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Stephen King Short Fiction Bibliography
This is a list of short fiction works by Stephen King (b. 1947). This includes short stories, novelettes, and novellas, as well as poem Poetry (from the Greek language, Greek word ''poiesis'', "making") is a form of literature, literary art that uses aesthetics, aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language to evoke meaning (linguistics), meanings in addition to, or in ...s. 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, 217 works are listed. Most of these pieces have been collected in King's seven short story collections: '' Night Shift'' (1978), '' Skeleton Crew'' (1985), '' Nightmares & Dreamscapes'' (1993), '' Everything's Eventual'' (2002), '' Just After Sunset'' (2008), '' The Bazaar of Bad Dreams'' (2015), and '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, science-fiction, fantasy, and mystery fiction, mystery. Though known primarily for his novels, he has written approximately Stephen King short fiction bibliography, 200 short stories, most of which have been published in collections.Jackson, Dan (February 18, 2016)"A Beginner's Guide to Stephen King Books". Thrillist. Retrieved February 5, 2019. His debut novel, debut, ''Carrie (novel), Carrie'' (1974), established him in horror. ''Different Seasons'' (1982), a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the genre. Among the films adapted from King's fiction are Carrie (1976 film), ''Carrie'' (1976), The Shining (film), ''The Shining'' (1980), The Dead Zone (film), ''The Dead Zone'' and Christine (1983 film), ''Christine'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Essays And Fiction On The Craft Of Writing
An essay ( ) is, generally, a piece of writing that gives the author's own argument, but the definition is vague, overlapping with those of a letter, a paper, an article, a pamphlet, and a short story. Essays have been sub-classified as formal and informal: formal essays are characterized by "serious purpose, dignity, logical organization, length," whereas the informal essay is characterized by "the personal element (self-revelation, individual tastes and experiences, confidential manner), humor, graceful style, rambling structure, unconventionality or novelty of theme," etc. Essays are commonly used as literary criticism, political manifestos, learned arguments, observations of daily life, recollections, and reflections of the author. Almost all modern essays are written in prose, but works in verse have been dubbed essays (e.g., Alexander Pope's ''An Essay on Criticism'' and ''An Essay on Man''). While brevity usually defines an essay, voluminous works like John Locke's ''An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ubris
''Ubris'' was a literary journal published by the University of Maine. It is most notable for having published a number of Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, scienc ...'s stories and poems when he was a student at the university. References Literary magazines published in the United States Magazines with year of establishment missing University of Maine publications Stephen King Magazines published in Maine {{US-lit-mag-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Cain Rose Up
"Cain Rose Up" is a horror short story by American writer Stephen King. It was originally published in the Spring 1968 issue of '' Ubris'' magazine, and collected in King's '' Skeleton Crew'' in 1985. It deals with a depressed and homicidal college student, Curt Garrish, who goes on a murderous sniper rampage from his dormitory room. Plot summary Curt Garrish is a college student who lives in one of the campus dorms. At the end of a spring semester, he returns to his room after a particularly hard exam. He talks to a couple of his fellow students and the dorm's RA who tells him to fill out a damage form. Garrish's roommate, an untidy student nicknamed Piggy, has already left for the semester. Garrish takes out a hunting rifle hidden in his closet. Rifles are permitted on campus, with proper documentation, for use on the campus' shooting range. Garrish had checked the rifle out and hidden it in the woods, retrieving it late at night while everyone was asleep. He field strips and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Glass Floor
"The Glass Floor" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the autumn 1967 issue of ''Startling Mystery Stories''. It was King's first professional sale. Plot summary Charles Wharton visits Anthony Reynard, the recently widowed husband of Wharton's sister Janine, in his Victorian mansion, the appearance of which unsettles Wharton. Reynard tells Wharton that Janine died by falling off a ladder while dusting the mansion's East Room, breaking her neck. When Wharton asks to see the room, Reynard refuses, telling him the door to the room has been plastered over. When Wharton protests, Reynard's elderly housekeeper Louise explains that the East Room – which has a floor made entirely out of mirror glass – is regarded as "dangerous". At Wharton's insistence, Reynard gives him a trowel and allows him to reopen the East Room, refusing to watch. Upon entering the room, Wharton is quickly disoriented by the mirrored floor; fancying that he is standing in mid-air, he panic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
I Was A Teenage Grave Robber
"I Was a Teenage Grave Robber" is a short story by Stephen King. It was first published in the fanzine ''Comics Review'' in 1965; a rewritten version was published in 1966 under the title "In a Half-World of Terror". It was King's first independently published story. Plot summary The story takes place in the (fictitious) district of Belwood, California, in 1962. The narrator, Danny Gerald (amended in the rewrite to "Gerad"), was orphaned at the age of 13; by age 18, he is conned out of the last of his inheritance, forcing him to drop out of college. While drowning his sorrows in a bar, Danny meets Rankin, who recruits him to work for his employer, the cadaverous Steffen Weinbaum. Visiting Weinbaum's Victorian mansion, Danny learns that the job entails procuring corpses for Weinbaum to use in his experiments. Desperate for money so he can resume his education, Danny reluctantly agrees. Two days later, Danny and Rankin visit the Crestwood Cemetery at night, where they dig up the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lisbon Falls High School
Lisbon Falls High School is an historic former school building at 4 Campus Avenue in Lisbon Falls, Maine. Built in 1904–05 to a design by William R. Miller, it is a significant local example of Romanesque Revival architecture. It served as the high school for Lisbon Falls students until 1952, and then as a grammar school. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places The National Register of Historic Places (NRHP) is the Federal government of the United States, United States federal government's official United States National Register of Historic Places listings, list of sites, buildings, structures, Hist ... in 2007. Description and history The former Lisbon Falls High School building stands on the north side of Campus Avenue, between Berry Avenue and Addison Street in the village of Lisbon Falls. It is a story masonry structure, built out of red brick with granite trim. It is roughly rectangular in shape, with a hip roof, projecting front gable sect ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Never Look Behind You
"Never Look Behind You" is a short story by Chris Chesley and Stephen King. It was self-published by Chesley and King in 1960 as part of the collection ''People, Places and Things''. Plot summary An "old miser" and "usurer" named George Jacobs is counting his money when an old woman dressed in rags with a scarred face enters his office behind him. As Jacobs finishes counting his money, the woman tells him "too bad you won't be able to spend it". After Jacobs turns around to confront the woman, she raises her hand, killing Jacobs with "a flash of fire on his throat". Following Jacobs' death, an unnamed character queries what killed him, while another states that he is glad that Jacobs is dead. The latter character is described as "lucky" as "he didn't look behind him". Publication "Never Look Behind You" was written by Chesley and King in the summer before beginning high school. It was self-published in 1960 as part of the short story collection ''People, Places and Things'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
The Hotel At The End Of The Road
"The Hotel at the End of the Road" is a short story by Stephen King. It was self-published by King in 1960 as part of the collection ''People, Places and Things''. Plot summary The story opens with two criminals, Kelso Black and Tommy Riviera, being pursued by the police. After evading the police by turning down a gravel road, Black and Riviera see an old hotel ahead and decide to stay there. After Riviera threatens an elderly man at reception at gunpoint, they are directed to room five of the hotel. Upon waking up the following morning, Riviera finds he is paralyzed; he sees the elderly man inject a needle into Black's arm. The story ends with the elderly man informing Black and Riviera that they are being added to his museum of "living mummies". Publication "The Hotel at the End of the Road" was written by King in the summer before beginning high school. It was self-published in 1960 as part of the short story collection ''People, Places and Things''. King submitted the st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
I've Got To Get Away!
"The Killer" is a short story by Stephen King. Written in the early 1960s, it was first published in issue #202 of ''Famous Monsters of Filmland'' in spring 1994. Plot summary The protagonist of the story awakens in a munitions factory; he is unable to remember his name or anything else. Seizing a gun, he demands that another worker tell him who he is; after the worker ignores him, he clubs him with the gun. After a man on an overhead catwalk flees from the protagonist, he shoots him; the wounded man sounds an alarm. As the protagonist attempts to flee, he is intercepted by men wielding " energy guns"; he shoots one of them before being hit with "energy beams". The story ends with the protagonist being loaded into a truck. A watching man notes that "one of them turns killer every now and then", with another man musing that "they're making these robots too good", revealing that the protagonist was a malfunctioning robot. Publication King wrote "The Killer" as a young teenager; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
People, Places And Things (book)
''People, Places and Things'' is a short story collection by Chris Chesley and Stephen King, self-published in 1960. Contents Publication ''People, Places and Things'' was written by Chris Chesley and Stephen King in the summer before beginning high school. It was self-published in 1960 under the name of "Triad Publishing" using King's brother's small printing press and handbound. King estimates that only 10 copies were printed. Copies were sold to school friends for about $0.10 to $0.25 each. A second print run was issued in 1963. The only known extant copy of ''People, Places and Things'' is held by King; it has been described as "a one-of-a-kind King collectible" and as "the rarest piece of Stephen King material in existence". In the early-1960s, King rewrote "I've Got to Get Away!" and retitled it " The Killer". He submitted "The Killer" to Forrest J Ackerman for the magazine ''Spacemen''; it was the first story he submitted for publication. While not accepted at the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Rush Call
"Rush Call" is a short story by Stephen King. Originally published in his brother's self-published newspaper ''Dave's Rag'' in 1960, it was later collected in the 2000 work '' Secret Windows''. Plot summary The story takes place on Christmas Eve. The " Scrooge-like" character Dr. Thorpe volunteers to attend the scene of a traffic collision, where a boy with acute appendicitis is trapped in a car. After successfully removing the boy's appendix in a four-hour operation, Thorpe gains an understanding of the "true meaning of Christmas". Publication King wrote "Rush Call" at the age of 12. It was originally published in ''Dave's Rag'', a weekly neighborhood newspaper self-published by King's older brother David King in Durham, Maine using a hectograph, in 1960. In 2000, it was collected in '' Secret Windows'', unchanged other than spelling corrections. Reception Rocky Wood describes "Rush Call" as "clearly juvenilia" but with "some sentences that are stunning when one conside ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
