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Check the March Insanity portion of the website for the brackets for 2026’s two brackets.

First up Talisman 3 is now titled ‘Other Worlds Than These’ and it is coming October 6! Check King’s website or Simon & Schuster’s website for all the details and pre-order links.

Here is the Cover:

Here is the extended cover:

Next up Anthony Breznican has a write-up with some quotes from King along with the first excerpt for the book. Check it HERE.

Next up DT gets mention in a Groundhogs Day post about time loops. Check it HERE.

Next up Flanagan’s Carrie gets a release window. Check it HERE.

Then for some reason Flanagan is re-adapting The Mist….. Check it HERE.

Next up Flanagan is done with scripts for the first season of The Dark Tower and King loves them. Check it HERE.

The interview where that came from is HERE.

Next up Welcome to Derry Season 2 is happening, just not greenlit yet. Check HBO Head’s explanation HERE

No IT Sequel from King. Check it HERE.

The Institute begins filming Season 2. Check it HERE.

The Institute Season 2 Adds Alfie Allen. Check it HERE.

The Body getting a Wil Wheaton narrated Audiobook next month. Check it HERE.

Last up Uncle Stevie Recommends:

📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 10 Subchapters 7-14

📢 Episode Summary:

In the first Book Club for Wizard and Glass in 2026 Tadd and Peter continue into the final chapter of Part 3 and in this episode Sheemie and Olive are working together at Seafront trying to free Susan without much success. Finally with Marias’ help and some fire they clear the vaqueros out and free her. Cuthbert and Alain wake Roland up after the Ball took him, and he tells them of their quest for the Dark Tower he also tells them that Susan has been taken but he thinks Sheemie will rescue her. Olive, Sheemie, and Susan ride north to escape and they send Sheemie back to throw any pursuers off their trail, but shortly after sending him away Olive and Susan are headed off by Reynolds and Rhea who kill Olive and take Susan in the back of Rhea’s cart. Roland and the boys infiltrate Latigo’s men and begin taking out the tankers and the men guarding them. 

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In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter find themselves at the final episode of the year and you know what that means, YEAR END BASH! They go through and talk about the massive year that was for King as well as look ahead at the year to come. Of course the “phone” lines were open as is tradition! 

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Get your March Insanity Nominations in through the end of the month!

The first article is from January 2026 Empire Magazine but they do not do web versions, you need to subscribe to get full digital issues of their physical magazine.

Next King totally confirms more Holly on Threads:

Next up Duffers Talisman with Netflix is Dead. Check it HERE.

Next up Welcome to Derry Co-Showrunner wants to do Insomnia. Check it HERE.

Next Kings Favorites and Least Favorite of His Works.

King on Bluesky:

Then Uncle Stevie Recommends:

📢 Episode Summary:

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter find themselves at the final episode of the year and you know what that means, YEAR END BASH! They go through and talk about the massive year that was for King as well as look ahead at the year to come. Of course the “phone” lines were open as is tradition! 

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📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 10 Subchapters 1-6

📢 Episode Summary: In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter enter the final chapter of Part 3 and in this we have Coral Thorin now in custody of Susan at Seafront and like everyone else this day she hits Susan for some of the barbs she throws. The Traveller’s Rest is packed with more than 200 people but it is as quiet as a wake until Rhea and Cordelia come in and start to froth the entire group up against Susan and say they must paint her hands, Charyou Tree. Sheemie is following the path of Susan, and first runs afoul Capi but eventually gets to Seafront and runs into Olive Thorin who wants to help Susan. Then we join Roland inside the ball and get some of the biggest pieces of information about The Dark Tower to date and we see things we have already seen but are in Roland’s future. Then we see Alain punch Roland and get him separated from the ball.

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📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 9 Subchapters 18-23

 

📢 Episode Summary:

 

In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter are now arriving at the Battle of Reaping Day. Reynolds is hurrying Susan back to Seafront, getting more uneasy as time goes. Cordelia is visited by the nearly depleted Rhea and the two begin to conspire & Rhea is refreshed by Cordelia. Roland and his  Tet wait in the tall grass and are nearly discovered by Jonas’s party. After they pass the boys set into action, stealthy riding up behind them taking people out quietly taking out a chunk of them before the enemy even knew they were under attack. Then the gunfire. Roland, Cuthbert, and Alain massacre almost the entire party including Roy and Jonas. Roland takes possession of the Pink Ball and despite the warnings from Cuthbert he takes it out and it takes him as the chapter ends. 

 

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The post we talked about that says “Season 1” of Carrie

Everything else is our two top 10 lists and the stats.

📢 Episode Summary:

In the latest Round Table Tadd and Peter talk about the Flanagan Carrie wrapping and a social media post calling it “Season 1” and speculate if it was a mistake or a sign of more Carrie to come. Then they talk about Welcome to Derry, Peter’s Wife (who is scared of clowns) watching both IT films, and then a bit about what the modern day might offer Pennywise. Then the rest of the episode they dive into their Top 10 King novels for the 20th Century and for the 21st Century also not allowing The Dark Tower to be lumped into a single entry as they tend to do with rankings.

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📖 Section Covered: Part 3, Chapter 9 Subchapters 10-17

📢 Episode Summary:

In the latest Book Club for Wizard and Glass Tadd and Peter are still in the pre-dawn morning of Reaping Day. Our Tet sees Jonas’s party split up. Susan decides to sleep outside and Sheemie goes to pee as Jonas arrives and takes Susan prisoner while Sheemie watches from the distance. Cuthbert is not very happy about more waiting, the thing he is worst at, but Roland says they won’t be waiting for long. Jonas rejoins his larger party, Susan dresses down the traitor Fran Lengyll and Jonas takes the ball from Rhea and sends her away. He then has Clay take Susan back to Seafront all while Sheemie watches. Alain senses the party heading back their way and Roland tells Bert he will be the key, he and his slingshot and the boys wait for the battle to begin.

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