During a reading of his new book, Under the Dome, Stephen King made a comment about a new project he might pursue--nothing less than a sequel to The Shining.
This story, tentatively titled Doctor Sleep, would follow Danny Torrance, the clairvoyant boy who survived his father's breakdown and murderous spree in the Overlook hotel. Danny would now be 40 years old and working at NYC hospice, using his psychic ability to tend to patients.
King remarked that though he ended his 1977 novel on a positive note, the Overlook was bound to have left young Danny with a lifetime’s worth of emotional scars. What Danny made of those traumatic experiences, and with the psychic powers that saved him from his father at the Overlook, is a question that King believes might make a damn fine sequel. - Torontoist.com
King also mentioned an idea he has for a new book in his epic Dark Tower series. This eighth book would be titled The Wind Through the Keyhole. However, it'll be at least eight months before he can turn his sights on getting it written.
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