Blockade Billy

Stephen King always takes a little bit of something completely normal and then gives it a twist. In his newest novella, Blockade Billy, the story of a young baseball player called up to the majors, this is just what happens. William Blakely is the best baseball player from the majors that no one knows about. He only played for 23 games, but was on his way to breaking all the records until everything changed. Although, he always seemed a little bit off.

In this tale, King himself is interviewing Granny, the former 3rd base coach of the New Jersey team that Billy played for. The book is meant to be a transcript of this interview as the narrator often speaks directly to “Mr. King” who is interviewing him. Weighing in at only 122 pages (including lots of white space on the pages and some black and white drawings) this slim book will only take an hour or so of your time.

All in all, a cool story, but only the great SF could get it published as a stand-a-lone project.