Cemetery Dance Publications Announcement Scheduled For April 7, 2014

[skyofcrack]

I've thought a lot about this and gone back and forth about it being a U.S. Limited of Carrie or a deal to do limiteds for Revival and Mr. Mercedes. My initial idea over at DT.org was for a Firestarter book. I know you have to coordinate this announcement with another site and you're doing it just before noon so I'm guessing (since you're on the East Coast) that the other company/site is on the West Coast just starting up business between 8:30AM-9:00AM.

It'd be fantastic if CD put together however many collections of rarely seen, un-revised and/or unpublished stories/novels from King, fully illustrated and limited, of course. It's really more of a wishlist since putting together collections of this sort would probably be a legal nightmare. I think you have to get permission from all of the original publishers where these stories came from which could be near impossible for some of them. CD is certainly the one that I think could take on this monumental project. This collection of stories plus the unpublished novels is "My Official Answer" in this contest.

I really don't think I'll be correct, I just hope that CD will take this ball and roll with it. Someone should put all these stories out in nice collections.

Spoiler!

Stories:

001. Jhonathan And The Witchs [1956]
002. The Killer [1957]
003. Land Of 1,000,000 Years Ago [1959]
004. Thirty-One of the Classics [1959]
005. Jumper [1959]
006. Charlie [1959]
007. Rush Call [1960]
008. The Cursed Expedition [1960]
009. I've Got to Get Away! [1960]
010. Hotel at the End of the Road [1960]
011. Never Look Behind You [1960]
012. The Other Side of the Fog [1960]
013. The Stranger [1960]
014. The Thing at the Bottom of the Well [1960]
015. The Pit and the Pendulum [1961]
016. The Undead [1963]
017. Trigger Finger [1963]
018. The Star Invaders [June 1964]
019. Codename: Mousetrap [10/27/65]
020. I Was A Teenage Grave Robber [1965]
021. The 43rd Dream [01/29/66]
022. The Glass Floor [Fall 1967]
023. Harrison State Park ‘68 (Poem 100 Free Verse Lines) [Fall 1968]
024. Strawberry Spring (un-revised) [Fall 1968]
025. Night Surf (un-revised) [Spring 1969]
026. The Reaper’s Image (un-revised) [Spring 1969]
027. The Dark Man [Fall 1969]
028. Stud City [Fall 1969]
029. The Accident (One-Act Award-Winning Play) [1969]
030. A Possible Fairy Tale (1 Page) (Anti-War Essay) [5/8/70]
031. Slade (10 Pages) (A Comic Western) [6/11-8/6/70]
032. Silence (Poem 12 Lines) [1970]
033. Donovan’s Brain (Poem) [1970]
034. The Blue Air Compressor (un-revised) [Jan 1971]
035. Untitled Poem (“In The Key-Chords Of Dawn...") (24 Lines) [Jan 1971]
036. Untitled Poem ("She Has Gone to Sleep While...") [1971]
037. Woman with Child (Poem) [1971]
038. The Hardcase Speaks (Poem) [12/1/71]
039. It Grows on You (un-revised) [Fall 1973]
040. The Revenge Of Lard Ass Hogan [Jul 1975]
041. Weeds (Originally planned as a novel of which 20,000 words were completed) [May 1976]
042. The King Family And The Wicked Witch [08/25/77]
043. The Night Of The Tiger [Feb 1978]
044. The Gunslinger (un-revised) [Oct 1978]
045. Man with a Belly [Dec 1978]
046. The Crate [Jul 1979]
047. Squad D (Was To Be Published In “The Last Dangerous Visions) [1979]
048. Time In A Glass That Ran (Formerly “The Last Of Her”) (8 Pages) [1979]
049. Keyholes (3 Pages) [1979]
050. The Way Station (un-revised) [Apr 1980]
051. The Oracle and the Mountains (un-revised) [Feb 1981]
052. An Account Of A Recurring Nightmare (Non-Fiction) [Sum 1981]
053. The Slow Mutants (un-revised) [Jul 1981]
054. The Monster in the Closet (un-revised excerpt from Cujo) [Oct 1981]
055. The Bird and the Album (un-revised excerpt from It) [10/30/81]
056. Do the Dead Sing? (un-revised published as The Reach) [Nov 1981]
057. The Gunslinger and the Dark Man (un-revised) [Nov 1981]
058. Before the Play (unused prologue to The Shining) [Aug 1982]
059. Skybar (King Provided 5 Paragraphs For Someone To Complete) [Sep 1982]
060. The Plant Part One (un-revised) [Christmas 1982]
061. The Return of Timmy Baterman (un-revised excerpt from Pet Sematary) [1983]
062. The Plant Part Two (un-revised) [Christmas 1983]
063. The Revelations Of ‘Becka Paulson (un-revised excerpt from The Tommyknockers) [Jul 19-Aug 2, 1984]
064. Dolan's Cadillac (un-revised) [Feb-Jun, 1985]
065. The General (Screenplay) [Apr 1985]
066. The Plant Part Three (un-revised) [Christmas 1985]
067. For The Birds (A One Page Joke) [Sep 1986]
068. The End of the Whole Mess (un-revised) [Oct 1986]
069. Old Chief Wood’nhead (29 min. for Creepshow 2 from an unpublished story by SK) [May 1987]
070. The Hitchhiker (25 min. for Creepshow 2 from an unpublished story by SK [May 1987]
071. Pinfall (32 Script Pages for Creepshow 2 from an unpublished SK story) [May 1987]
072. Popsy (un-revised) [Aug 1987]
073. The Doctor's Case (un-revised) [Sep 1987]
074. The Reploids [May 1988]
075. Sneakers (un-revised) [May 1988]
076. Dedication (un-revised) [May 1988]
077. The Night Flier (un-revised) [Jun 1988]
078. My Pretty Pony (un-revised) [Oct 1988]
079. Rainy Season (un-revised) [Spring 1989]
080. Home Delivery (un-revised) [Jun 1989]
081. An Evening At God’s (2 ½ Page One-Minute Play) [04/23/90]
082. The Moving Finger (un-revised) [Dec 1990]
083. The Bear (un-revised excerpt from The Dark Tower III: The Wastelands) [Dec 1990]
084. You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (un-revised) [Jan 1992]
085. Chattery Teeth (un-revised) [Fall 1992]
086. Blind Willie (un-revised) [Oct 1994]
087. Dino (Poem) [Fall 1994]
088. Ghosts (38 min.) Short Michael Jackson Film With Screenplay Partially Written By SK [5/8/97]
089. Chinga (Screenplay) [2/8/1998]
090. The New Lieutenant's Rap (un-revised) [04/06/99]
091. The Old Dude's Ticker [Jul 2000]
092. Calla Bryn Sturgis (un-revised excerpt from The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla) [2001]
093. The Tale of Gray Dick (un-revised excerpt from The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla) [03/25/03]
094. Lisey and the Madman (un-revised excerpt from Lisey's Story) [2004]
095. The Furnace (The two first paragraphs in a story for others to finish) [10/16/05]
096. Memory (un-revised excerpt from Duma Key) [2006]
097. Throttle (w/Joe Hill) [02/01/09]
098. Ur (e-book) [02/12/09]
099. Morality [Jul 2009]
100. Mostly Old Men (Poem) [Aug 2009]
101. The Bone Church (Poem) [Nov 2009]
102. Premium Harmony [11/09/09]
103. Tommy (Poem) [Mar 2010]
104. Herman Wouk is Still Alive [May 2011]
105. Under the Weather [May 2011]
106. Mile 81 (e-book) [09/01/11]
107. The Little Green God of Agony [09/29/11]
108. The Dune [Fall 2011]
109. In the Tall Grass (w/Joe Hill) [Jun/Jul–Aug 2012]
110. A Face in the Crowd (e-book w/Stewart O'Nan) [08/21/12]
111. Afterlife [Jun 2013]
112. The Rock and Roll Dead Zone (e-book) [06/18/13]
113. Summer Thunder [Dec 2013]
114. Bad Little Kid (e-book in French/German only) [03/14/14]

Novels:

01. Sword in the Darkness aka Babylon Here (485 Pages) [Apr 1970]
02. The Aftermath (76 Pages, 50,000 Words) (Post-Atomic War Sci-Fi) [1972]
03. House on Value Street [1974]
04. Welcome to Clearwater [1976]
05. The Corner [1976]
06. Whimsey (16 Pages Completed) (Beginning Of an aborted 'English' mystery novel) [Jul 1977]
07. After the Play (unused epilogue to The Shining) [1977]
08. Doors [1979]
09. George D.X. McArdle [1979]
10. The Leprechaun (30 Pages Finished) Incomplete Book For His Son, Owen [1983]
11. Livre Noir (A Detective Novel Written In French) [1986]
12. Phil and Sundance [1987]
13. On the Island [1989]
14. The Pretender [1996]
15. Hatchet Head [0000]
16. Comb Dump [0000]

[bookworm 1]

A lot of great guesses. Still working out mine. The information about coordinating with another source and the just before noon release time is news to me. Need to rest so maybe I can figure this out.

[becca69]

This is my official guess:

Yep, a lot of guesses are for Firestarter and that would make since with the fire teaser image. But I'm gonna go out on a limb and guess this. Steve has mentioned how he wondered what happened to Danny and Charlie when they grew up. Well we just found out what happened to Danny. Now it's time to find out whatever happened to that fire welding girl.

The sequel to Firestarter is my official guess. Possibly called Revenge of The Shop :P

P.S. You might ask yourself, when? When could Steve have possibly have written this while working on Revival and Mr. Mercedes. Well if anyone could write that much, it would be Stephen freaking King.

P.P.S. You're revealing this news on April 7th because you couldn't possibly have announced on April 1st and anyone believe you.

I like your thinking. Hope this happens!

[Highbury]

I think there is still that possibility of an S/L of Carrie because PS Publishing basically has the gift/artist edition plus a lettered not announced. Maybe CD squeezed in to do the King signed limited. A bit of clutter but hey who knows. Not my official guess but just an observation.

[Jack Mort]

Hi folks! I'm new here! I don't know if this has already been guessed because I haven't perused all of the forums, but here's my guess and my reasoning:

Stephen King was born in 1947. Those last two numbers, 4 and 7 match up with April 7th, and of course we all know the significance of the first two numbers, 19.

Because the numbers are from his birth year, my official guess is a Stephen King autobiography!

How cool would that be????

[demonbookman]

My official guess is something involving Bad Little Kid in a collection or stand alone.

[Comrade Alex]

"This is my official guess"
"The Stand" by Stephen King
- Originally published in September 1978, it's still technically can be 35 year Anniversary Edition, if re-published BEFORE September 2014 (according to Brian, shipment is scheduled for late summer 2014)
- New S.K. book is not something unusual for CD, but to be "the most important projects in a very long time" the existing level of expectation must be already set and very high, as it's the case with The Stand

Whatever the project is - congratulations and thanks to CD for consistently high quality of production, exception customer service and keeping the community alive and entertained

[T-Dogz_AK47]

Considering the hype this announcements create, I can't think it'd be other author than Steve King.

Now even when it could be Secretary of Dreams 3, I remember the first volume had some big teases but not the second one. The last time we had such a big tease it was for IT 25TH ANNIVERSARY EDITION.

BUT, at the same time, we also had a major tease before Blockade Billy was anounced, and this last book WAS PUBLISHED before Scribner released a larger printing. So it can be reduced to three things: An anniversary edition (this narrows the options to a couple of books, since I can't imagine a 16th anniversary edition of a book ), a S/L of a book that didn't have one before, or a completely new book.

I'd think it's Carrie, since it had an April release, 40th anniversary, but...nope. Somehow I don't see a publisher that has a relationship with PS Publishing doing a S/L of a book they're releasing on the same year.

Okay...enough rambling. This is my official guess:

Needful Things S/L. The image of the announcement made me remember the sign at the store and the fire, well...those who read the book know Leland's plans.

I really, really hope you are wrong with this!!! Not because I hate that book - quite the opposite! I would just HAVE TO buy a lettered edition of Needful Things and I cannot afford to do that right now...

[Martin]

Intriguing comment on Twitter from Wes Craven re-tweeted by Mr. Chizmar.

Big announcement coming soon. Stay tuned...

[subie09lega]

A Nightmare on Elm Street graphic novel series?

[bstee]

My official guess, I know it has already been guessed but I have a more detailed reason is Firestarter, 35th anniversary Super Deluxe Anniversary edition much like IT. The reason, as others have noted there is fire in the clue, but if you look at the actual fire in the clue and look at the graphics for Firestarter - specifically the Deluxe DVD (rear cover) you will see the exact same fire graphics. It is not in a frame with date, but it is otherwise exactly the same, some coloring, tone to a tee. There may be a version of the DVD where there is a picture frame graphic but I have not seen it. I really wish it was The Stand, I would possibly dig deep for a letterred version (telling the wife I admit "it was over $100.). But I see no way this is not Firestarter. final answer.

[bookworm 1]

Ok while I think it is either Firestarter or Carrie because of how people have come to their conclusions My guess and it is official is a limited edition of the original cut version of The Stand. Loaded with wonderful art from several different artists.

[srboone]

Ok while I think it is either Firestarter or Carrie because of how people have come to their conclusions My guess and it is official is a limited edition of the original cut version of The Stand. Loaded with wonderful art from several different artists.

Nice, Tom. I'd go broke for that one!

[bsaenz24]

I'm guessing.....The Dark Man II: A Really REALLY Dark Man!!

[Theli]

This is an unofficial guess because I already threw my hat in the ring, but I am starting to think it's The Stand, the emphasis on big makes me think it likely, and also it being the right year for an anniversary edition. The other possibility that springs to mind is Blaze because of all the fire, but it doesn't seem like as big of an announcement, both literally the size of the book or the significance of the release.