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If you’re anything like us, peace is wandering the stacks of a dusty, cramped bookstore, looking for the next title to lose yourself in. The Stacks, The Losers’ Club’s new monthly series, aims to evoke that feeling by discussing the month’s new genre releases while also sharing recommendations for the books, movies, shows, podcasts, and music they’re consuming. Fear not, for this is a spoiler-free zone. Just know that a wish list hates to see us coming.

In its inaugural episode, Losers Randall Colburn, Jenn Adams, Dan Caffrey, and Sammie Kuykendall dish on the latest news in publishing, including James Patterson’s collab with Mr. Beast and the new Hunger Games prequel about Haymitch Abernathy. After discussing new April releases from Natalia Theodoridou, Nat Cassidy, Ronald Malfi, and more, they share their own recommendations, all of which you can see below.

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Stephen King has authorized a short story anthology set in the harrowing world of his seminal post-apocalyptic novel, The Stand.

The End of the World As We Know It: New Tales of Stephen King’s The Stand will be published in hardcover and e-book on August 19, 2025 via Gallery Books.

Edited by award-winning authors Christopher Golden and Brian Keene, the 800-page collection consists of 34 all-new stories set during and after the events of The Stand. It includes an introduction by King, a foreword by Golden, and an afterword by Keene.

The book features stories by Wayne Brady & Maurice Broaddus, C. Robert Cargill, Paul Tremblay, Richard Chizmar, Catherynne M. Valente, Joe R. Lansdale, Caroline Kepnes, Josh Malerman, Tananarive Due & Steven Barnes, Gabino Iglesias, and David J. Schow.

Other contributors include Poppy Z. Brite, Somer Canon, Nat Cassidy, V. Castro, S.A. Cosby, Meg Gardiner, Jonathan Janz, Alma Katsu, Michael Koryta, Sarah Langan, Tim Lebbon,...

Legendary author Stephen King destroyed the world in his 1978 novel The Stand (which got an expanded edition in 1990), unleashing a virus that wiped out most of the population… but once society had crumbled, there was hope that the survivors would find a way to carry on. After, of course, a confrontation between good and supernatural evil decided which path would be taken. Although the entire world is affected by the pandemic, King keeps his focus on American characters because he envisioned The Stand as being an American Lord of the Rings. But if other authors had the chance to write something that takes place in the world of The Stand, they could tell the stories of what happened in other locations around the globe, as well as dig into characters that didn’t get the spotlight in King’s novel. We’ll get to find out exactly what at least...

Hey, "Instinct" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed tonight's back-to-back episodes 7 and 8. Now that they're officially done and over, it's time to go over a few things that will take place in next week's episode. Thanks to CBS, we ,once again, have a few teaser description we can share with you guys via their episode 9 press release. So, we will definitely reference that in this spoiler session. To get things started,episode 9 does have a title. It's officially named, "Manhunt." It sounds like episode 9 will feature some very intense and dramatic scenes as Ryan and Dylan get caught up in a major showdown on boat! Dylan gets very disturbing news and more! We'll go ahead and start off this spoiler session with the Ryan and Dylan situation. It turns out that the intensity level to catch the Sleeping Beauty Killer will be turned up a notch. Ryan and Dylan will...

Hey, "Instinct" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed tonight's episode 4. Now that it's officially done and over with, it's time to go over a few things that the new episode 5 will have in store for you. Thanks to CBS, we've got a couple of teaser descriptions for it via their press release. So, that's what we'll be using for this spoiler session. As usual, we'll go ahead and start things off with the title for episode 5. It's officially named, "Ancient History." Episode 5 sounds like it will feature some pretty interesting, possible dangerous and dramatic scenes as Dylan and Lizzie work a strange murder case. Dylan and Andy encounter issues with the adoption process. Lizzie and Julian face relationship issues. The Ryan Stock serial killer case continues and more. We'll go ahead and start off this spoiler session with the Dylan and Lizzie murder case situation. It turns out that Dylan...

Hey, "Instinct" fans. We hope you guys enjoyed tonight's episode 3 of this second season. Now that it's officially aired and all wrapped up, it's time to take a sneak peak look at what's in store for the next,new episode 4, which is due out next week. Thanks to the lovely folks over at CBS, we've got a few teaser descriptions for episode 4 via their press release. So, that is certainly what we'll be referencing for this spoiler session. To get the ball rolling so to speak, we've got a title for episode 4. It's officially being called, "Big Splash." It's not the most unique title, but I like it. I feel like you can't really go wrong with a "Big Splash" title. Anyways, it sounds like episode 4 will feature some very dramatic, super intense, interesting and happy moments as a poor woman falls to her death, sparking a major investigation! Ryan discovers a new lead.

Kyle Written by Hollis James, Directed by Emily Owens Presented by Hot Tramp Productions at Under St. Marks, NYC March 11-25, 2017

Kyle is the first play from Hot Tramp Productions, which promises "darkly comic" shows as part of its mission to create "pre-apocalyptic theatre for a post-Bowie world." Written by Queens native Hollis James, Kyle mines comedy from the depths of addiction and marks an impressive debut both for James as a playwright and for his and director Emily Owens' newly-founded production company.

Kyle (Hollis James) may feature in the title, but it is Jack (Nat Cassidy) who pays the rent for the apartment in which they live amidst bottles of whiskey and posters of Robert Smith and Minor Threat. When we first meet Jack, a writer and vinyl-collecting music nerd, he has just returned from a concert with his girlfriend, Crystal (Tricia Alexandro), and the two have decided...

Legend has it that cockroaches will still be wandering the Earth long after you and I are gone. Which begs the question: If some sort of apocalyptic event were to go down, would the cockroaches take over the world?

Such is the premise of an upcoming horror comedy called They Will Outlive Us All, which you can find the info and trailer for below!

It's directed by Patrick Shearer, written by Jessi Gotta, and stars Gotta, Nat Cassidy, Alyssa Simon, Gavin Starr Kendall, and Stephanie Cox-Williams.

Synopsis

New York City. 2016. In the years since Hurricane Sandy, the city has been brought to its knees by a series of ‘Frankenstorms.’ As hurricane season hits yet again, New York braces itself for the oncoming wave of destruction. Roommates Margot and Daniel attempt to survive this ‘new’ New York by avoiding it at all costs. But with the advent of three strange deaths in their Brooklyn building,...