Cemetery Dance Publications announced this week that they are publishing a brand-new novella by Stephen King called Blockade Billy. This novella won’t be released by Scribner in the near future (King’s usual trade publisher), nor will it be included in the upcoming King collection to be released this fall. However Lonely Road Books will be producing a signed, limited edition but haven’t announced when. The Cemetery Dance edition is a trade, limited hardcover, reasonably priced at $25. I strongly urge King fans to pick up the Cemetery Dance edition; they produce lovely, high quality books, and supporting smaller genre publishers is important.
“Even the most diehard baseball fans don’t know the true story of William “Blockade Billy” Blakely. He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first — and only — player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game’s history.
Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional baseball, and with good reason. Blockade Billy had a secret darker than any pill or injection that might cause a scandal in sports today. His secret was much, much worse… and only Stephen King, the most gifted storyteller of our age, can reveal the truth to the world, once and for all.
This original, never-before-published novella represents Stephen King at his very best, and this Cemetery Dance hardcover edition brings it into print for the very first time.”
Cemetery Dance calls this the biggest news in their publishing history… hope it’s true!
