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Blockade Billy
Blockade Billy | Stephen King
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"I love old-school baseball, and I also love the way people who've spent a lifetime in the game talk about the game. I tried to combine those things in a story of suspense. People have asked me for years when I was going to write a baseball story. Ask no more; this is it." - Stephen KingEven the most diehard baseball fans don't know the true story of William "Blockade Billy" Blakely.He may have been the greatest player the game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was the first - and only - player to have his existence completely removed from the record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote in the game's history.Every effort was made to erase any evidence that William Blakely played professional baseball, and with good reason. Blockade Billy had a secret darker than any pill or injection that might cause a scandal in sports today. His secret was much, much worse...and only Stephen King, the most gifted storyteller of our age, can reveal the truth to the world once and for all.This eBook edition features both the cover illustration by Glen Orbik and the interior artwork of Alex McVey from the limited hardcover edition published by Cemetery Dance Publications.From Publishers Weekly (boxed review): A quirky baseball player with a past shrouded in secrecy is the tragic hero of this macabre tale from the dark side of the all-American sport...a narrative steeped so perfectly in the argot of the game and the behavior of its players and fans that readers will willingly suspend their disbelief. As King's fiction goes...a deftly executed suicide squeeze, with sharp spikes hoisted high and aimed at the jugular on the slide home.
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TheBookgeekFrau
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Eggs 💙⚾️❤️ 1y
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I absolutely love this quote! 😍

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toofondofbooks
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Short novella which is also included in his short story collection Bazaar of Bad Dreams. Good solid King story. Also included a short story called Morality which reminded me a lot of that old movie Indecent Proposal.

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Lchnessmnstr
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While some may read just another story with a murder, I live Stephen King‘s ongoing conclusions that evil is spawned from real world problems and desperation. It may take the form of supernatural occurrences in some of his novels but the root is always a social commentary on the world we live in and how we treat each other.

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Reagan
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Well folks, it‘s the same old song and dance. There was a book sale. I went, I saw, I conquered. As usual I didn‘t need these and yes that is an enormous pile of library books behind this new enormous pile of books. Oh well, at least I‘m in good company here 😊

tpixie 🥳📚🥳 6y
Bklover Absolutely! Never enough. Truly. 6y
MStew Omgah😍😍 6y
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Samary
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I love the Stephen King shorts :) simple but effective story!

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JoeStalksBeck
Blockade Billy | Stephen King
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Found this in mint condition hardback for 10 cents !!

CSeydel 😍🤑 7y
BookishMe WOW! 7y
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tammysue 👍🏻 7y
RohitSawant Nice! 7y
BibliophileMomma I finally ordered myself a blood spatter booksleeve. 7y
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ThatNerdyBookwyrm
Blockade Billy | Stephen King
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Just...dumb AF.

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stephthefruitbat
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A little Sunday Night reading 😊

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ladywriter55
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And watch out for the blade, Constant Reader. It is a Stephen King story, after all.
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MayginReads
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3⭐ I enjoyed this book, though at first I wasn't a fan of the first person reminiscing style, but it grew on me and the story sucked me in. In true King fashion, there is a twist. A light, quick read.

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MayginReads
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This was part of my library's June picks and since reading a #sportsstory is on of the #readharder challenges, I'm giving it a try. I didn't realize it would be a first person account, though, and I'm not sure this will be a book for me. But I'm going to finish anyway!

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Bookzombie
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#stephenking17 Day 12 This is my #leastfavoritebook so far. I'm not really much of a baseball (or any sports) fan so that had a lot to do with it.

QueenAnne I have to admit (remorseful) that this story is the reason I've put Bazaar of Bad Dreams aside for now.. I know I'll need to work through it, but it had me (a constant reader since childhood) going meh.. (edited) 8y
Bookzombie @QueenAnne I will probably skip it when I get to that collection. The edition I read was just a release of Blockade Billy. 8y
QueenAnne @Bookzombie yes I'm thinking about skipping too.. yet that still feels like "didn't read the entire book though.." 8y
Bookzombie @QueenAnne I totally get that. 😕 8y
QueenAnne @Bookzombie I 'll just have to buckle up and get through it hihi 😉😣🤔 8y
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Briguy73
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Stephen King and baseball you can't go wrong.#sportsbook