Even the most die-hard baseball fans don't know the true story ofWilliam 'Blockade Billy' Blakely. He may have been the greatest playerthe game has ever seen, but today no one remembers his name. He was thefirst--and only--player to have his existence completely removed fromthe record books. Even his team is long forgotten, barely a footnote inthe game's history.Every effort was made to erase any evidencethat William Blakely played professional baseball, and with good reason.Blockade Billy had a secret darker than any pill or injection thatmight cause a scandal in sports today. His secret was much, muchworse... and only Stephen King, the most gifted storyteller of our age,can reveal the truth to the world, once and for all.Originally published through Cemetery Dance Publications on April 20, 2010.