Desperation is now being produced as a feature movie (not a miniseries) for ABC (no air date yet). It is currently being filmed in Arizona. Mick Garris, whose previous Stephen King projects include Riding the Bullet, The Stand, The Shining, Quicksilver Highway [Chattery Teeth], and Sleepwalkers, wrote the screenplay and is directing this production. Cast members include:
   ·   Ron Perlman as Collie Entragian
   ·   Tom Skerritt as Johnny Marinville
   ·   Steven Weber as Steve Ames
   ·   Matt Frewer as Ralph Carver
   ·   Annabeth Gish as Mary Jackson
   ·   Henry Thomas as Peter Jackson
   ·   Charles Durning as Tom Billingsley

Did you miss Stephen's interview on the Today Show [9/20/2004]? The Today Show has posted it on their site. Follow this link and scroll about three quarters of the way down the page. (You will need Windows Media Player)

A website for Riding the Bullet [the movie] is now online, at http://www.ridingthebulletmovie.com
More information and features will be added to the site as it gets closer to the movie's release.

The message board is back up and accepting submissions. Unfortunately, many messages sent between 9/13/2004 and 9/15/2004 may not be posted due to technical difficulties.

Borderlands 5 - From the Borderlands is now available in paperback stores and newsstands nationwide (USA). The book has recently won a Bram Stoker Award as the Best Anthology of the Year, and contains a new Novelette by Stephen.
If you'd prefer a hardcover edition of the book, you can order it here.
Images of the book are available here.

Stephen will be appearing on the Today Show on Monday, September 20th on NBC. Check with your local network affiliate for time.

Stephen will be interviewed live, on stage by Charlie Rose at the 92nd Street Y at 7:30 PM EDT on Sunday, September 19th.

A new work of fiction by Stephen titled "Lisey and the Madman" will be included in McSweeney's Enchanted Chamber of Astonishing Stories, an anthology edited by Michael Chabon, published by Vintage. The anticipated publication date is November 2004.

You can now pre-order your copy of the Kingdom Hospital DVD from Amazon.com

Cemetery Dance Publications has announced the release of THE DEVIL'S WINE, a poetry anthology edited by Tom Piccirilli. The contributors include Stephen King, Ray Bradbury, Peter Straub and many others.
Stephen's contributions were originally published in small venues during his college years and haven't seen print in over 30 years--this is the only time they have ever been reprinted!