Night Shift

King’s first collection of stories, originally published in 1978, showcased the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination and inspired more than a dozen acclaimed horror movies and TV series, including Children of the Corn, Chapelwaite, and Lawnmower Man.

Mutated rats gone bad (“Graveyard Shift”); a 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”): these bone-chilling, nail-biting visions from the brain of Stephen King will haunt you long after the last page is turned.