Stephen King Does Lovecraft

I'm not sure what's more interesting -- that Stephen King has a new short story compilation coming out featuring an obviously Lovecraft-inspired tale, or that Simon & Schuster's released a cool little serialised, web-based, graphic novel promo.

First, N. It's a short story, so a synopsis wouldn't be useful, but take a look at the ingredients: a psychiatrist, a troubled patient (referred to as N), madness, suicide, New England, mysterious stones, cosmic importance.

As for the promo, it's a slick, 25-episode comic-style version of the story. It's free, features professional voiceovers, and according to S&S, is designed to be web friendly. I won't embed the clips here, as you can watch the higher resolution videos at the official site.

The story will appear in King's Just After Sunset, and apparently Marvel will release an actual ink-on-dead-tree graphic novel shortly.

Link (via Chris Perridas).