HUGE NEWS - Shivers VI (Cemetery Dance) Stephen King, Peter Straub and ME!

God, that's gotta feel good. Congrats, Rich.

I'm equally jealous and happy for you, Richard!

Dayum. Your day is coming.

That's amazing! Congratulations!

very, very cool. good work mate.

thanks guys, i'm totally stoked

That fuckin' rocks, dude. Awesome.

thanks brandon, i can't really believe it's TRUE...so surreal

Amazing! Wow! I'm floored for you.

thanks caleb, couldn't have been any better, my hopes for this to be a fantastic collection, i'm pretty floored! very lucky

did the previous five sell pretty well, Richard?

being in a collection with Stephen King definitely won't hurt. it's great that he's one of your favourite authors, too. like i said, it's gotta be a good feeling.

i have to assume that they sold thousands

to give you an idea (and they've NEVER done a limited or lettered edition of Shivers before, King and Straub made this possible)

the lettered edition, 52 copies at $175 - is sold out
the limited edition, hardcover, 750 copies at $40 - 80% sold out

i'd think they would sell thousands of this copy

wow. that--is--so--fucking-COOOOOOL!

you must have a smile that hurts your face right now.

totally...been giddy since last night

Congrats Richard. Are any of the super duper editions signed by King? Im considering investing in a King signed for my Christmas!

I will definitely be buying a copy of this one. Im stoked for you!

so good, mate. but, you have worked your guts out for all this, so you should feel so super-duper about it. i hope i can get to where you are right now some day.

no, nothing signed by King, i wish...better hurry though, if you want anything beyond the paperback, the lettered is sold out, and the limited edition hardcover is almost sold out

i bought one copy of each last night because i may never publish next to King and Straub again, and this is a historical artifact, going in my "estate" to show my kids and grandkids that i had some talent, that i could write a little bit

gotta keep going, up and up, bigger and better...amazing

You should write a story about you kidnapping King and forcing him to write a sequel to Misery.

Well he does already have a Stephen King story. . .

Ha!

thanks gordon, i was going to direct him to that, funnny...i had fun writing that little story too

believe it or not, i've never met the man, had a chance to last year in minn, he hasn't been to chicago in YEARS...i'll have to track him down and have him sign that my lettered edition of Shivers VI, now...it's a mission

i loved reading that oprah project/whatever it is thing. was it a velvet thing? i can't remember where i got the link from originally.

pretty fun(ny).

that was caleb's idea (thirstygerbil) - it was a lot of fun, not just velvet, although there were some velvet and culties

very cool. why is it only staying live for 11 months?

I just figured it was a web-hosting/cost thing. But maybe it's a metaphor for the evanescent nature of celebrity... Okay, that was a reach.

not sure...probably the web thing, url, maybe it'll continue, who knows

Aaaaanyway... Let's get back to patting Richard's big, soon-to-be famous back.

lol...no worries, matthew, i'm getting a sore shoulder from doing that myself

Awesome news!

And this Stephen King, he's a writer of some sort?

lol...thanks monkey,