stephenking.com has posted news that Craig Wasson will read the Stephen King story, "A Face In The Crowd." Wasson is one of my favorite readers. It is coauthored with Stewart O'Nan.
stewartonan.com notes:
"The writing team that delivered the bestselling Faithful, about the 2004 Red Sox championship season, takes readers to the ballpark again, and to a world beyond, in an ebook original to be published on August 21, 2012."
The synopsis:
Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn’t be at the ballgame, shouldn’t be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers’s past, all of them occupying that seat behind home plate. Until one day Dean Evers sees someone even eerier...
Wow, this was a really quality post
ReplyDeleteI will happily e-buy an e-copy of this and e-read it.
ReplyDeleteI might even consider buying the audiobook.
most likely, Bryant will print the ebook and special bind it. . .
ReplyDeleteIf so, I'll send you one, too!
DeleteI just checked Amazon.com in the hope of pre-ordering the e-book, but, it's currently unavailable. Can't wait to download this story!
ReplyDeleteI've just read "In the Tall Grass". Dr. Dave gives it four buckets of blood (ala the rating system of Joe Bob Briggs).
With Mr. King publishing so many short stories, I can't wait for his next collection. Does anyone have a clue as to when this book will be published?
There doesn't appear to be one on the schedule, but there are certainly enough recent stories out there to make a new collection possible.
DeleteA tentative table of contents could include the following:
Ur
Throttle
Morality
Premium Harmony
Blockade Billy
Herman Wouk Is Still Alive
Under the Weather
Mile 81
The Little Green God of Agony
The Dune
In the Tall Grass
A Face in the Crowd
Plus, there are probably some that would be making their first appearance in the new collection (the way N. msde its first appearance in Just After Sunset).
As if that wasn't enough, there is always the possibility that older stories like The Crate, The Night of the Tiger, and Weeds could finally sneak their way into one of the collections.
Whenever it finally appears, it's going to be a strong collection; King's been on a roll with short fiction lately. (And like you, David, I thought In the Tall Grass was excellent.)
I recently wrote a list of my top stephen king books, and after stumbling here, I realise my list will probably change again! Is the In the tall Grass any good? I might pick it up on amazon soon.
ReplyDeleteI thought "In the Tall Grass" was great.
DeleteI also read it and even though the first part was pretty interesting, the second part disappointed me. Too predictable, alas. I liked The Dune more. In both cases the premise is simple but I found The Dune more interesting and less gross than In the Tall Grass.
DeleteIt's good to know others are waiting for the next short story book. I agree that I think with all he's published lately that King should put them all in a book, "Face in the Crowd" included.
ReplyDeleteKevin Quigly of Chanrel House has written an article about this very subject and I was delighted to find a post on this blog about that very article. Quigly makes a lot of interesting suggestions for how a future short story collection should go and is worth the time of any King fan.
ChrisC