N-2-3-020.25 Publishing on the Internet by Laura Fillmore STEPHEN KING came to the Internet on Sunday, 19 Sep at 00.01, with "Umney's Last Case". This story, published on the Internet for the first time anywhere, is available from the Online BookStore, . The hardcover book will be published by Viking next month in the collection _Nightmares & Dreamscapes_--"Umney's Last Case" is his favorite story from the collection. Uniquely appropriate to the medium, the unease in this story preys on the imagination of this electronic age. Detective Umney lives in 1940s L.A., and his grasp on things begins to dissolve when the computer-wielding author begins to meddle in his life. This publication constitutes a lot of firsts. King is publishing his short story at the OBS for the first time anywhere (*before* it's published by Viking/Penguin) - which generated mention in the Wall Street Journal. The files are available in Everyman's Email ASCII, for those who don't know how to FTP, and then in nicely formatted versions at two sites: and . The Internet Company has helped by constructing a nice order form people can telnet to and write their credit card numbers on--to avoid sending credit card numbers over the Net. The files at OBS@TIC.COM and OBS@ALDEA.COM are in Voyager Expanded Book format. The Voyager Company hasn't distributed its software titles over the Net before. With this Stephen King title, they are launching their PC line of Expanded Book software (it's only been for Macs before). The Voyager versions of the King book are available only online at the OBS. In cooperation with Aldea Communications, Inc., Adobe Acrobat reader software will be distributed over the Net, together with the OBS titles which Aldea is also formatting in Acrobat. For more information about ordering opportunities (the story is available for a nominal fee), means of access, and file formats for this "Internet First," write to . And welcome to Stephen King on the Internet!