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Australian filmmaker Ben Young is set to direct a feature adaptation of Mister Yummy, a short story The Bazaar of Bad Dreams.
“Stephen King was one of the first authors I ever read religiously, so getting to work on something that came from his imagination is a genuine honour. What I love about Mister Yummy is that the horror is inseparable from the humanity. It’s creepy, moving, character-driven, and exactly the kind of movie I’d line up to see. It’s also the first feature I’ll direct that I’ve also written on since Hounds of Love, so helping shape the script into the kind of Stephen King film I’d want to experience myself has been a real joy.”
- Ben Young
Mister Yummy follows Ollie Franklin, a charismatic resident of an assisted living facility who begins experiencing disturbing visions after the death of a fellow resident. As the line between memory, regret, and the supernatural begins to blur, Ollie is forced to confront long-buried secrets from his past before time finally catches up with him.
That is what I have done. Since 1996 I have run Lilja’s Library for fun. And for my love and interest in Stephen King’s books. When I created the site I created it for me, not for anyone else and not for a second did I think it would still be here 30 years later. Let’s look at the Internet back in 1996. It was all new and not very good. Because the connection was so slow there were almost no images to be found online, an image could take minutes to load. So, the sites that were there were mostly text. Some really cool ones had revolving skulls but that was it. When I found the Internet, I was 26 and a university student. I spent my time in the computer halls trying to find info about King’s books. At this time, you didn’t know about a new book until it was out in the stores and you ran into it. I know, it’s hard to believe but it’s true. Now the Internet came, and you could find info about books you didn’t even know existed quite easily. So, I searched and found a few pages about King and his work but not one that collected all the info in the same place, and I thought to myself, “OK, I’ll create a site and collect all the stuff there,” and I did.
At first it didn’t have a name but eventually people like me that wanted everything in the same place found the site and for reasons I have now forgotten I decided to call it Lilja’s Library – The World of Stephen King and something that changed my life was born.
Today I have run the site for more than half my life. I’ve done it because I enjoy it. I like to give all of you who follow me all the latest news. Today there are other pages that do the same, some of them are really good, some not so good. But the number of sites to choose from is far greater today than it was back in 1996. That’s for sure. Still, a lot of you keep coming back to my site for the latest King news and for that I’m very grateful. Because to be honest, today I do this for all of you out there that stop by the site, post a comment on some of my social media accounts thanking me for some news I just posted. For those of you that email me saying you were able to get your hands on your first signed King book because I posted about its release and for all of you that direct me to stuff that might become news on the site.
We all have something in common. We all love Stephen King’s books, and we all want to spread the word about them so that more people can find out how good they are and become fans like us. I have made so many friends from all over the world during these 30 years that I can hardly believe it’s true. Most of you I never get the chance to meet in person but a few I have met. I went to France to promote one of my books about King and met fans that hardly spoke a word of English. I don’t speak French, but we still connected. I went to Bulgaria and the Czech Republic and the same thing happened there. Amazing.
What about the future then? Well, so far this year has been a lot of fun. I have had contests, my followers on social media have increased a lot. On Facebook I now have over 120,000 followers, which sounds crazy when you say it out loud. It’s almost like a small city where everyone follows me. But everything must come to an end sometime, right? For a short time, I got the idea that 30 years was a good number of years to run a site and actually toyed with the idea of letting 2026 be the site’s last year. To have a countdown until December 31 and then call it quits. But then I realized that I had too much left to do. I’ve been invited to speak at KingCon 2026 in Atlantic City in October; I have a killer contest left to run and that is just a few things. So, the site will live on for a bit longer. Will it be here for 30 more years? Probably not since I would be 86 by then if I’m still alive. Will it be here for 10? I don’t know, maybe. I do know that as long as it’s active I will keep doing my best to deliver the latest news from Stephen King’s Kingdom. Oh, and I will give you one more promise. Lilja’s Library will always be free for everyone to access. I will never charge you anything for accessing the info on it. I might ask for a donation from time to time (if the expenses are running high) since I don't make any money from it now and never have.
So, thank you for your support, no matter if you’ve been with me for 30 years or one year. I hope you stick around and don’t be a stranger if we meet somewhere. Stop and say, “Hi.”
Thanks for all your support!
Lilja
Hodder & Stoughton has released their cover for Other Worlds Than These, the third and final book in The Talisman series.
Other Worlds Than These is released on October 6 and you can pre-order that book as well as The Talisman and Black House through these links:
UK
The Talisman
Black House
Other Worlds Than These
US
The Talisman
Black House
Other Worlds Than These
Joe Bob Briggs will write the introduction to the collection of all 12 issues of The End Times that will be released in hardcover in March 2027. It will also contain content not found in the original monthly edition.
It's been siltent about the filming of season 2 of The Institute so far but today Ben Barnes who plays Tim Jamieson posted a photo from the set on him and Joe Freeman who plays Luke Ellis and said that the filming of season 2 is coming to an end.
What than means in terns of a release date is unclear but my guess is either late this year or early next.
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