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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!
Dear Bones, 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!
About this book
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](https://stephenking.com/library/story_collection/night_shift_flap.html)) --- Contains: - [Jerusalem's Lot](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14916772W/Jerusalem's_Lot) - 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.](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149153W/Quitters_Inc) - I Know What You Need - [Children of the Corn](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19791056W/Children_of_the_Corn) - The Last Rung on the Ladder - The Man Who Loved Flowers - [One for the Road](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19791071W/One_for_the_Road) - The Woman in the Room --- Also contained in: - [The Shining / 'Salem's Lot / Night Shift / Carrie](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19558521W/The_Shining_'Salem's_Lot_Night_Shift_Carrie)
Themes & subjects
euthanasiaterminal illnessvampirescrucifixesrosariesdevotional medals
First published 1979Characters & people
BoothHerb TooklanderGerard LumleyNormaLarryHe Who Walks Behind the RowsDavidIssacCraig BoardmanMalachi BoardmanRuth ClawsonSandra Clawson
Setting
MilfordChapelwaiteJerusalem's LotPreacher's CornersCumberland CountyMaineFalmouthVietnam3rd AvenueNew York CityNebraskaCalifornia1850178919681963
About the author
Stephen King
21 September 1947
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections. King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards. In 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution t…
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