
The story revolves around Charlie Reade, a young high schooler forced to grow up before his time when a hit-and-run accident kills his mother and drives his father to alcoholism. First announced by Entertainment Weekly, which also has an exclusive excerpt, the project is officially titled Fairy Tale (on sale this September), the premise of which sounds as though King is subtly winking at the Locke & Key comic book series co-created by his son, Joe Hill. His most recent novel, Billy Summers, barely hit stands five months ago and he's already got another book shooting down the pipeline for an early fall publication. He's an absolute machine of literary prowess and speed. Real talk: Does Stephen King ever sleep? The dude continues to crank out hundreds of pages of fiction a year at the spry age of 74.
