Stephen King’s Next Horror Novel ‘Never Flinch’ Releasing in May 2025

Stephen King’s next novel has been announced and detailed by Entertainment Weekly this afternoon. The outlet reports that King’s Never Flinch will be released on May 27, 2025.

EW details, “Never Flinch features intertwining storylines — one about a killer on a diabolical revenge mission and another about a vigilante stalking a feminist celebrity speaker.”

Of particular note, frequent King character Holly Gibney will return in the new novel!

Here’s the official plot synopsis: “When the Buckeye City Police Department receives a disturbing letter from a person threatening to ‘kill thirteen innocents and one guilty’ in ‘an act of atonement for the needless death of an innocent man,’ Detective Izzy Jaynes has no idea what to think. Are fourteen citizens about to be slaughtered in an unhinged act of retribution?

“As the investigation unfolds, Izzy realizes that the letter writer is deadly serious, and she turns to her friend Holly Gibney for help.

“Meanwhile, controversial and outspoken women’s rights activist Kate McKay is embarking on a multi-state lecture tour, drawing packed venues of both fans and detractors. Someone who vehemently opposes Kate’s message of female empowerment is targeting her and disrupting her events. At first, no one is hurt, but the stalker is growing bolder, and Holly is hired to be Kate’s bodyguard — a challenging task with a headstrong employer and a determined adversary driven by wrath and his belief in his own righteousness.”

Head over to Entertainment Weekly to read an exclusive excerpt.