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Stephen King

Master of Horror

This page includes all of the Short Stories and Novellas published originally under a single collective title. With the exception of boxed sets (included elsewhere) the novellas and/or short stories published by themselves or in shorter versions of the same collective title will be under the original collective title.

Different Seasons
This collection of stories include:
"Apt Pupil"
Todd Bowden's father told him "the right hand shouldn't know what the left hand is doing" and Todd took it to heart. If Todd's father had known what he's doing, he would have him locked up and throw away the key. Todd thinks he has things under control when he knocks on Mr. Denkers' door. Todd has uncovered the fact that Mr. Denker is really an ex-SS officer from a WWII concentration camp and his real name is Dusander. Todd has become an officionado of WWII concentration camps and wants Mr. Denker ... er ... Dusander to share the experiences ... every gruesome detail ... in return for his silence. Todd hasn't realized what the consequences to this little exercise might be ... that it might impact his life the way it will. Here is a frightening example of what may confront us when someone attempts to satisfy a morbid curiosity by digging up a past that needs to stay buried ... in a way that makes them need to keep it secret ... and leads to even more secrets ...

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Skeleton Crew

"The Monkey"
When a "broken" toy monkey appears in the attic a family is cleaning out, the father's personality seems to change. That's only because he threw the same toy down a well during his childhood. He know the monkey is only "broken" part of the time and struggles hard to keep his children from getting the monkey to work. He spends much time remembering the situation that caused him to get rid of the monkey, originally, a toy that apparently refuses to stay lost. It is better to read the story to find out why he doesn't want the monkey to work ...

Selections from Skeleton Crew

Nightmares & Dreamscapes

Nightshift

Graveyard Shift and Other Stories from Night Shift

The Lawnmower Man : And Other Stories from the Night Shift

Nightshift Collection

Gray Matter and Other Stories

"The Boogey Man"
No one believes in the boogey man, do they? Except for the man in the psychologists' office telling about the boogey man killing his children.

"I Know What You Need"
Every woman wants a Prince Charming who can give her just exactly what she needs. Maybe ... the question is ... how does Prince Charming know what she needs ... and what is necessary to fulfill those needs?

"Strawberry Spring"
An unusual spring storm is approaching and in the interim, college students are being murdered on campus ... and no one knows who themurderer is.

"Gray Matter"
There is the occasional unexpected "horror" found in products we eat and drink sometimes. In this story a man drinks a beer with a foul taste. Time passes and his son stumbles into a recreational gathering place of old codgers down the road and tells quite a tale and the old men head down the road to find out what happened to their old compatriot ...

"The Woman in the Room"
A man struggles with a tough decision regarding his Mother dying of cancer in a hospital. The horror here is the indignity some people suffer before death.

"Battleground"
A hitman finds himself beseiged in his apartment by an army of toy soldiers, with a deadly secret weapon.
Who will win?

Four Past Midnight

One Past Midnight ; The Longoliers

Four Past Midnight ; The Sun Dog

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