"Bad Little Kid": New short story (French/German only - for now)

[herbertwest]

"Voici un avant-goût du cadeau exclusif que vous réserve Stephen King...
Saurez-vous deviner ce qui se cache derrière cette image floutée ?
Rendez-vous mercredi pour en savoir plus."

TRANSLATION :
"Here is an overview of the exclusive gift that Stephen King is holding up for you...
Will you guess what is behind that blurred picture?
Come back wednesday to discover more."


https://fbcdn-sphotos-g-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn1/t1/p350x350/1925304_693934703979028_1476490292_n.jpg



Published on the facebook page, "Stephen King France" managed by the french publisher
>> https://www.facebook.com/stephen.king.france?fref=ts
>>> http://club-stephenking.fr/3793-actualite

[Ari_Racing]

Looks promising! :)

[herbertwest]

Another clue in a couple of hours. This clue will have more informations and will be a bit unusual.

[herbertwest]

The translation of the new clue would be :
"Discover a new clue regarding the gift that Stephen King wanted to offer to his french & german fans, to thank them for the warm welcoming recieved during his visit in Europe in 2013.
Come back on friday in order to get the full picture".

>>> http://club-stephenking.fr/3806-actualite

https://fbcdn-sphotos-a-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/1902877_693935660645599_1649964213_n.jpg

[EXPLORER]

A French release of "Faithful" ?

[Bev Vincent]

Or Blockade Billy?

[Ben Staad]

With the blood like stuff on the cover I would think so.


Or Blockade Billy?

[herbertwest]

Dont hesitate to read the text while forgetting about the picture ;-)

[herbertwest]

The reveal will be in a few hours :)

[herbertwest]

BAD LITTLE KID : a brand new story given to the french & german fans


Message from the french publisher :
Event: discover the new ebook (short story) that Stephen King has reserved as a worldwide premier to his french & german readers, to thank them for their warm welcome.


https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-prn2/t1/p350x350/1625492_693936890645476_997099296_n.jpg
(French cover for BAD LITTLE KID)


BAD LITTLE KID (in french : "SALE GOSSE"), is a brand new short story written by Stephen King
Publication :
- ebook, France (Albin Michel), on march 14th, 2014.
- ebook, Germany (Heyne).
- currently unpublished in english

The story :
« Remember, it comes back in the shape of a kid...»
A diabolical kid who cause the inevitable death of your relatives, a bad little kid who has led George Hallas, accountant, in the death row. And that may, one day, cross your path...



When the Club Stephen King asked Stephen King's office if we could get the opportunity of this exclusive content for an interview, we we're told that Steve will not do any new interview this year...
What a shame, it was THE perfect opportunity for me.
Oh well... i got to meet him in november :)

[Ben Staad]

That is pretty darn cool!

[Lilja]

Here is the cover for the German edition.

http://liljas-library.com/img/other/boserkleinerjunge.jpg

Lilja

[mae]

Has to be the first time a new King short story was first published in translation.

[Bev Vincent]

Here's the official announcement from King's board: http://www.stephenking.com/xf/index.php?threads/exclusive-french-and-german-release.1675/

[herbertwest]

The official website says "Bad little boy", while earlier this week I was told "Bad Little Kid".
>>> I asked Marsha which is the correct original title.

[mae]

I'm betting in 2015 we'll see a new short fiction collection. There should be enough stuff and enough time since Just After Sunset. Next year it will be seven years after the last collection, and that's been an average span between collections for King.

[herbertwest]

FD,NS is "sort of" a collection. Novellas not short stories though.

[mae]

Right, but I'm talking collection of previously published stories in magazines and such.

[Stockerlone]

FB page from German publisher Heyne
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10151903202822397&set=a.10150106166017397.282666.344556287396&type=1&theater

[herbertwest]

Marsha checked with Stephen King, and the original title is indeed "Bad Little Kid" (not "Bad Little Boy" as previously mentionned on the official website), and she changed it on the official website
>>> http://www.stephenking.com/news_archive/article431.html

Therefore i'll edit the title of this thread.

[herbertwest]

I edited the first message, but it doesnt seem to be changing the "name of the thread".

@Jerome : can you please take a look at it?
thx

[Darkday]

A short German summary has been posted here (http://www.randomhouse.de/ebook/Boeser-kleiner-Junge/Stephen-King/e466769.rhd). Here's my translation:
George Hallas is in prison. In one week, he is to be executed. He has remained silent for a long time, but now he opens up to his public defender, Leonard Bradley. He tells him how his dreadful deed came to pass. For Bradley, the confession will eventuelly have spooky consequences.

[herbertwest]

http://club-stephenking.fr/img/NEWS/fevrier/2014/sale-gosse/sale-gosse--stephenking-2014_small.jpg

In France, the ebook will be sold for 3.99€ on the french publisher's website.
The short story is 68 pages long.
The first 10 pages :

>>> http://club-stephenking.fr/3821-actualite

[mae]

That's more of a novelette.

[Bev Vincent]

Thanks for posting the first 10 pages -- I like the way it's starting out. Not sure I'll be able to get hold of the French eBook, though, since Amazon.fr won't sell the ebook to someone with a US address, so far as I can tell.

[herbertwest]

Very good question actually.
I believe that the book will be available via kobo, kindle & ibooks... but yeah maybe there will be a territorial restriction the same way ebay does (and it's always freaking doing my head-in!!!!).

Maybe amazon.com will offer it?
Wait and see I guess.

[Stockerlone]

Cost´s for the German Böser Kleiner Junge Kindle editon EUR 1,99
http://www.amazon.de/B%C3%B6ser-kleiner-Junge-Stephen-King-ebook/dp/B00IS0NVUK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394230476&sr=8-1&keywords=b%C3%B6ser+junge+stephen+king

[Randall Flagg]

The story will be available soon in the USA. Obviously King wrote it in English.

[dnemec]

The story will be available soon in the USA. Obviously King wrote it in English.

An excellent point! :biggrin:

[herbertwest]

Cost´s for the German Böser Kleiner Junge Kindle editon EUR 1,99
http://www.amazon.de/B%C3%B6ser-kleiner-Junge-Stephen-King-ebook/dp/B00IS0NVUK/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1394230476&sr=8-1&keywords=b%C3%B6ser+junge+stephen+king

Really? It will be 3.99€ in France...




The story will be available soon in the USA. Obviously King wrote it in English.
Surely the story will be published, sooner or later, in english.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Surely the story will be published, sooner or later, in english.

I predict 5 minutes after it goes on sale in French/German. (That's how long Google takes to translate.) It will be in print form 5 minutes later. (I have a slow printer.)

[mae]

I wouldn't want to read a back-translation. If this won't be released on its own, surely it will be part of the next collection.

[Bev Vincent]

It's been a long time since I've read in French at any length, but I find this translation very easy to understand. There were a few words I had to look up, but not many.

[herbertwest]

Surely the story will be published, sooner or later, in english.

I predict 5 minutes after it goes on sale in French/German. (That's how long Google takes to translate.) It will be in print form 5 minutes later. (I have a slow printer.)


That would be ugly though...

[Ari_Racing]

Facts (IMHO):

* The story will be published in English (and other languages), sooner or later. As far as I know, it'll be on 2015, but that might change eventually. (This one is a fact. The Spanish publisher already aims to release it in Spanish at the begining of 2015).

* There will be fan made translations and Google-made ones. The first ones will probably suck, but later ones will be more accurate. And I guess that these will start to circulate less than a week after the German and French release.

* Despite the restrictions that might apply, the story will be available for pirate download anywhere less than 48 hours after its release.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

* Despite the restrictions that might apply, the story will be available for pirate download anywhere less than 48 hours after its release.

I think you mean minutes :)

[herbertwest]

* There will be fan made translations and Google-made ones. The first ones will probably suck, but later ones will be more accurate. And I guess that these will start to circulate less than a week after the German and French release.


I think that the first are more likely to be better than a simple Google-made translations ;)

[Ari_Racing]

No, I mean that the first translations will suck and later ones (corrected) will be more accurate. ;)

[Stockerlone]

Midnight... bought.... Böser kleiner Junge

[Bev Vincent]

I see that the French version is available at Amazon.ca but they won't sell it to me because my Amazon account is in the US. C'est dommage.

[Stockerlone]

Nice short story, nothing super special but i like it !!!

I realy wanna see a drawn version from the Böser kleiner Junge, maybe from Vinny Chong or Glenn Chadbourne.

[Ari_Racing]

As I said, the book is already available for free download in several websites.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

The French word count is 16,410. The English is 15,080. So its quite a bit longer than I expected.

[Niels]

Mr. RT, how do you know the english word count?

[Randall Flagg]

Mr. RT, how do you know the english word count?
He took math classes...
The French are verbose and usually use ~8.1% more words than necessary.

[Niels]

Mr. RT, how do you know the english word count?
He took math classes...
The French are verbose and usually use ~8.1% more words than necessary.

That's one rule I didn't know........

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

Mr. RT, how do you know the english word count?

I clicked on "Word Count" in my Microsoft Word English edition.

[herbertwest]

You should change a major thing on the cover though : take off Stephen King, and change it to GOOGLE TRANSLATE ;-)

[Darkday]

The German version has 14,900 words, so my guess for the English original is 14,500 to 14,700 words.

Unfortunately, I found the story rather disappointing. It's a run-of-the-mill horror story, well written, but uninspired.

[Bev Vincent]

I learned something new by reading Sale Gosse -- apparently in French, people refer to the onset of a woman's period by saying "the English are landing on the shore" (les Anglais débarquaient tous les mois), a reference to the English as "redcoats" and the historical animosity between England and France!

[Bev Vincent]

Pardon My French – My Review of 'Sale Gosse' (http://www.fearnet.com/news/review/news-dead-zone-pardon-my-french-%E2%80%93-review-stephen-kings-sale-gosse)

[Br!an]

Pardon My French – My Review of 'Sale Gosse' (http://www.fearnet.com/news/review/news-dead-zone-pardon-my-french-%E2%80%93-review-stephen-kings-sale-gosse)

Merci, très bien.

[becca69]

Are there any links to the English version?

[Bev Vincent]

There is no English version at this point.

[Mr. Rabbit Trick]

There is no English version at this point.

No "official" English version.

[becca69]

Any link will do...

[Bev Vincent]

We generally don't post links to unauthorized or pirated content on this MB.

[Randall Flagg]

We generally don't post links to unauthorized or pirated content on this MB.
Correct. Highly discouraged and if reported I have to remove the link.

[mae]

Pardon My French – My Review of 'Sale Gosse' (http://www.fearnet.com/news/review/news-dead-zone-pardon-my-french-%E2%80%93-review-stephen-kings-sale-gosse)

So it's a novella then?

[herbertwest]

Good review Bev, thanks for sharing it :)

[Bev Vincent]

The Nebulas would classify it as novelette, which is shorter than a novella.

[mae]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/stephen-kings-new-short-story-700803

Stephen King's new short story, Bad Little Kid, has been optioned for a feature film by Laurent Bouzereau and his production company, Nedland Media Inc.

The supernatural tale centers on a man whose life changes forever when he realizes that a mysterious boy is causing the deaths of people he loves.

Bad Little Kid was released as an e-story in Germany and France on March 14. King says he wrote it specifically for his fans in those European countries who were so hospitable to him when he visited in November.

Bouzereau, who is also planning on directing Bad Little Kid, has a resume packed with making-of documentaries. He wrote and directed the 2011 TCM film A Night at the Movies: The Horrors of Stephen King, which featured King discussing horror films and their popularity with moviegoers. Bouzereau's other directing credits include Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir and Don't Say No Until I Finish Talking: The Story of Richard D. Zanuck, which he also wrote and produced. Bouzereau is represented by Resolution and Bloom Hergott.

More than 50 of Kings' books and short stories have been adapted into films over the years, including The Shining, Carrie and The Green Mile. An adaptation of the apocalyptic thriller Cell starring Samuel L. Jackson is currently in postproduction, and Blumhouse produced a film called Mercy, an adaptation of King's short story Gramma. King is repped by Paradigm.

[herbertwest]

Clever move!