Night Shift

King, Stephen; Introduction by John D. MacDonald

ISBN 10: 0385129912 / ISBN 13: 9780385129916

Published by Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, USA, 1978

About this Item

Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, USA, Copyright 1978. Book Club Edition with gutter Code U7 on page 336 signifying that it was printed in February, 1979. (The book was first published in February, 1978.) Fine- in a Good+ Dust Jacket. The Text Block is clean, white, tight, straight and square with no markings of any kind but with light tanning to the top and fore edges, The Binding is full gray boards, color uniform throughout, with black and white title, etc., to the spine, unmarked white endpapers, and all corners square with slight wear at the tips. The Dust Jacket is bright with colors consistent throughout but two small chips to the top edge, stains to the upper front panel and a white mark (paint?) to the lower front panel. See photos. xxii + 336 pages. 5 3/4" x 8 3/8". The author's first collection of short stories contains an Introduction by mystery author John D. MacDonald, a Foreword by the author himself, and twenty (20) short stories. In 1980, it won the Balrog Award for Best Collection, and in 1979 it was nominated as best collection for the Locus Award and the World Fantasy Award. Many of the stories have been adapted to film and television productions. ISBN 10: 0385129912 / ISBN 13: 9780385129916.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Night Shift
• Publisher: Doubleday & Company, Inc., Garden City, New York, USA
• Publication Date: 1978
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0385129912
• ISBN 13: 9780385129916
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: Book Club Edition
• Printing: Early Printing
• Condition: Fine-
• Dust Jacket Condition: Good+

About this title

Synopsis

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR • A treasure trove of bone-chilling tales from the “undisputed master of suspense and terror” (The Washington Post) who shaped American horror

Features the stories that inspired The Stand and over a dozen acclaimed horror movies and television series, including Children of the Corn, Lawnmower Man, Chapelwaite, and The Boogeyman

Stephen King’s first collection of short stories showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination. 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.

About the Author

Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are Full Dark, No Stars; Under the Dome; Just After Sunset; Duma Key; Lisey’s Story; Cell; and the concluding novels in the Dark Tower saga: Wolves of the Calla, Song of Susannah, and The Dark Tower. His acclaimed nonfiction book On Writing is also a bestseller. In 2003, he was awarded the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and in 2007 he received the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives in Maine with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.