Here's some highlights -- the article is much better!
We can expect Mr. Mercedes on June 3rd, 2014. Quigley notes: "It's rare for King to release novels in the summer – before 2013, the last non-series hardcover written under his own name to arrive in the summer was Rose Madder, way back in 1995 – but the unqualified success of this summer's Joyland must have been encouraging."
Quigley sees Mr. Mercedes being potentially in tune with the likes of Full Dark, No Stars and Blockade Billy. "It’s fascinating to watch King work his noir out – a little less Clive Barker, a little more Lawrence Block – and to see King challenge expectations while still delivering an exciting story."
We can also expect a film adaptation of "A Good Marriage," which Quigley says has been completed.
On December 10th, King tweeted, “Have seen the completed film version of A GOOD MARRIAGE. I thought it was terrific. Of course… I wrote it!”
And, there is the upcoming novel Revival, though almost nothing is known about it. Quigley quotes King's July 18th comments to columist Colin McEncore,
"The main character [of Revival] is a kid who learns how to play guitar, and I can relate to this guy because he's not terribly good. He's just good enough to catch on with a number of bands and play for a lot of years. The song that he learns to play first is the song that I learned to play first, which was 'Cherry, Cherry' by Neil Diamond. One of the great rock progressions: E-A-D-A.
What seems really important from the fearnet article is Quigley's observation that just because we only now of two novels on the horizon, don't think that means King doesn't have more up his sleeve. He also notes, as others have recently, that we are "overdue" for a short story collection. Quigley offers this possible list of stories (see the article.)
And see my interview with him at talkstephenking Quigley Interview
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