''Just After Sunset'' is the fifth collection of

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by Stephen King. It was released in hardcover by Scribner on November 11, 2008, and features a

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. On February 6, 2008, the author's official website revealed the title of the collection to be ''Just Past Sunset''. About a month later, the title was subtly changed to ''Just After Sunset''. Previous titles mentioned in the media by Stephen King himself were ''Pocket Rockets'' and ''Unnatural Acts of Human Intercourse''. On February 19, 2008, the author's official site revealed twelve stories that would comprise the collection, mentioning the possibility that one additional "bonus story" could be included, and on April 16 "

The Cat from Hell "The Cat from Hell" is a horror short story by American writer Stephen King. King initially published the first 500 words of the story in March 1977 in ''Cavalier'', and the magazine held a contest for readers to finish the story. The winning en ...

" (a much anthologized but heretofore uncollected short story originally published in 1977) was added to the contents list. King planned to begin writing a new novel, but after he was asked to edit ''

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'', he was inspired to write short stories instead. Upon King's request, a limited edition was released, along with the regular version, featuring a DVD collection of the 25 episodes of the online animated series based on ''N.'', one of the stories collected in this volume.

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* " N." N. mentions the town of Castle Rock, where several of King's stories – including '' The Dead Zone'', ''

The Dark Half ''The Dark Half'' is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1989. ''Publishers Weekly'' listed ''The Dark Half'' as the second best-selling book of 1989 behind Tom Clancy's ''Clear and Present Danger''. The novel was adapt ...

'', and ''

Needful Things ''Needful Things'' is a 1991 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It is the first novel King wrote after his rehabilitation from drug and alcohol addiction. It was made into a film of the same name in 1993 which was directed by Frase ...

'' – are set. It also mentions the fictional town of Chester's Mill, which is the setting of his later novel '' Under the Dome''. A clipping from the Chester's Mill local paper, the editor of which is a major character in ''Under the Dome'', is part of the nested narrative. * "Mute" In part two of this story, the main character recounts how his wife and her lover, "Cowboy Bob," had gone up to Derry and spent a couple of days at a place called Hollywood Slots. The town of Derry, Maine is the setting of King's 1986 novel '' It'' and many of his other novels and stories.

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''Just After Sunset'' Trailer

''Gingerbread Girl Movie'' The Stephen King Competition

Stories collected

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References to other King works in ''Just After Sunset''

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