Fall 2015 Story Collection Contents

[Tuco]

I'm doubtful about Blockade Billy as well, since it did get a standalone release and not just as an e-book or a limited edition.

My guesses-

Stories-

UR
Premium Harmony
Herman Wouk is Still Alive
Mile 81
The Little Green God of Agony
The Dune
Batman and Robin Have an Altercation
Afterlife
The Rock and Roll Dead Zone
Summer Thunder
Bad Little Kid
That Bus is Another World
The Glass Floor (because it was reprinted in 2012 by Cemetery Dance and in 1990 by Weird Tales, so obviously he doesn't mind this early story being available)

Poems-

The Bone Church
Tommy
Mostly Old Men
The Dark Man (because it was recently given a special edition release via Cemetery Dance)

Essays-

The Ring
Guns

Wild card selections (unlikely, but not impossible)-

Weeds
The Crate
The Blue Air Compressor
The Night of the Tiger
Man with a Belly
Leaf-Peepers (1998 New Yorker essay)
Cone Head (2002 New Yorker essay)
Heads Will Roll (Under the Dome script)

 

[Moderator]

So I assume A Face in the Crowd is out as well?

I can neither confirm nor deny at this time. The only thing I can say is that chances are better for this one because the original publication was with Scribner unlike the ones with Joe.

 

[doesitmatter?]

Stewart O'Nan would want this to be included though wouldn't he? Plenty of people are going to buy this book and it'd be great publicity for Stewart to have a story included in a Stephen King collection.

 

[Tuco]

Stewart O'Nan would want this to be included though wouldn't he? Plenty of people are going to buy this book and it'd be great publicity for Stewart to have a story included in a Stephen King collection.

I'm sure that's true as far as name recognition goes, but will it compel people to seek out more of O'Nan's work? I'm not so sure. I've read both A Face in the Crowd and Faithful, but I haven't yet sought out any of Mr. O'Nan's other work in the way that I devoured everything by Peter Straub after reading The Talisman. That doesn't mean that I won't read it eventually or that I think he's a bad writer; it's just not at the top of my reading list right now.

On the other hand, I'd possibly buy a book of short stories by Mr. O'Nan just to get a physical copy of A Face in the Crowd and, of course, I'd give the other stories in the book a chance as well.

 

[AchtungBaby]

I don't care if it's twenty of Steve's grocery lists, I say bring it on.....

 

[The Great Buchinsky]

Any updates on when we might see the story list?

 

[booklover72]

Will URand mile 81 be included? listened to both on cd. but i prefer physical books, take em everywhere.

 

[booklover72]

Any updates on when we might see the story list?

Hey love your.... tache. Charles Bronsan.

 

[Moderator]

Any updates on when we might see the story list?

Not yet.