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Popsy (short Story)
"Popsy" is a horror short story by American writer Stephen King, included in his short story compilation ''Nightmares & Dreamscapes,'' published in 1993. Plot summary Briggs Sheridan, a gambling addict, has taken to abducting children for a Turkish man known as "Mr. Wizard" in order to pay off his debt of $35,000 () to Mr. Reggie, a mobster who has threatened Sheridan with grievous bodily harm; Mr. Wizard has told Sheridan only that the children go "on a boat ride" (implicitly for human trafficking overseas), and Sheridan wants no further information. While lurking in the Cousintown Mall parking lot in his modified van, Sheridan spots his newest probable target of opportunity - a child standing near the entrance, obviously separated from his parents and distressed. Sheridan approaches him, convincing him that he has seen the child's "Popsy" (as the boy calls him). Continuing his standard procedure for the kidnappings, Sheridan lures the boy into his van, handcuffs him and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Novels
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The Night Flier
"The Night Flier" is a horror short story by American writer Stephen King, first published in the 1988 anthology '' Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror'', and then in King's own 1993 ''Nightmares & Dreamscapes'' collection. Plot summary Richard Dees is a deeply cynical reporter for a trashy supermarket tabloid called ''Inside View''. Dees' current subject of investigation is the Night Flier, an apparent serial killer who travels between small airports in a Cessna Skymaster, gruesomely killing people in a way that leads Dees to think the man is a lunatic who believes himself to be a vampire. After only a few days of interviewing witnesses and following the killer's trail in his own Beechcraft Bonanza, Dees overtakes the Night Flier during a violent thunderstorm at Wilmington International Airport, and quickly learns that he is badly mistaken about his would-be quarry: it is, indeed, a vampire that is doing the killings. After Dees watches the Night Flier ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horror Short Stories
Horror may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Genres *Horror fiction, a genre of fiction **Japanese horror, Japanese horror fiction **Korean horror, Korean horror fiction *Horror film, a film genre *Horror comics, comic books focusing on horror *Horror punk, a music genre *Horrorcore, a subgenre of hip hop music based on horror *Horror game, a video game genre **Survival horror, a video game subgenre of horror and action-adventure *Horror podcast, a podcast genre Films * ''Horror'' (2002 film), an American film by Dante Tomaselli * ''#Horror'', a 2015 American film by Tara Subkoff *''Horror'', Italian title for the 1963 Italian-Spanish film ''The Blancheville Monster'' Fictional characters * Horror (''Garo''), fictional monsters in the Tokusatsu series ''Garo'' * Horror icon, a significant person or fictional character in a horror genre Music Groups and labels * Ho99o9 (pronounced Horror), an American hip hop group * The Horrors, an English rock band Albums and EPs * ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1993 Short Stories
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Short Stories By Stephen King
The following is a complete list of books published by Stephen King, an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction, and fantasy. His books have sold more than 400 million copies,Morgan, RobertStephen King ''Newsnight'', BBC, November 22, 2006 and many of them have been adapted into feature films, television movies and comic books. King has published 65 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has written over 200 short stories, most of which have been compiled in book collections. Many of his stories are set in his home state of Maine. Novels Collections Nonfiction Screenplays Others See also * Stephen King short fiction bibliography This is a list of short fiction by Stephen King (b. 1947). This includes short stories, novelettes, and novellas, as well as poems. It is arranged chronologically by first publication. Major revisions of previously published pieces are also no ... * Unp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stephen King Short Fiction Bibliography
This is a list of short fiction by Stephen King (b. 1947). This includes short stories, novelettes, and novellas, as well as poems. It is arranged chronologically by first publication. Major revisions of previously published pieces are also noted. Stephen King is sometimes credited with "nearly 400 short stories" (or a similarly large number). However, all the known published pieces of short fiction are tabulated below. In all, 209 works are listed. Most of these pieces have been collected in King's six short story collections: '' Night Shift'' (1978), '' Skeleton Crew'' (1985), '' Nightmares & Dreamscapes'' (1993), ''Everything's Eventual'' (2002), ''Just After Sunset'' (2008), and '' The Bazaar of Bad Dreams'' (2015); and in King's five novella collections: '' Different Seasons'' (1982), '' Four Past Midnight'' (1990), '' Hearts in Atlantis'' (1999), ''Full Dark, No Stars'' (2010), and ''If It Bleeds'' (2020). Some of these pieces, however, remain uncollected. 1950s 1959 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Mantegna
Joseph Anthony Mantegna (, ; born November 13, 1947) is an American actor. Mantegna began his career on stage in 1969 in the Chicago production of the musical ''Hair''. He earned a Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Play and a Joseph Jefferson Award for portraying Richard Roma in the first American productions of David Mamet's Pulitzer Prize–winning play ''Glengarry Glen Ross'', the first of many collaborations with Mamet. His long-standing association with Mamet includes the premieres of ''A Life in the Theatre'', ''The Disappearance of the Jews'' and '' Speed-the-Plow'' on Broadway. Mantegna also directed a highly lauded production of Mamet's '' Lakeboat'', which enjoyed a successful theatrical run in Los Angeles. He later directed the film version of '' Lakeboat''. In addition to theatrical appearances directed by Mamet, Mantegna appeared in Mamet's films '' House of Games'' (1987), '' Things Change'' (1988), ''Homicide'' (1991), and ''Redbelt'' (2008). In film and o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Continuum International Publishing Group
Continuum International Publishing Group was an academic publisher of books with editorial offices in London and New York City. It was purchased by Nova Capital Management in 2005. In July 2011, it was taken over by Bloomsbury Publishing. , all new Continuum titles are published under the Bloomsbury name (under the imprint Bloomsbury Academic). History Continuum International was created in 1999 with the merger of the Cassell academic and religious lists and the Continuum Publishing Company, founded in New York in 1980. The academic publishing programme was focused on the humanities, especially the fields of philosophy, film and music, literature, education, linguistics, theology, and biblical studies. Continuum published Paulo Freire's seminal ''Pedagogy of the Oppressed''. Continuum acquired Athlone Press, which was founded in 1948 as the University of London publishing house and sold to the Bemrose Corporation in 1979. In 2003, Continuum acquired the London-based Hambledon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Point Horror
''Point Horror'' is a series of young adult horror fiction books. The series was most popular among teenaged girls.Coles, Martin. Hall, Christine. ''Children's Reading Choices''. Routledge, 1998, p 46. History The ''Point Horror'' series was launched in 1991 by Scholastic Inc, with the publisher re-releasing several of its previous titles under the ''Point Horror'' banner. Authors who published under the label of ''Point Horror'' include R.L. Stine, Lisa J. Smith, Diane Hoh, Richie Tankersley Cusick, Christopher Pike, and Caroline B. Cooney.Reynolds, Kimberly. ''Frightening Fiction''. Continuum, 2004, pgs 20-44. The series was notable as ''Blind Date'' was one of R.L. Stine's first works and helped launch his career. After an eight-year absence, Scholastic announced their plan to release three new titles in May 2013, with more to follow later in the year. Literary criticism While the ''Point Horror'' series did not attract much serious attention, British children's novelist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bangor Daily News
The ''Bangor Daily News'' is an American newspaper covering a large portion of central and eastern Maine, published six days per week in Bangor, Maine. The ''Bangor Daily News'' was founded on June 18, 1889; it merged with the ''Bangor Whig and Courier'' in 1900. Also known as ''the News'' or ''the BDN'', the paper is published by Bangor Publishing Company, a local family-owned company. It has been owned by the Towle-Warren family for four generations; current publisher Richard J. Warren is the great-grandson of J. Norman Towle, who bought the paper in 1895. Since 2018, it has been the only independently owned daily newspaper in the state. History The ''Bangor Daily News''s first issue was June 18, 1889; the main stockholder in the publishing company was Bangor shipping and logging businessman Thomas J. Stewart. Upon Stewart's death in 1890, his sons took control of the paper, which was originally a tabloid with "some news, but also plenty of gossip, lurid stories and scandals ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Human Trafficking
Human trafficking is the trade of humans for the purpose of forced labour, sexual slavery, or commercial sexual exploitation for the trafficker or others. This may encompass providing a spouse in the context of forced marriage, or the extraction of organs or tissues, including for surrogacy and ova removal. Human trafficking can occur within a country or trans-nationally. Human trafficking is a crime against the person because of the violation of the victim's rights of movement through coercion and because of their commercial exploitation. Human trafficking is the trade in people, especially women and children, and does not necessarily involve the movement of the person from one place to another. People smuggling (also called ''human smuggling'' and ''migrant smuggling'') is a related practice which is characterized by the consent of the person being smuggled. Smuggling situations can descend into human trafficking through coercion and exploitation. Trafficked people a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
WikiProject Books
A WikiProject, or Wikiproject, is a Wikimedia movement affinity group for contributors with shared goals. WikiProjects are prevalent within the largest wiki, Wikipedia, and exist to varying degrees within sister projects such as Wiktionary, Wikiquote, Wikidata, and Wikisource. They also exist in different languages, and translation of articles is a form of their collaboration. During the COVID-19 pandemic, CBS News noted the role of Wikipedia's WikiProject Medicine in maintaining the accuracy of articles related to the disease. Another WikiProject that has drawn attention is WikiProject Women Scientists, which was profiled by '' Smithsonian'' for its efforts to improve coverage of women scientists which the profile noted had "helped increase the number of female scientists on Wikipedia from around 1,600 to over 5,000". On Wikipedia Some Wikipedia WikiProjects are substantial enough to engage in cooperative activities with outside organizations relevant to the field at issue. For e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
