The Jaunt (preorder)

(preorder—copies en route to us soon)

Published by Conversation Tree Press.

Illustrations by Grace Aldrich.

Notes:

• There is a limit of one copy per person/household.
• This item must be purchased by itself.
• Shipping options to US addresses are limited to UPS and USPS Priority Mail.

About the Book:

In The Jaunt, Stephen King delivers one of his most haunting short stories—a masterful blend of science fiction and horror that lingers long after the final line. Set in the early twenty-fourth century, when teleportation—known as “Jaunting”—has become an ordinary convenience of modern life, the story explores a future in which humanity has conquered distance, but not the space between.

First published in The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1981 and later collected in King’s 1985 collection Skeleton Crew, The Jaunt stands as a chilling examination of technological progress and its unseen risks. In a world reshaped by nearly instantaneous travel across the Solar System, King turns his focus not to spectacle, but to the quiet, creeping implications of discovery: what happens when innovation outruns understanding, and when curiosity presses against boundaries that perhaps were never meant to be crossed.

With clinical precision and mounting dread, King transforms a commonplace act of travel into an existential terror. The story’s power lies not in elaborate machinery or distant planets, but in an exploration of time and the fragility of human consciousness. Spare, unsettling, and devastating in its restraint, The Jaunt builds toward an ending that will stay with you for longer than you think.

The Jaunt by Stephen King is a limited edition of 750 unnumbered copies, letterpress printed by Hand & Eye Editions on mould-made Magnani Pescia 130gsm paper. It features three full-colour illustrations by Grace Aldrich and the book is quarter-bound in pearlescent book cloth and hand-marbled papers by Daniela Prina. The endpapers are GF Smith Colorplan with a linen finish.

Edition Information

The Jaunt is a limited edition of 750 unnumbered copies. A brief overview of the edition, with additional details below:

Artwork: Grace Aldrich has contributed five full-colour pieces of artwork, printed separately and individually tipped in by hand.

Typography: Interior design and typography are by Tony Geer.

Letterpress printing: Hand & Eye Editions printed the edition in England on Magnani Pescia 130gsm mould-made paper, the kind of paper we usually reserve for our Deluxe Editions.

Binding: Quarter-bound in pearlescent book cloth and hand-marbled papers by Daniela Prina. The endpapers are GF Smith Colorplan with a linen finish.

Format: The books have a trim size of 6in × 9in and 46 pages including front and back matter.

Signatures: All copies are signed by the artist (Stephen King has not signed).

Handmade Paper by Daniela Prina

The hand-marbled paper for this edition was created by Daniela Prina. It’s a striking fantasy-galaxy pattern with matching purple cloth for the quarter binding. The second colour on the title page is also a dark purple to match.

Magnani Pescia 130gsm Paper

Magnani Pescia 130gsm (88lb) paper is a luxurious mould-made paper. It is made in Italy from 100% cotton and typically reserved for our Deluxe and Lettered Editions.

Typography

The title is set in Zetafonts’s Autarchist, described as “a typographic odyssey through the aesthetics of 1970s and 1980s science fiction and horror—a golden age of bold, cinematic visions, pulpy paperbacks, and highly stylized letterforms, often pushing the boundaries of legibility in favor of a thrilling blend of futurism, psychedelia, and art nouveau design.”

Letterpress Printing

The text of the edition was letterpress printed at Hand & Eye Editions in England, on Magnani Pescia 130gsm (88lb) paper. It is a mould-made paper made from 100% cotton.

Hand & Eye has a distinguished history of not only letterpress-printing their own editions, but collaborating with Folio Society, No Reply Press, Lyra’s Books, and, of course, with Marcelo Anciano on their very own Areté Editions.

Stephen King

Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. He made his first professional short story sale in 1967 to Startling Mystery Stories. In the fall of 1971, he began teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels. In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co., accepted the novel Carrie for publication, providing him the means to leave teaching and write full-time. He has since published over 50 books and has become one of the world’s most successful writers. King is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to the American Letters and the 2014 National Medal of Arts.

Stephen lives in Maine and Florida with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. They are regular contributors to a number of charities including many libraries and have been honored locally for their philanthropic activities.