Night Shift
Readers rate it 3.9 (369 on Hardcover)
545 pages · Released Aug 26, 2025 · Random House
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Night Shift is a collection of horror short stories by Stephen King intended for adult audiences. The stories contain graphic violence, gore, psychological horror, and disturbing imagery designed to frighten and unsettle readers. While some stories have minor positive elements, the collection is primarily dark and meant to explore humanity's capacity for evil and the macabre—making it unsuitable for most young readers.
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Stephen King’s first collection of short stories, originally published in 1978, showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination and will "chill the cockles of many a heart" (Chicago Tribune). Night Shift is the inspiration for over a dozen acclaimed horror movies and television series, including Children of t... Stephen King’s first collection of short stories, originally published in 1978, showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination and will "chill the cockles of many a heart" (Chicago Tribune). Night Shift is the inspiration for over a dozen acclaimed horror movies and television series, including Children of the Corn , Chapelwaite, and Lawnmower Man. Here we see mutated rats gone bad (“Graveyard Shift”); a cataclysmic 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”); and many more shadows and visions that will haunt you long after the last page is turned.
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- Fiction
- Weak Character Development
- Unloveable Characters
- Not Diverse Characters
- Plot driven
- A mix driven
- N/A driven
- ebook
- dark
- tense
- mysterious
- sad
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ISBN 9798217007707 · Random House