Tag: Stephen King

The Dark Tower Companion: A Guide to Stephen King’s Epic Fantasy by Bev Vincent

Stephen King started writing the first Dark Tower novel in 1970, although a mass market edition of the first novel in the ‘cycle’ did not appear until 1988. It quickly earned cult status, apparently concluding with the seventh novel in 2004. King returned to the story of Roland Deschain and his quest for the mysterious …

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News Round-up Week Ending 8 February

Grimm Up North schedule extends The Manchester screenings of great horror films continue this month with a double bill of The Tall Man and Martyrs  on 7 February, Citadel  and Sleep Tight on 21 February and Maniac and 247 Degrees F on 7 March. Tickets for all events are now on sale at the Grimm Up North website. Stephen King still shines Cemetery …

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Joe Hill receives two This Is Horror Awards

Joe Hill

Yesterday we announced the winners of the This Is Horror Awards 2012. Joe Hill picked up awards for Comic of the Year – Locke and Key with Gabriel Rodriguez – and Short Fiction of the Year – In The Tall Grass with Stephen King. A delighted Joe had this to say: I’m terrifically happy to see In …

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Review: In The Tall Grass by Stephen King and Joe Hill

In The Tall Grass is the product of a collaboration between two members of the most talented family in horror, Stephen King and his son Joe Hill. The story was originally published in Esquire magazine earlier this year and is King’s second collaboration with Hill after their 2009 novella Throttle. Read more…

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