Night Shift

Review Unbearable suspense (_Dallas Times-Herald_) Eerie...ought to chill the cockles of many a heart. (_Chicago Tribune_) Product Description A spine-tingling anthology of twenty tales from the master of horror includes ""The Lawnmower Man,"" ""Children of the Corn,"" and ""Graveyard Shift,"" about the loathsome creatures living beneath an old city building. Reissue. Stephen King has brought together nineteen of his most unsettling short pieces--bizarre tales of dark doing and unthinkable acts from the twilight regions where horror and madness take on eerie, unearthly forms...where noises in the walls and shadows by the bed are always signs of something dreadful on the prowl. The settings are familiar and unsuspected--a high school, a factory, a truck stop, a laundry, a field of Nebraska corn. But in Stephen King's world any place can serve as devil's ground...if the time of night is propitious, and the forces of darkness are strong, and the victims are caught just slightly off their guard... ([source][1]) ---------- Contains: - [Jerusalem's Lot][2] - Graveyard Shift - Night Surf - I Am the Doorway - The Mangler - The Boogeyman - Grey Matter - Battleground - Trucks - Sometimes They Come Back - Strawberry Spring - The Ledge - The Lawnmower Man - [Quitters, Inc.][3] - I Know What You Need - [Children of the Corn][4] - The Last Rung on the Ladder - The Man Who Loved Flowers - [One for the Road][5] - The Woman in the Room ---------- Also contained in: - [The Shining / 'Salem's Lot / Night Shift / Carrie][6] [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/story_collection/night_shift_flap.html [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14916772W/Jerusalem's_Lot [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149153W/Quitters_Inc [4]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19791056W/Children_of_the_Corn [5]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19791071W/One_for_the_Road [6]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19558521W/The_Shining_'Salem's_Lot_Night_Shift_Carrie #1 BESTSELLER • A collection of bone-chilling, nail-biting tales from the undisputed master of horror that showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination and will'chill the cockles of many a heart'(Chicago Tribune).• INCLUDES THE STORY “THE BOOGEYMAN” – NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM 20th CENTURY STUDIOS Originally published in 1978, Night Shift is the inspiration for over a dozen acclaimed horror movies and television series, including Children of the Corn, Chapelwaite, and Lawnmower Man.Night Shift is Stephen King's first collection of short stories--a perfect showcase of just how far King's dark imagination can go. Here we see mutated rats gone bad ('Graveyard Shift'); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity ('Night Surf,'the basis for The Stand); a possessed, evil lawnmower ('The Lawnmower Man'); unsettling children from the heartland ('Children of the Corn'); a smoker who will try anything to stop ('Quitters, Inc.'); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation ('Gray Matter'); and many more. This is Stephen King at his horrifying best. Stephen King’s first collection of short stories, originally published in 1978, showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination and will "chill the cockles of many a heart" ( Chicago Tribune ). Night Shift is the inspiration for over a dozen acclaimed horror movies and television series, including Children of the Corn , Chapelwaite , and Lawnmower Man. Here we see mutated rats gone bad (“Graveyard Shift”); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity (“Night Surf,” the basis for The Stand ); a possessed, evil lawnmower (“The Lawnmower Man”); unsettling children from the heartland (“Children of the Corn”); a smoker who will try anything to stop (“Quitters, Inc.”); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation (“Gray Matter”); and many more shadows and visions that will haunt you long after the last page is turned. Stephen Kings first collection of short stories, originally published in 1978, showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination#160;and#160;will "chill the cockles of many a heart" ( Chicago Tribune ). Night Shift is the inspiration for over a dozen acclaimed horror movies and television series, including Children of the Corn , Chapelwaite , and Lawnmower Man. Here we see mutated rats gone bad (Graveyard Shift); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity (Night Surf, the basis for The Stand ); a possessed, evil lawnmower (The Lawnmower Man); unsettling children from the heartland (Children of the Corn); a smoker who will try anything to stop (Quitters, Inc.); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation (Gray Matter); and many more shadows and visions that will haunt you long after the last page is turned How good it was to step into the cold, draughty hall here at Chapelwaite, every bone in an ache from that abominable coach, in need of instant relief from my distended bladder-and to see a letter addressed in your own inimitable scrawl propped on the obscene little cherry-wood table beside the door! More than twenty-five stories of horror and nightmarish fantasy transform everyday situations into experiences of compelling terror in the worlds of the living, the dying, and the nonliving