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New story in In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper

edited April 2016 in General news
King will have a short story in the anthology In Sunlight or In Shadow: Stories Inspired by the Paintings of Edward Hopper, edited by Lawrence Block, which will be published in December.

A truly unprecedented literary achievement by author and editor Lawrence Block, a newly-commissioned anthology of seventeen superbly-crafted stories inspired by the paintings of Edward Hopper, including Jeffery Deaver, Joyce Carol Oates, Stephen King, Lee Child, and Robert Olen Butler, among many others.

"Edward Hopper is surely the greatest American narrative painter. His work bears special resonance for writers and readers, and yet his paintings never tell a story so much as they invite viewers to find for themselves the untold stories within."

So says Lawrence Block, who has invited seventeen outstanding writers to join him in an unprecedented anthology of brand-new stories: In Sunlight or In Shadow. The results are remarkable and range across all genres, wedding literary excellence to storytelling savvy.

Contributors include Stephen King, Joyce Carol Oates, Robert Olen Butler, Michael Connelly, Megan Abbott, Craig Ferguson, Nicholas Christopher, Jill D. Block, Joe R. Lansdale, Spider Robinson, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, Warren Moore, Jonathan Santlofer, Jeffery Deaver, Lee Child, and Lawrence Block himself. Even Gail Levin, Hopper’s biographer and compiler of his catalogue raisonée, appears with her own first work of fiction, providing a true account of art theft on a grand scale and told in the voice of the country preacher who perpetrated the crime.

In a beautifully produced anthology as befits such a collection of acclaimed authors, each story is illustrated with a quality full-color reproduction of the painting that inspired it. Illustrated with 17 full color plates, one for each chapter

Comments

  • The story is called The Music Room
  • Great line up! Intriguing premise. Look forward to reading it.
  • King read this story in public for the first time during his Pittsburgh stop on the End of Watch tour.
  • Playboy has the story up on their site now.

    My review of the anthology is up at www.onyxreviews.com
  • Nominated for an Edgar -- here's the category:

    BEST SHORT STORY

    "Oxford Girl" – Mississippi Noir by Megan Abbott (Akashic Books)
    "A Paler Shade of Death" – St. Louis Noir by Laura Benedict (Akashic Books)
    "Autumn at the Automat” – In Sunlight or in Shadow by Lawrence Block (Pegasus Books)
    "The Music Room" – In Sunlight or in Shadow by Stephen King (Pegasus Books)
    "The Crawl Space” – Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine by Joyce Carol Oates (Dell Magazines)
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