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Illustrations from Stephen King's Under the Dome Collector's Edition

If you've been on the fence as to which version of Stephen King's upcoming novel Under the Dome to buy -- the hardcover, the audio CD, or the super special collector's edition -- the illustrations that hit online recently from the latter just might help you make up your mind.

Read The Monstrumologist Online Now - For FREE!

If you missed out winning a copy of Rick Yancey's The Monstrumologist during our recent contest, don't despair. In an unusual turn of events, publisher Simon & Schuster is making the entire book available online for free for the next week via the innovative iPaper application from Scribd.

WINNERS ANNOUNCED: Win a Copy of Rick Yancey's The Monstrumologist

It's rare that we post a five-knife review for anything at Dread Central so after reading Elaine's critique of The Monstrumologist (review here), I have to say my interest in the tale is definitely piqued. If yours is, too, then you'll want to read on for the details of a new contest we're running.

New King This November

I can’t think of anything that’s been floating around in my head for 25 years, outside of various explicit fantasies that I’m sure you don’t want to read about here, so it’s pretty impressive to me when someone, even someone like Stephen King, is able to take something he’s had in his brain pan for so long and actually get it on paper