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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...

On tap right now are a really creepy clip and the final poster art for the psycho-looking new film Come Back to Me (review). Check them out, and look for more on this one as soon as we get it! Gonna be a heavy week, folks! Get set!

Come Back to Me is a horror film based on the novel titled The Resurrectionist by Wrath James White, which will be playing in limited theaters and available on iTunes, DirecTV, and iN-Demand on July 25th.

The flick stars Matt Passmore ("The Glades"), Katie Walder ("Gilmore Girls"), Nathan Keyes (The Kings of Summer), Maura West ("General Hospital," "The Young and The Restless"), and Laura Gordon (Saw V). The film is written and directed by Paul Leyden (also known for his roles on "The Young and the Restless" and "As The World Turns").

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Sarah (Walder) and Josh McLaren (Passmore) are a young...

Tee-hee and yee-haw, oh ye faithful in blood and terror. I’ve got some good news. That whirlwind of guts, grue and gentlemanly demeanor , Wrath James White has a book that is being turned into one of them moving picture thingies. With sound and color and everything. If you’ve read his work, then you know he never pulls any punches and is prone to some bizarre and kick ass ideas.

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This is going to be less of a review and more of a cautionary tale. I thought I knew what I was getting into when I started reading Sixty-Five Stirrup Iron Road. It is, after all, a collaboration of nine of the hardest-hitting horror authors working in the genre today: Brian Keene, Jack Ketchum, Edward Lee, J.F. Gonzalez, Bryan Smith, Wrath James White, Nate Southard, Ryan Harding and Shane McKenzie. These are not guys known for their restraint, and when you bring them all together between the same two covers, well, let’s just say the game of one-upsmanship is taken to a whole different level. I was not prepared for some of the things I read in this book. Clearly I’m no prude (I doubt I’d be writing for Fearnet if that were the case). I’ve pounded down more than my share of horror novels.