Unpublished
The Greatests Gun
Written in 1978
But Only The Darkness Loves Me
Two page fragment written with Stephen King. Stored in box 1012 of the Raymond H. Fogler Library.
Midnight Eats
Unpublished novel written at age 13/14 about a Satanic cult in a high school.
Plucky boys at a private academy discover, during a late-night panty raid, that the dean is a Satanist, and that the Friday goulash served in the cafeteria is, in fact, made out of the ground-up bodies of missing students.
The Bones
Unpublished novel written at age 16
Jonah Who Could
Unpublished novel written at age 18
Plucky barbarians lead a gang of desperate scholars on a late-night book raid into a magical library, where the goblin librarians will eat your soul if you return one of their tomes late.
Paper Angels
Unpublished novel based on Nirvana’s Polly written at college. A Cormac McCarthy pastiche that got Joe his agent Mickey Choate
The Fear Tree
Unpublished novel written at age 24 of which parts were used in Horns.
During a pogrom, a plucky young thief abandons his family to save himself and is blinded in his escape; after, he discovers he has acquired a very selective psychic power, a gift for knowing other people's secret fears.
The Man Who Loved Crowds
Movie script from 90s written with Owen King
Action Figure Obituaries
Written in his 20s. This was 'published' by Joe on his Tumblr 31 March 2013
Indie Film
Short story from 1999
You Have An Instant Message From Ted Bundy In Hell
Short story 'published' on PowellsBooks blog on 6 February 2007
Fade Away
Movie script from 2013 written with Owen King
The Briars
Unpublished novel of which parts were used as basis for Locke & Key.
The Evil Kites Of Dr. Lourdes
Unpublished novel of which parts were used as basis for Locke & Key.
The Bigger Bounce
Joe wrote parts of Elmore Leonard's The Big Bounce as his own version as a writing exercise for Horns.
The Bone Men
Unpublished story written as Joe King. Stored in box 2702 of the Raymond H. Fogler Library.
The Surrealist's Glass
Unpublished novel of which parts were used in Horns.
Partially released as bonus material in the traycased signed limited edition of Horns.
Dead Man's Suit
Unpublished short story that eventually turned into Heart-Shaped Box
Locke & Key
Joe wrote the script for the pilot and a couple of episodes for the planned Hulu series of Locke & Key (which unfortunately wasn't picked up).
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Unpublished short story about long-gone trees returning to haunt the places they had once stood which Joe submitted for a McSweeney's writing contest.
Mr. Rabbit
Unpublished short story.
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20 page pitch document describing scripts for 3 Doctor Who episodes
Poems
A Hunter Named Dick
Written in 2006 and 'published' on PowellsBooks Blog on 5 February 2007
Wheels
'Published' on PowellsBooks Blog on 5 February 2007
The Blogger
'Published' on PowellsBooks Blog on 5 February 2007
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Written in 2010 and 'published' online on 11 April 2016
The Sundial Man
'Published' by Joe on his Tumblr 21 February 2014
Calvin Trillin
'Published' by Joe on his Tumblr 23 March 2016