"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."






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

[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.



(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- currently unpublished in english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.



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....-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?f...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. Here's my translation:

Spoiler:

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]

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.