Stephen King will have his fans cheering as he delivers his spooky, baseball-themed novella, Blockade Billy, and a chilling bonus short story, Morality.
Blockade Billy: 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 him. He was erased from the record books. And with good reason, he had a sinister secret …
Morality: Chad is a school teacher who dreams of being a writer. His wife, Nora, is a nurse for a retired minister. Like most people, Chad and Nora are struggling financially, but will they accept money that comes with a big moral question mark?

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"Suspenseful ... deftly executed ... with sharp spikes hoisted high and aimed at the jugular on the slide home." – Publishers Weekly

Biography:
Known internationally as the King of Horror, Stephen King is one of the most prolific fiction authors in the world, with almost as many movies as books under his belt.

He is the author of numerous modern classics such as Carrie, The Shining and Misery, many of which have been adapted into feature films. The Shawshank Redemption was also based on one of his novellas.

Despite being involved in a car accident in 1999, which left him with serious injuries, King has continued to thrill readers with his tales of the strange and supernatural, including more recent hits Full Dark No Stars, Under The Dome, Lisey's Story and Duma Key.

Some of Stephen’s other famous books or short stories, which also became movies, include:
• Hearts in Atlantis
• The Green Mile
• Misery
• It
• Cujo
• Salem's Lot
• Firestarter
• Night Shift
• Creepshow.

An American author who was born in 1947, Stephen has written seven books under the pen name Richard Bachman, including Blaze, which was released in 2007. Before Stephen rose to fame as a writer, he was a high school English teacher.

His son, Joe Hill, is also a talented writer, who does not use his surname (‘King’) when writing as he likes to write on his own merits. Joe appeared in the Creepshow film, which was released in 1982.