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'Strawberry Spring'
A maniac is randomly killing women on a New England campus.
They have nicknamed the killer 'Springheel Jack'
Will he ever be caught?
'Strawberry Spring'
A maniac is randomly killing women on a New England campus.
They have nicknamed the killer 'Springheel Jack'
Will he ever be caught?
1968
Ubris
Night Shift
The title referring to a 'false' spring in 1968 during a New England college semester where women are periodically discovered: murdered and mutilated by a serial killer nicknamed 'Springheel Jack'
A podcast dramatization by Audio up Media appeared in 2021
1968
Ubris
Night Shift
The title referring to a 'false' spring in 1968 during a New England college semester where women are periodically discovered: murdered and mutilated by a serial killer nicknamed 'Springheel Jack'
A podcast dramatization by Audio up Media appeared in 2021
'Stud City'
Ubris
Different Seasons
A gritty short story published by Ubris Magazine originally, but one that reached a much larger audience when it appeared in King's Novella 'The Body' (see Different Seasons) inserted as an example of protagonist Gordie Lachance's writing.
'Stud City'
Ubris
Different Seasons
A gritty short story published by Ubris Magazine originally, but one that reached a much larger audience when it appeared in King's Novella 'The Body' (see Different Seasons) inserted as an example of protagonist Gordie Lachance's writing.
When your novels are best sellers
Why bother with Short Stories?
Stephen King's take on this subject.
When your novels are best sellers
Why bother with Short Stories?
Stephen King's take on this subject.
'Night Surf'
Ubris Magazine
Night shift
The 'Captain Trips' Virus first appearance in a story - 9 years before it's appearance in The Stand - originally written as a stand alone 8 page yarn, but one that now serves as an add-on to King's 1978 epic on the fall of Humanity.
'Night Surf'
Ubris Magazine
Night shift
The 'Captain Trips' Virus first appearance in a story - 9 years before it's appearance in The Stand - originally written as a stand alone 8 page yarn, but one that now serves as an add-on to King's 1978 epic on the fall of Humanity.
The animated trailer for Stephen King's 'Lilly'
The animated trailer for Stephen King's 'Lilly'
Here There Be Tygers
A boy discovers a Tiger (or Tyger) lurking in the halls of his school
Written when King was in High school, but published in Ubris Magazine in 1968.
It also appears in King's Short Story collection 'Skeleton Crew'
An animated version retitled 'Lilly' was produced in 2024
Here There Be Tygers
A boy discovers a Tiger (or Tyger) lurking in the halls of his school
Written when King was in High school, but published in Ubris Magazine in 1968.
It also appears in King's Short Story collection 'Skeleton Crew'
An animated version retitled 'Lilly' was produced in 2024
'The Dark Man'
A poem by Stephen King published in 1969 which would serve as the genesis for the character of Randal Flagg, the primary villain in 'The Stand'. 'The Eyes of the Dragon' and 'the Dark Tower' series.
Randal Flagg as envisioned by artist Michael Whelan
'The Dark Man'
A poem by Stephen King published in 1969 which would serve as the genesis for the character of Randal Flagg, the primary villain in 'The Stand'. 'The Eyes of the Dragon' and 'the Dark Tower' series.
Randal Flagg as envisioned by artist Michael Whelan
A second published story for King printed in 1969 in 'Startling Mystery Stories'
Paid: $35
The story concerns an antique collector attempting to buy a 'legendary mirror' from a museum that allegedly reveals the Grim Reaper to those who look into it.
A second published story for King printed in 1969 in 'Startling Mystery Stories'
Paid: $35
The story concerns an antique collector attempting to buy a 'legendary mirror' from a museum that allegedly reveals the Grim Reaper to those who look into it.
Written by King aged 19 and inspired by the notion of
'what it would be like to stand in a room where the floor was a mirror'.
Revisiting the story in 1990, King described it as 'clumsy and badly written -the product of an uninformed storyteller's mind'
Written by King aged 19 and inspired by the notion of
'what it would be like to stand in a room where the floor was a mirror'.
Revisiting the story in 1990, King described it as 'clumsy and badly written -the product of an uninformed storyteller's mind'
'The Glass Floor'
Published Autumn 1967 Issue of Startling Mystery Stories
Paid: $35
A copy of the magazine is held in the Library of the University of Maine.
It appears in the Deluxe edition of King's book of short stories: 'Night Shift'.
'The Glass Floor'
Published Autumn 1967 Issue of Startling Mystery Stories
Paid: $35
A copy of the magazine is held in the Library of the University of Maine.
It appears in the Deluxe edition of King's book of short stories: 'Night Shift'.
Movie Rating. 10
The first, and still the best adaptation of a King Novel to this date.
Perfect casting across the board and directed by a master (Brian De Palma)
The Prom scene and final closing graveyard moment are still some of the most frightening and effective scenes in movie History.
Movie Rating. 10
The first, and still the best adaptation of a King Novel to this date.
Perfect casting across the board and directed by a master (Brian De Palma)
The Prom scene and final closing graveyard moment are still some of the most frightening and effective scenes in movie History.
Carrie is based on 2 girls Stephen King went to school with:
Tina White: who was bullied by classmates for 'wearing the same clothes every day'
And
Sandra Irving: who was raised by a fanatically religious single mother and completely ignored and ostracized by her peers.
Carrie is based on 2 girls Stephen King went to school with:
Tina White: who was bullied by classmates for 'wearing the same clothes every day'
And
Sandra Irving: who was raised by a fanatically religious single mother and completely ignored and ostracized by her peers.
Deviations from book to film.
Carrie's appearance differs greatly.
The novel: she is overweight and acne ridden
The movie: slim and willowy
The novel: The prom scene is followed by Carrie walking through town, furiously destroying it
The terrifying tombstone ending does not appear.
Deviations from book to film.
Carrie's appearance differs greatly.
The novel: she is overweight and acne ridden
The movie: slim and willowy
The novel: The prom scene is followed by Carrie walking through town, furiously destroying it
The terrifying tombstone ending does not appear.
Stephen King on Carrie 50 years later.
Stephen King on Carrie 50 years later.
King's First Novel which was originally intended as a short story, but expanded organically as King wrote.
His initial first draft, he hated and threw away.
Only at his wife Tabitha's insistence -who literally took it out of the trash bin-did he return to it and begin writing again.
King's First Novel which was originally intended as a short story, but expanded organically as King wrote.
His initial first draft, he hated and threw away.
Only at his wife Tabitha's insistence -who literally took it out of the trash bin-did he return to it and begin writing again.