Night Shift

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.