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The collection also features some more personal works, including "For Owen", the poem he wrote for his son, and "Gramma" a horrific tale from an eleven-year-old boy's perspective that seems to recall King's own horrors living with his invalid grandmother. [4] Although published in 1985, the stories collected in Skeleton Crew span seventeen years from " The Reaper's Image" (King's second professional sale when he was just eighteen years old) to The Ballad of The Flexible Bullet which was completed in 1983. [3]

One of the most spectacular additions to the collection of Stephen King’s first edition books is The Devil’s Wine, which features poetry by King, among other writers. It is leather-bound and kept in a slipcase, with an art portfolio included. This book is one of thirty copies, making it an especially rare find for a literature lover and particularly important among the collection of first editions. Do you love watching movies with the “director’s commentary” cranked up? If so, King’s latest collection will likely be one to add to your list, as each story is accompanied by a brief autobiographical passage that reveals the how the story came to be.The Stephen King Collection: Stories from Night Shift [ edit ] The Stephen King Collection: Stories from Night Shift Dylan McDermott Joins Stephen King's 'Mercy' ". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 December 2012 . Retrieved 2021-10-14. The book was published on the heels of The Shining (1977 Doubleday) and is King's fifth published book (including Rage, which was published under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman). Nine of the twenty stories had first appeared in issues of Cavalier Magazine from 1970 to 1975; others were originally published in Penthouse, Cosmopolitan, Gallery, Ubris, and Maine Magazine. The stories "Jerusalem's Lot", "Quitters, Inc.", "The Last Rung on the Ladder", and "The Woman in the Room" appeared for the first time in this collection. The collection also includes some of the best known first edition Stephen King books, and some of his most revered work. One such example is the first US hardcover edition of The Green Mile, his magical realism novel about a man on death row gifted with healing abilities. This story is well known for its film adaptation starring Tom Hanks. The book was originally released in six serial volumes in 1996, but was later collated into a single volume. Word Processor of the Gods" (1984 Laurel TV, directed by Michael Gornic) was a 22-minute episode of Tales from the Darkside.

King’s second story Salem’s Lot was written in his mother’s garage whilst he nursed her through the final stages of cancer. During the next ten years, King battled with alcoholism, writing about the experiences in his popular non-fiction guide On Writing. Cat's Eye (1985) Dino De Laurentiis Productions/ MGM/UA directed by Lewis Teague (featured adaptations of "Quitters Inc." and "The Ledge") Stephen King's Teleportation Tale "The Jaunt" Will Be A Feature Film". io9.com. 13 March 2015 . Retrieved 2021-10-14. Fun facts: “For Owen” is a poem King wrote for his son. And here’s a warning while we’re at it: of “Survivor Type,” King wrote that, while he prefers his stories grisly, this one might have gone too far even for him.Jumping from horror genre to horror genre, incorporating a gamut of scary tropes, and inspired by a number of King’s favorite authors, Nightmares and Dreamscapes is a funhouse of a horror novel — in fact, it doesn’t take much effort to picture a real funhouse at an old-timey fair boasting this very title atop its unsettling doors. It’s said to be one of his stranger collections, and one doesn’t have to look much further than the freaky "Chattery Teeth" to be convinced: it’s a story about a pair of killer joke teeth on the hunt for blood. Fun facts: King wrote each of these four stories at different times and left them unpublished for a while because his editors had expressed concern that readers wouldn’t buy non-horror fiction from King. Eventually, King and his editor decided to publish all four stories together, positioning the book as “something different” — hence the title of the book. Night Shift is Stephen King's first collection of short stories, [1] first published in 1978. In 1980, Night Shift won the Balrog Award for Best Collection, and in 1979 it was nominated as best collection for the Locus Award and the World Fantasy Award. [2] Stories [ edit ] # The Mist was adapted into the film The Mist (2007 The Weinstein Company, written and directed by Frank Darabont), which was released on November 21, 2007; it was later adapted as a 2017 Spike TV series. The Lawnmower Man (1992) New Line Cinema directed by Brett Leonard – an unrelated film named in tribute to the story of the same name contained within this anthology.

Survivor Type" was adapted as an animated segment for a special episode of the 2019 Creepshow TV series. The Raft" was adapted as a segment of the 1987 New World Pictures anthology film Creepshow 2, with a script by George A. Romero, and directed by Michael Gornic.Night Shift is the first book for which King wrote a foreword. The introduction was written by one of King's favorite authors, John D. MacDonald. MacDonald writes that "Stephen King is a far, far better writer at thirty than I was at thirty, or at forty. I am entitled to hate him a little bit for this." He adds, "I will say that I do not give a diddly-whoop what Stephen King chooses as an area in which to write. The fact that he presently enjoys writing in the field of spooks and spells and slitherings in the cellar is to me the least interesting fact about the man anyone can relate", predicting that "Stephen King is not going to restrict himself to his present area of intense interest." [3] Film, television or theatrical adaptations [ edit ] The following film, television, and theatre adaptations are adapted from the stories in Night Shift:

This one has been called one of the “lighter” collections in King’s repertoire. This is perhaps because many of the stories provoke a sense of unease more than actual terror. But, as we all know, a deep sense of anxiety can stay with you much longer than an intensely frightening moment. The book’s most popular entry is “1408” — a story about a non-fiction writer who writes about the supernatural, despite not believing in it. Now, room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel is on a mission to prove him wrong in a fantastic meta take on the classic ghost story.

From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER. In 1985, the American Library Association issued a series of posters that featured celebrities encouraging Americans to patronize their local libraries. In one of these, Michael J. Fox holds a copy of Skeleton Crew while a skeletal hand rests on his shoulder.

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