OK it’s contest time and to celebrate Lilja’s Library’s 30th anniversary I have a really special prize for you (see image).
All you need to do is find this post on my social media and follow and share it on any of my other social media before August 28th.
Then on August 29th, which just happens to me my birthday (I’m a bit older than 30 though) I will randomly select one social media and then one person that follows me there and have shared this post as the winner.
The contest is open to anyone all over the world and you can share as many times and on as many social media as you like. And don’t forget to follow.
Joe Hill updated us about the status of his next book, Hunger and told us he is now working on the book after that in his latest newsletter.
My book-a-year plan is off to more like a book-every-two-years start. All I can tell you is that Hunger is done in second draft, chugging pleasantly along through the next editorial steps, and I’m at work on a new novel. I wrapped up a screenplay—the first time I’ve ever adapted someone else’s work!—and will likely be on to another adaptation in the fall.
Here is the hardback cover for SHERLOCK: Short Story Anthology that includes Joe Hill's new story An Exercise in Murder. Release date for the hardback is December 1st and you can pre-order it here.
Australian filmmaker Ben Young is set to direct a feature adaptation of Mister Yummy, a short story The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
“Stephen King was one of the first authors I ever read religiously, so getting to work on something that came from his imagination is a genuine honour. What I love about Mister Yummy is that the horror is inseparable from the humanity. It’s creepy, moving, character-driven, and exactly the kind of movie I’d line up to see. It’s also the first feature I’ll direct that I’ve also written on since Hounds of Love, so helping shape the script into the kind of Stephen King film I’d want to experience myself has been a real joy.” - Ben Young
Mister Yummy follows Ollie Franklin, a charismatic resident of an assisted living facility who begins experiencing disturbing visions after the death of a fellow resident. As the line between memory, regret, and the supernatural begins to blur, Ollie is forced to confront long-buried secrets from his past before time finally catches up with him.
