Faithful – Stewart O’Nan and Stephen King

A blow by blow account of the Boston Red Sox’ World Series winning season in 2004 by die-hard fans and horror writers, Stephen King and Stewart O’Nan.

Rage – Richard Bachman

“Rage” was first published under the name of Richard Bachman back in 1977 and centres around a school shooting with protagonist, Charlie Decker, killing two people and taking his class hostage. After several real life shooting incidents in the 1980s and 1990s were apparently linked to this book, Stephen King (by then known to have been the author behind the Richard Bachman name) decided to let it fall out of print and it has remained so ever since.

Gwendy’s Final Task – Stephen King & Richard Chizmar

Now a United States Senator, we re-join Gwendy Peterson as she readies herself to blast into space. The button box is returned to Gwendy one last time as the only person who may be able to withstand its influence and carry out one final mission. Can Gwendy battle Alzheimer’s, as well as the various evil forces intent on stopping her, and save the world.

Gwendy’s Button Box – Stephen King and Richard Chizmar

12 year old Gwendy Peterson was approached by a mysterious man in a black hat and offered a box with various different coloured buttons. He explains that the buttons all do different things, including one that doles out chocolates that make you slimmer. He also gives her a warning, the gifts will not be equal to the responsibility of holding the button box.

January Round Up

I know everyone says this but, blimey! What a long month January was! I thought it was never going to end!

Cycle of the Werewolf – Stephen King

The residents of the small town of Tarker’s Mill are living in fear of the full moon every month. A werewolf is stalking their town and killing every month when he takes on his wolf form. Nobody knows who will be next and nobody knows who the wolf is the rest of the month but somebody is determined to stop him.

Full Throttle – Joe Hill

“Full Throttle” is a collection of 13 short stories, covering topics as varied as a trucker’s revenge, a haunted mobile library and a mythical hunting expedition amongst many others.

The Regulators – Stephen King

In the small town of Wentworth, Ohio, everything seems to be normal. The Carver children argue over sweets, the local newspaper boy, Cary Ripton, is out on his round and writer, Johnny Marinville, is minding his own business doing some gardening. Nobody notices the strange red van idling just up the hill and even if they had, would they have ever realised the horrors that were to come?

Desperation – Stephen King

Something strange is going on in the small Nevada town of Desperation. Once a thriving mining community, it is now abandoned apart from a solitary Police Officer who patrols the local highways. There is something sinister at work here but what can a vacationing family, a writer attempting a cross country journey, his support truck driver and the young hitch hiker he has picked up and a couple driving a relative’s car back to the City do about it?

Black House – Stephen King & Peter Straub

There’s a serial killer at large in the small town of French Landing. The only clue is a similarity to a famous killer from a century ago. That is until Jack Sawyer, retired LAPD detective, is asked to get involved by the local Police Chief. Jack’s long buried memories of his time spent in the Territories as a child could hold the key to saving the latest victim but with much more riding on his success than the life of one child, can he put it all together in time?