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THE LOST WORK OF STEPHEN KING - LETTERED EDITION.

ONLY COMPLETE AND UNCUT EDITION - SIGNED.

ONLY 52 BLUE LEATHER LETTERED COPIES: A - ZZ.

By Stephen J. Spignesi.

...Spignesi is a writer himself with an enormous love for and curiosity about King's work and history....Persuasive citations suggest the appearance of images, themes, and stylistic signposts pointing toward King's later fictive interests. — Edward Bryant, Locus.

OVERVIEW: The only Complete and Uncut Special Limited Edition of the Lost Work of Stephen King. Stephen Spignesi covers every rare and unpublished work by Stephen King at this time. He also delves into where these pieces have been published, where to find them. A thorough look at rare Stephen King during the time of this publication.
Over 100 more pages than the trade edition that was issued. Bound in Blue Leather, with silver foil embossing of Stephen Kings likeness on the front and back. End papers feature 16 rare pieces by Stephen King. Also additional photos not in the trade edition.
Signed by author Stephen Spignesi, and contributors Tyson Blue, and Jim Cole.

ABOUT THIS BINDING PRODUCTION:

Signed two-color Signature Page by Stephen Spignesi, Tyson Blue, and James Cole.
Blue Leather Binding.
Silver foil stamping on the front and back covers, and the spine.
Front and back end-papers feature actual reproductions of rare Stephen King Fiction and appearances.
 

CONTENTS
"Darkness" by Lord Byron
Introduction: Welcome to Our Nightmare!
Writing...
The Hidden World of the Lost King
Stephen King: A Life in the Dread Zone, 1947-2000
Exegesis

THE LOST WORK,1956 - THE PRESENT
1. "Jhonathan and the Witchs" (1956)
2. People, Places, & Things (1960)
3. "The Killer" (c. 1961)
4. The Aftermath (1963)
5. "The Star Invaders" (1964)
6. "I Was a Teenage Grave Robber" (1965)
7. "The Glass Floor" (1967)
8. "King's Garbage Truck" (1969-1970)
9. Sword In the Darkness (April, 1970)
10. "A Possible Fairy Tale" (May 8, 1970)
11. Slade (June-August, 1970)
12. "Squad D" (late 1970s)
13. "The Blue Air Compressor" (1971, 1981)
14. "The Hardcase Speaks" (December 1, 1971)
15. Blaze (February, 1973)
16. "Weeds" (May, 1976)
17. "The Cat from Hell" (March, 1977)
       "Cat from Hell" (June, 1985)
18. Wimsey (July, 1977)
19. "The Night of the Tiger" (February, 1978)
20. "Man With a Belly" (December, 1978)
21. "The King Family and the Wicked Witch" (1978)
22. "On Becoming a Brand Name" (February, 1980)
23. "Remembering John" (December 13/14, 1980)
24. "The Lawnmower Man" (1981; comic book adaptation)
25. "Between Rock and a Soft Place" (January, 1982)
26. "My High School Horrors" (1982; February, 1986)
27. Foreword to Harlan Ellison's Stalking the Nightmare (1982)
28. The Cannibals (1982)
29. "Skybar" (1982)
30. "Peter Straub: An Informal Appreciation" (October 29-31, 1982) 178
31. "The Evil Dead: Why You Haven't Seen It Yet... And Why You Ought To" (November, 1982)
32. "Berni Wrightson: An Appreciation" (1983)
33. "A Novelist's Perspective on Bangor" (March 27, 1983)
34. "The Leprechaun" (June, 1983)
35. "Dear Walden People" (August, 1983)
36. The Plant (Part 1, December, 1982; Part 2, December, 1983; Part 3,
      December, 1985)
37. "On The Shining and Other Perpetrations" (August, 1982)
38. "Before the Play" (August, 1982; May, 1997)
39. "Horrors!" (October, 1983)
40. Silver Bullet (March 14, 1984)
41. "1984: A Bad Year If You Fear Friday the 13th" (April 12, 1984)
42. "My First Car" (July, 1984)
43. "Keyholes" (c. 1984)
44. "The Politics of Limited Editions" (June, 1985)
45. "Heroes for Hope Starring the X-Men" (1985)
46. "My Say" by Stephen King (December 20, 1985)
47. "Hello Mary Lou, Goodbye Rick" (April, 1986)
48. "Everything You Need to Know About Writing Successfully
       - in Ten Minutes" (July, 1986)
49. "For the Birds" (1986)
50. "Pinfall" (1986)
51. "Banned Books and Other Concerns: The Virginia Beach Lecture" (September 22, 1986)
52. "How IT Happened" (October, 1986)
53. "The Dreaded X" (December, 1986)
54. "My Ten Favorite Fantasy-Horror Novels" and "My Ten Favorite Fantasy-Horror Short Stories or Novellas" (1987)
55. "A Postscript to Overdrive" (February, 1987)
56. "Why I Wrote The Eyes of the Dragon" (February, 1987)
57. "What's Scaring Stephen King" (February, 1987)
58. Introduction to Dave Marsh's Glory Days (April, 1987)
59. "Turning the Thumbscrews on the Reader" (June, 1987)
60. "Entering the Rock Zone, or How I Happened to Marry
      a Rock Station from Outer Space" (October, 1987)
61. Nightmares in the Sky: Gargoyles and Grotesques (November, 1988)
62. "Ever Et Raw Meat?" and Other Weird Questions (December 6, 1987)
63. "Stephen King on Censorship" (1989)
64. "What Stephen King Does For Love" (April, 1990)
65. "An Evening At God's" (1990)
66. "How I Created Golden Years... and Spooked Dozens of TV Executives" (August 2, 1991)
67. "Perfect Games, Shared Memories" (Fall, 1991)
68. "The Book-Banners: Adventure in Censorship is Stranger Than Fiction" (March 20, 1992)
69. Introduction to The Fugitive Recaptured (September, 1993)
70. "The Neighborhood of the Beast" (1994)
71. Introduction to The Shawshank Redemption: The Shooting Script (March, 1996)
72. Six Stories (1997)
73. "Everything's Eventual" (October/November, 1997)
74. "The Wait is Over..." (November, 1997; December, 1997)
75. The "Almost" Stories
76. king.com: Stephen King on the Internet

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About the Author

1999  Overlook Connection Press. Signed Lettered Edition. 6 X 9. In full, blue, Leather. Signed by Author and contributors. Fine / Fine. ISBN: 1892950030.