Stephen will be judging book trailers submitted for a contest in which amateur and professional filmmakers produce book trailers (similar to movie trailers) based on the SHOMI imprint—a series of modern-day fantasy fiction.  The contest is sponsored by Dorchester Publishing and Circle of Seven Productions. The best trailer—as selected by Steve—will be shown at a movie premiere in New York City as well as a theater in the winner’s home market.   

For more information on SHOMI and complete rules for the contest, including submission guidelines and deadlines, please visit www.shomifiction.com

Arriving in comic book stores on Wednesday, July 2nd and it's FREE!!!  The sketchbook will provide your first look at the new comic adaptation of The Stand which will be available in September.  For more information about this project, please visit Marvel's site

Don’t miss the last issue of The Long Road Home, Marvel’s second Dark Tower comic series, available in stores this week. This issue also features a stunning variant cover from superstar artist Lee Bermejo. For a sneak peak, click here.

The third Dark Tower series, titled Treachery, will be available in September. Check back soon for our official Treachery Release Log.

In Dark Tower: End-World Almanac, (in stores on Wednesday) from writer Anthony Flamini & Long Road Home scribe Robin Furth, fans get an in-depth look at the mysterious and deadly End-World, in this essential companion to Dark Tower: The Long Road Home. For a sneak peak, click here.

Part 4 of The Dark Tower: The Long Road Home is now available in stores and online. See the Release Log below for more information.

Click here for The Long Road Home Release Log

Marvel Comics has announced the upcoming release of the Dark Tower: End World Almanac. Click here for the full press release.

Marvel Comics has announced the upcoming release of The Stand. Click here for the full press release.

Stephen's new short story, "A Very Tight Place," is now available in McSweeney's Issue 27.   The story will be included in the short story collection, Just After Sunset, coming out in November but this is your chance to read this story now.

Steve will be discussing Marvel's second Dark Tower comic series. Check your local listings for the time for your area.

Read the Press Release from Marvel

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I had a great year and, as always, it starts with the people who read the books and have been so kind to me over the last 30 or so years that I have been making up stories. It was especially nice to hear from you this year because I turned 60 and finally had to kill my teddy bear. Just joking about the teddy bear, but it's a little traumatic and you guys helped to ease the pain. I hope you will all have a happy holiday season whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukah, Kwanza, or simply the imminent coming of Great Cthulhu. I hope that all of us will have a happy new year, that you will enjoy Duma Key, and that you vote for all the right candidates in November! Be well and be good to one another.

Steve King