Stephen King has long been the master of horror, and he returns with another terrifying read, Never Flinch, which will hit shelves on May 27, 2025. Entertainment Weekly can exclusively share the first excerpt from the novel, told from the perspective of the mysterious Trig, a man with vengeance on his mind.

Stephen King's next novel is called Never Flinch, and the 2025 release features the return of the Holly Gibney character

E veryone agrees that, after fifty years of publishing, Stephen King is the unquestioned King of Horror, but that isn't the only genre that the New England author has found succes