Joe Hill’s Massive New Horror-Fantasy Novel Arrives Just In Time For Halloween

Just in time for Halloween, a leading horror author has released a massive new novel! Joe Hill’s fifth book, King Sorrow, arrives this week (October 21st) and is currently on sale at Amazon with a significant discount. The 896-page hardcover is 34% off, bringing the price down to $26.60 from $40. This horror-fantasy story centers on a group of college friends who accidentally unleash a frightening dragon. Hill is the creative mind behind popular works like Locke & Key, The Black Phone, and NOS4A2, and is known for continuing the horror tradition of his father, Stephen King.

You can get the ebook of King Sorrow for $17, and the audiobook currently costs $22 (down from $25). However, the best value is to try Audible Premium Plus. New members can get the first three months for just $0.99 a month and receive a credit each month to buy any audiobook, including King Sorrow. Even if you don’t want a subscription long-term, you can get the King Sorrow audiobook for $15 by signing up for just one month of Premium Plus.

Joe Hill, as many know, is the son of famous horror writer Stephen King. They’ve worked together on various projects, notably including two stories featured in Hill’s 2019 collection, Full Throttle.

Catch up on Joe Hill’s novels and collections

Joe Hill’s Novels

Joe Hill is a bestselling author with a track record of success – all four of his novels have been popular with readers and have earned him awards. His first novel, Heart-Shaped Box (2007), won the Bram Stoker Award. Horns (2010) was made into a film starring Daniel Radcliffe in 2014, and NOS4A2 (pronounced Nosferatu), published in 2013, became a two-season TV series on AMC. If you liked Stephen King’s The Stand, you’ll likely enjoy his 2016 novel, The Fireman, a gripping post-apocalyptic story about a dangerous fungus.

• Heart-Shaped Box (2007)
  • Paperback — $9.63 ($20)
  • Mass Market Paperback — $7 ($10)
  • Hardcover — $28
• Horns (2010)
  • Paperback — $13 ($20)
  • Hardcover — $32
• NOS4A2 (2013)
  • Paperback — $11.36 ($20)
  • Hardcover — $50.49
• The Fireman (2016)
  • Paperback — $11.68 ($20)
  • Hardcover — $37
• King Sorrow (2025)
  • Hardcover — $26.60 ($40)

Short Story and Novella Collections

In addition to 20th Century Ghosts, Joe Hill has released two other collections of short stories. Strange Weather, published in 2017, contains four novellas, while Full Throttle (2019) was his most recent full-length prose work before King Sorrow. 20th Century Ghosts has been published in four different paperback editions, including versions tied to movie releases. Interestingly, the edition featuring artwork from Black Phone 2 is now worth more than the Anniversary Edition.

• 20th Century Ghosts (2005)
  • 20th Anniversary Paperback — $15 ($20)
  • Black Phone 2 Tie-in Edition — $19
  • Black Phone Tie-in Edition — $8.89 ($17)
  • Paperback — $11 ($18)
  • Hardcover — $35
• Strange Weather: Four Short Novels (2017)
  • Paperback — $27.48 ($36)
  • Hardcover — $39
• Full Throttle (2019)
  • Paperback — $15.19 ($19)
  • Hardcover — $31

Joe Hill’s Locke & Key series and other comics

Joe Hill is also a successful comic book writer. He’s best known for co-creating Locke & Key with artist Gabriel Rodriguez. Together, they produced 37 issues of the fantasy series between 2008 and 2013. Netflix later turned the comic book into a three-season original series, airing from 2020 to 2022.

You can read Locke & Key through Amazon’s Kindle Unlimited, and new members can try it for free for a month. If you like collecting physical copies, the IDW comic book and graphic novel series is widely available.

Locke & Key: Master Editions (Hardcover)

• Master Edition: Volume 1 — $23.13 ($50)
• Master Edition: Volume 2 — Sold out
• Master Edition: Volume 3 — $42.33 ($50)

The Locke & Key series is available in a special hardcover ‘Master Edition’ format. While it can be tricky to find Volume 2 at a good price, Volume 1 is currently over 50% off on Amazon. Each Master Edition collects two of the original story volumes, and buying Volume 1 is actually cheaper than purchasing the first two volumes as separate trade paperbacks or hardcovers.

Locke & Key (Hardcovers)

1. Welcome to Lovecraft — $20.82 ($25)
2. Head Games — $25
3. Crown of Shadows — $25
4. Keys to the Kingdom — $13 ($30)
5. Clockworks — $12 ($25)
6. Alpha & Omega — $28.50 ($30)

Locke & Key (Paperbacks)

1. Welcome to Lovecraft — $12 ($20)
2. Head Games — $14.56 ($20)
3. Crown of Shadows — $18 ($20)
4. Keys to the Kingdom — $17.27 ($20)
5. Clockworks — $18.59 ($20)
6. Alpha & Omega — $25

Locke & Key Prequels + One-Shots (Hardcover)

In 2022, a series of eight comics called ‘The Golden Age’ was released as a collected hardcover. This includes the story ‘Small World,’ though a special ‘Deluxe Edition’ of ‘Small World’ features extra content. ‘Heaven and Earth’ is a more affordable hardcover collection of three separate comics.

• Locke & Key: The Golden Age — $25.83 ($30)
• Locke & Key: Heaven and Earth — $15
• Locke & Key: Small World Deluxe Edition — $14.47 ($15)

More comics by Joe Hill

If you’re loving Joe Hill’s comics like I am, you definitely need to check out more of his stuff! I’d especially recommend the Hill House Comics Box Set – it’s six volumes of awesome. Also, there’s a graphic novel collection that’s almost 500 pages long with five full novels inside, and it’s a great way to get a lot of his work at once.

• The Cape Omnibus (Paperback) — $28 | December 9
• The Cape (Hardcover) — $23.45 ($25)
• The Cape: Fallen (Hardcover) — $20
• Hill House Comics 6-Volume Box Set (Paperback) — $57 ($100)
• Joe Hill: The Graphic Novel Collection (Paperback) — Preowned
• Joe Hill’s Rain (Hardcover) — $20.45 ($22)
• Thumbprint (Hardcover) — $22
• Basketful of Heads
  • Hardcover — $23.49 ($25)
  • Paperback — $15.55 ($18)
• Plunge
  • Hardcover — $20 ($25)
  • Paperback — $11.49 ($18)
• Dying is Easy
  • Paperback — $18 | November 4
  • Hardcover — $20

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