Stephen King Announces Follow-up to Bestselling Novel 11/22/63.....

Bangor, ME - Stephen King, the "King of Horror" who is widely considered to be the most successful writer of horror stories in history, selling more than 400 million copies of his books worldwide, has announced a follow-up to his popular and award winning 2011 time travel thriller, 11/22/63.

The real life meeting of Baby Jessica and President George H.W. Bush in 1989 serves as a pivotal point on the time line in 10/14/87, and one in which the protagonist must make an agonizing decision with the fate of all humanity hanging in the balance

"It's called 10/14/87, and it's my answer to one key question," King explained over a plate of Yankee pot roast during our interview at Geaghan's Pub on Main street. "What if Baby Jessica never fell into that well? Or more to the point, what if not falling into that well sets her on a course that leads to the apocalypse, to the Biblical end times?"

In 10/14/87, King takes the reader on a journey from 2022 to October of 1987 as Jake Epping, the hero from the original novel, returns and is once again tasked with changing the timeline, only this time he's working with the time police to keep reality from unraveling. According to King, Epping is going to be a good bit older and a lot wiser this time around. "Jake thinks that he has to be the one who puts 18-month-old Jessica in that well in Midland, Texas in order to save the future, but that might actually be what dooms it. Or maybe there's something even more mysterious going on...maybe with ghosts?"