, best known for his macabre fiction and the sensational, critically acclaimed The Dark Tower series, carves out an adventurous, sweeping, and emotional novella that takes the reader to 1958 and the years following. There are deathly sweet root beer floats, classic cars, and countless references to the author's previous works, including his [...]

With the help of mosaic design technologies, Stephen King's British publisher, Hodder & Stoughton are offering thousands of readers a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to have their photo featured in the jacket artwork for the UK Edition of Stephen's upcoming novel The Wind through the Keyhole. For your chance to be a part of this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, all you have to do is upload your photo via a facebook app. Hodder & Stoughton can't guarantee that everyone's photo will make it on – but they will contact winners when the jacket is ready. The closing date for entries is January [...]

Warner Bros. adaptation of Stephen King's The Stand has landed screenwriter David Kajganich. Kajganich (The Invasion, Blood Creek) also worked on an as-of-yet unproduced adaptation of King's It, which is likely what brought him to director Ben Affleck's attention. Previously adapted as a television miniseries in 1994, "The Stand" tells the story of a full-scale apocalypse, driven by the accidental release of a biological weapon and the ensuing struggle of good versus evil carried out by the world's final survivors.

Cemetery Dance Publications is just released the Special Deluxe Limited Edition of Stephen King's classic novel IT, which he calls his "final exam on Famous Monsters" in his brand new afterword to this oversized special edition! This is easily the biggest, most lavish production Cemetery Dance Publications has ever undertaken. Glen Orbik painted the gorgeous wrap-around cover artwork, Alan M. Clark and Erin Wells created nearly thirty exclusive interior illustrations including black & white drawings and color paintings, and the publisher hired the designer of the Limited Editions of The Secretary of Dreams, Blockade Billy, Riding the Bullet, [...]

Collider sat down with Mondo's creative director, Justin Ishmael and discussed what he thought about the past year's releases, predictions of the company's future projects, the Mondo design process and some info about the Dark Tower project. The in depth interview can be watched on a series of youtube videos HERE . Some details about the Drew Struzan / Stephen King collaboration on the Dark Tower print were mentioned : "Drew Struzan remains hard at work on that Dark Tower print Ishmael initially mentioned [...]

Gauntlet Press is now taking orders for Stephen King's Battleground. Set for publication in the Spring/Summer 2012 the definitive collection of Stephen King's classic short story first published in the September 1972 issue of Cavalier magazine, and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift. Battleground was converted to a teleplay by Richard Christian Matheson for the television series Nightmares & Dreamscapes. Originally airing on Wednesday July 12, 2006, the episode was directed by Brian Henson and starred William Hurt as Renshaw the assassin. Gauntlet Press' definitive collection opens with Stephen King's short story [...]

In Stephen King's Upcoming Dark Tower Novel, The Wind Through The Keyhole due on April 24, 2012 we join Roland and his ka-tet as a ferocious storm halts their progress along the Path of the Beam. As they shelter from the screaming wind and snapping trees, Roland tells them not just one strange tale, but two-and in doing so sheds fascinating light on his own troubled past. In his early days as a gunslinger, in the guilt-ridden year following his mother's death, Roland is sent by his father to a ranch to [...]

Donald M. Grant Publishers are now accepting orders for Stephen King's The Dark Tower: The Wind Through The Keyhole Limited Edition. You can order the book using this link: https://secure.grantbooks.com/ z-sk-dt-twttk.html There is a 5,000 copy Artist Edition signed by Jae Lee and issued in a stamped slipcase. Retail price is $75.00 plus shipping. Stephen King has agreed to sign only 800 copies of a Deluxe Edition which is also signed by Jae Lee and issued in a stamped clamshell tray case. Retail price is $350.00 plus shipping. [...]

One of the best-selling authors of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, Stephen King has made a career out of thrilling readers with his dark and disturbing masterpieces of the macabre. Stephen King: Three Novels available at Barnes and Noble ($25) brings together King's first three published novels for a trilogy of terror unparalleled in modern fiction. Carrie is the story of Carrie White, an outcast and alienated high-school student who discovers that she possesses formidable paranormal powers. While Carrie struggles privately to understand the full scope of her wild talents, her classmates [...]

A&E has launched an online narrative prequel to Bag of Bones, a two-night television event. Dark Score Stories explores the setting and characters of Bag of Bones through a series of eerie, animated images and striking black-and-white stills. Characters from the miniseries (including those played by Pierce Brosnan, Annabeth Gish and Melissa George) come to life in seven photojournalism essays with exclusive audio commentary. The photography is by award-winning Danish photojournalist Joachim Ladefoged, whose work has previously appeared in The New York Times Magazine, Newsweek and TIME — and now in a companion coffee table book. [...]

IDW Publishing in partnership with best-selling authors Stephen King and Joe Hill will produce a comic-book adaptation of their co-written adventure tale, Throttle . This monthly two-part series begins in February 2012, and will be followed by two issues adapting the story that inspired Throttle, Richard Matheson's classic tale of suspense, Duel, beginning in April. StephenKing.com has released a preview of the upcoming Road Rage comic. You can check out the first 11 pages of issue #1 [...]

CBC Radio interviews Stephen King about his new novel 11/22/63 . R.E.M.'s Mike Mills and Michael Stipe talk to the Daily Beast about the band's decision to break up. The List of Online Year-End 2011 Music Lists was updated yesterday with 36 year-end music lists, including best albums lists from Paste, Q, and Idolator. The [...]

Here is the official sales copy from the Book-of-the-Month Club : If you're a fan of Stephen King, chances are you avoid pet cemeteries, you have a healthy fear of clowns and when you think of the Man in Black, it isn't Johnny Cash who comes to mind. But there's so much more to the Master of Horror, and in our Club exclusive Stephen King Library Desk Calendar 2012, you get to spend a year inside his sinister universe. Packed with essays, juicy details and fascinating trivia, this year's calendar is also [...]

The day is again lovely and warm, though not as warm as yesterday. From my window here I've been watching the birds at the feeders, and I just watched a red spawn fit through the mesh of the small feeder, the one the nuthatches like, and he's having quite the picnic. I'm thinking a weapon of some sort, even a slingshot, would be useful right about now. The two cats and the dog are asleep. I guess they had a tough morning moving from the bed to the couch though Gracie might be tired as she did have [...]