Background night shift was the first collection of twenty short stories published by stephen king back in 1978. Memory stephen kings short story memory appeared in volume 7, number 4 of tin house, the summer 2006 issue. Across his career stephen edwin king has churned out over two hundred short stories, which have gone from first featuring in dime store magazines. Stephen kings first story for the new yorker, the man in the black suit, appeared in 1994. Stephen king s short stories and shorter novels usually end really strongly. This list will take you through all of stephen kings short story collections, from the. With plethora of awards under his belt, every single of king s fans would want to explore every single work that he s done so far, including some of the short stories that he has published. Stephen king is a new york timesbestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres with books like carrie, the shining and it. I know before i even hit the publish button on this post that most people are going to raise their eyebrows. Im posting a brand new short story, if you want to read itthink of it as an appetizer to the main course, the outsider, coming next week.
The way i usually explain it is in terms of length. Apr 19, 2015 while he is primarily known for his novels, stephen kings best work might be done in the form of the short story. His first professional short story was published in 1967. Stephen king is sometimes erroneously credited with nearly 400 short stories or a similarly. Tv, bestselling author stephen king discusses the art of writing short stories and short fiction, and the fact that many writers today forgo the. The prime examples being children of the corn and sometimes they come back. Stephen king to share writing tips in new short story. Feb 20, 20 in this interview with rich fahle of bibliostar. In our recent interview with stephen king, we asked the author to name the best book he ever wrote. On september 10, stephen kings hotly anticipated new thriller the institute. May 30, 2017 in his own words, here is stephen king s greatest writing advice. Yes, i love stephen king, but even being a constant reader doesnt prevent me from being willing to admit that the man can and often does go long on his word count.
Pages in category short story collections by stephen king the following 16 pages are in this category, out of 16 total. Night shift was stephen king s first short story collection, released way back in 1978 and it contains quite a lot of his more popular short stories that ended up becoming movies. Among its stories is the pioneering riding the bullet, which was published as the worlds first massmarket e book in 2000. Short stories by stephen king download ebook pdf, epub. Riding the bullet electronically published novella. It was his sixth published book including those using his the stephen king goodreads discussion group is doing a reread of his works from the beginning to the end. Like kings novels, his short stories range from the carefully rendered mundane straight, literary fiction short stories like herman wouk is still. Here i will focus on his short story collections of which there are 6, and will be ranking them from best to worst. Theres no doubt that the mans publishing career is impressive, but king was perhaps most prolific with his short stories. The only thing i may look forward to more than a new stephen king novel is a new collection of his short stories. As king is one of americas best and foremost short story writers, this is a matter that bears rectifyingafter all, there are more than 100 stories spread across his 10 collections, and thats a considerable body of work. It comprises six short stories that are separated by the idea and other factors.
Dec 30, 2008 this comprehensive guide is for anyone looking to purchase the signed limited edition of stephen kings six stories and who also wants to learn more about the book. Just after sunset is a collection of short stories and they all kept me interested from start to finish. Stephen king is one of the greatest writers of his generationnot necessarily because of his scintillating prose, but because of his masterful ability to tell a story. Vote on the best to the worst of stephen kings short story collections and novella collections. This includes short stories, novelettes, and novellas, as well as poems. Weeds, short story, cavalier may 1976, uncollected, appears in comic book form in creepshow 1982 as the lonesome death of jordy verrill. See where misery, the shining, pet sematary, and the dark tower land and which horror gem takes the top spot. Oct 11, 2017 this is it, the last book in the great stephen king reread. Most of these pieces have been collected in kings six short story collections.
Here are 16 of the very best horror stories from stephen king. Stephen king is wellknown for his terrifying novels and short stories. This book is a collection of 14 shorts stories by stephen king. According to the history taken from nurse vickers, he was twentyeight, employed by an industrial firm in new york, divorced, and the father of three children. A list of stephen kings short stories, organized alphabetically. Best stephen king novels, short stories and audio books. As always, kings style of writing is pretty unique, bit his novels also can be perceived as a chameleon. May 09, 2018 king is one of americas best and foremost short story writersthere are more than100 stories spread across his 10 collections, a considerable body of work. Recent surveys of high school and college students indicate that the fiction of stephen king is highly read. While he is primarily known for his novels, stephen kings best work might be done in the form of the short story. Major revisions of previously published pieces are also noted. Sep 09, 2019 stephen king is a master of the short story, able to dish out horror tales to make your skin crawl, astounding scifi, and even literary reflections aimed at more sophisticated readers.
Even when things arent neat and tidy, they still manage to work see pet sematary, the long walk, apt pupil. Stephen king s the boogeyman i came to you because i want to tell my story, the man on dr harper s couch was saying. I havent managed to read all of stephen kings novels yet im still working on that but i have read all of his short stories. An anthology of turbulent tales curated by stephen king and bev vincent. It is the seed from which has grown a much longer tale, duma key, which scribner will publish in early 2008. My experience with stephen kings novels is limited, this is because i am much more familiar with films based on his books, his novellas and, the focus of this article, his short stories. Somewhere around the 750page mark your mileage may vary, king s novels tend to lose their focus. Stephen king picks winner of guardian short story contest this article is more than 4 years old wild swimming, an epistolary tale of aquatic horror, stands out. The longest story is a prequel to the dark tower series and will doubtless be of interest to fans of. King that he didnt capture my attention and keep me coming back for more. Stephen king is quite prolific, having penned over 40 novels and 166 works of short fiction.
Any reader of king s knows that he threads many of his works together, but the purpose of this list is to praise and examine 10 of king s best standalone works even if that work is part of a bigger story. How many stephen king books have been turned into movies. Except for his standalone novels and short stories, stephen king also wrote the popular dark tower series, with the first book published in 1982, for a total of 7 books. This tome includes stories that were originally published from 19942001. I try to devour anything he writes, and most of the time, i am not left disappointed. A list of stephen king s short stories, organized alphabetically. Over the years, he has created dozens of tales that frighten his readers and often wind up translated onto the big screen. Lets take a look at seven of his scariest works of fiction. With plethora of awards under his belt, every single of kings fans would want to explore every single work that hes done so far, including some of the short stories that he has published. Technically, four of these collections contain a handful of novella length stories rather than 20 or so short stories. The best part about this is that some of his work under this category are available for free. By gilbert cruz this week, stephen king releases his latest novel, mr. If you go to stephen king s website, you can see a list of short stories whose film rights are available, which king calls his dollar babies.
Written works oldest to newest written works oldest to newest. Stephen kings stories are a massive inspiration for many film adaptations, but his work is not solely restricted to the big screen. King is often hailed as the master of the short story. Ghost stories was an adaptation of stephen king s short stories the return of timmy. While he has more than a few collections of short stories published, his best horror short stories were in his first few publications released. Here, submitted for your approval, are the short story collections of stephen king, ranked. In his works he blends elements of the traditional gothic bleak and threatening tale with those of the modern psychological how the mind works thriller, detective, and science fiction stories. King delivers a thrilling new collection of stories featuring revelatory. Night shift, kings first short story collection, is really the crux of this article, as it.
Nov 27, 2018 dozens of stephen king s books have been adapted for the big screen. Ghost brothers of darkland county, an original musical with book by stephen king and music and lyrics by john mellencamp. Stephen king books in chronological order stephen king. Sep 06, 2019 stephen king is a new york timesbestselling novelist who made his name in the horror and fantasy genres with books like carrie, the shining and it. He is bestknown for such published works as carrie, the shining and misery all of which have been adapted into successful films. Stephen king just released brand new short story laurie. In his nonfiction book danse macabre, he recounts a story his mother told him king has no memory of what happenedwhen she allowed fouryearold stephen. Unlike different seasons, this book stays true to kings quintessential flare for supernatural horror also blending in elements of psychological and cosmic horror. Graveyard shift, the second story in the book, is a great example of what king. Dec 09, 2019 kings seventh collection of short stories, everythings eventual, scored better than most of the others with his readers.
Stephen king has published 54 novels, more than 200 short stories, five books of nonfiction, five e books, 11 collections of stories, also some movies and plays and poetry and god knows what else. The very first anthology of stephen king short stories, published in 1978, night shift contains several familiar pieces, such as children of the corn and jerusalems lot. Hes known for writing gruesome scenes and grotesque villains. Click download or read online button to get short stories by stephen king book now. Many of his novels and short stories have been adapted into the comic book format. In a tweet, king called it an appetizer to the main course. May 21, 2018 stephen king short stories in print and ebook.
In terms of popularity, he is a major contemporary author who has mastered the craft of creating horror and suspense stories, both genres with long historic and literary roots. Stephen king picks winner of guardian short story contest. List of adaptations of works by stephen king wikipedia. In fact, king has had more of his works turned into movies than any other living author.
These are collections of short stories and novellas by stephen king. Complete list of stephen king adaptations, books made into. More of kings short stories, essays, online publications, and novellas. Wikimedia commons this past year ive been devouring advice books from fellow writers. I started back on october 18, 2012 planning to only read from the first decade of kings output, but i picked back up again in octo. Let s take a look at seven of his scariest works of fiction. Stephen edwin king born september 21, 1947 is an american author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, and fantasy novels. Stephen kings best books, ranked by readers the delite. With plethora of awards under his belt, every single of king s fans would want to explore every single work that hes done so far, including some of the short stories that he has published. Therefore, for this top tenz list, we couldnt narrow it down to just novels or short stories.
Mar 18, 2015 stephen king is set to give his first major insights into the writing process since his acclaimed on writing, in a new collection of short stories due out this winter the bazaar of bad dreams. Heres some background on the mainebased writer and a bibliography, featuring details about some of his most notable works. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the horror short stories below, which deliver maximum scares while keeping pagecounts to a minimum. His books gained their effect from realistic detail, forceful plotting, and kings ability to involve and scare the reader. From an oeuvre of almost 100 books, here are the best stephen king books, ranked. Stephen king is set to give his first major insights into the writing process since his acclaimed on writing, in a new collection of short stories due. In addition, some storylines are also connected to stories from kings universe, especially the dark tower. I have read all of the stephen king books in the list except the illustrated ones the dark man and secretary of dreams i and ii which are illustrations of existing short stories and faithful just could never get into it. The total count varies depending on whether you track tv movies or just. Order of stephen king books stephen king is an american author of horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy novels. Short story collections collections stephen king books.
Here, submitted for your approval, are the short story collections of stephen king. Were talking nightmareinducing, hairraising tales from horror masters like stephen king and clive barkerplus anthologies thatll make you wish the nights werent so long and dark. It is arranged chronologically by first publication. A definitive ranking of every stephen king short story. It is his 65th book, if you count novels, nonfiction, and shortstory collections, and we are using its publication. Counting the number of stephen king books that have been turned into movies is a little trickier than it might seem. Stephen king on the craft of short story writing youtube. Stephen king is one of the most prolific authors alive, known for writing horror, fantasy, and psychological thrillers. He is my favorite writer, so obviously i felt compelled to summarize every one of his books using the character limits of twitter. This rare signed paperback is a short story collection published by stephen kings own philtrum press in 1997 and bound by the stinehour press in vermont. I havent managed to read all of stephen king s novels yet im still working on that but i have read all of his short stories. One of kings more notorious short stories, its also one of the grosser stories in this collection.
The bulk of kings short stories exist only in the series of 11 anthologies hes published during his career. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, many of which have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. A list of stephen kings written works, organized oldest to newest by first publication. Without a moments hesitation he went with liseys story, a. It is the seed from which has grown a much longer tale, duma key, which scribner will publish in early. A definitive ranking of every stephen king short story collection. Having been a reader of king since my teenage years, i have found that his novellas and short stories to be particularly unsettling. Aug, 2019 the stories take place in the 1960s and are related to the war in vietnam. Score a book s total score is based on multiple factors, including the number of people who have voted for it and how highly those voters ranked the book. In 1981 he published another book for the movies, cujo i still remember this movie, it gave me nightmares for a long time back in the day. Stephen king biography family, children, name, story. May 20, 2017 i havent managed to read all of stephen kings novels yet im still working on that but i have read all of his short stories. Jan 14, 2020 explore a comprehensive list of stephen king books and stories including fiction, nonfiction, and those works published under a pseudonym.
However, some of them may be familiar, such as night surf, which is considered as a base story for the stand, and. Stephen kings top writing tips the writing cooperative. As well as 18 other chilling stories, including the mangler the one about the possessed laundry press. A list of stephen king s written works, organized oldest to newest by first publication.
Then you can be the next person to adapt a stephen king short story, so long as you dont distribute it for money. This site is like a library, use search box in the widget to get ebook that you want. May 18, 2018 stephen king released a new short story titled laurie yesterday. Night shift is the first collection of stories written by stephen king. By far, the best writing advice ive found is stephen kings book on writing. Every stephen king novel summarized in 140 characters or. Do you keep wishing that stephen kings short stories would last just a little longer. King shares stories that shaped his writing career while offering practical. The prolific stephen kings latest is a feast of short stories and novellas that indicate that what we see as reality is far from benign.