Monday, June 04, 2007

King keeps tired gag going, but at least we get a new novel

From StephenKing, "Scribner has announced that they will be publishing the first-written but last-recovered Richard Bachman novel titled BLAZE, on June 12, 2007.

For a sneak preview, you can read the first 2 chapters (posted previously) here.

More details will be announced as they become available."
Also,
"A long story entitled “The Gingerbread Girl” will be the centerpiece of Esquire Magazine’s July issue, on stands June 15.
In the emotional aftermath of her baby’s sudden death, Em starts running. Soon she runs from her husband, to the airport, down to the Florida Gulf and out to the loneliest stretch of Vermillion Key, where her father has offered the use of a conch shack he has kept there for years. Em keeps up her running—barefoot on the beach, sneakers on the road—and sees virtually no one. This is doing her all kinds of good, until one day she makes the mistake of looking into the driveway of a man named Pickering. Pickering also enjoys the privacy of Vermillion Key, but the young women he brings there suffer the consequences…."

2 comments:

Octopunk said...

I'm stuck on "conch shack." What is that used for? And how is it appropriate as help for a bereaved parent?

Come to think of it, how good is any kind of shack to a grieving person. "That's rough, use my shack if you like."

DKC said...

Yeah - and I've eaten conch, it sucks. So you are living in a shack and eating basically, rubber.

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