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Literature is a relative term.

Night Shift

B: 4 stars (out of 5)
1978 | Collection
Reviewed May 14, 2012

Though most of tales are EC Comics style setups for twist endings, they’re well executed, and the others such as the opening “Jerusalem’s Lot”, which borrows from Bram Stoker’s The Lair of the White Worm, and the closing, “The Woman in the Room”, about a man’s struggle to deal with his cancer-ridden mother’s slow death, are outstanding, the latter especially so given that we now know that it’s essentially an autobiographical story.

Included Works

  • Battleground
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1972
  • The Boogeyman
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1973
  • Children of the Corn
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1977
  • Graveyard Shift
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1970
  • Gray Matter
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1973
  • I Am the Doorway
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1971
  • I Know What You Need
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1976
  • Jerusalem's Lot
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1978
  • The Last Rung on the Ladder
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1978
  • The Lawnmower Man
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1975
  • The Ledge
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1976
  • The Man Who Loved Flowers
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1977
  • The Mangler
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1972
  • Night Surf
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1969
  • One for the Road
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1977
  • Quitters, Inc.
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1978
  • Sometimes They Come Back
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1974
  • Strawberry Spring
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1968
  • Trucks
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1973
  • The Woman in the Room
    by Stephen King
    Short Story | 1978

Reading History

  • 2012
    May
    14
    Mon
    Paperback (New American Library / Signet, 1986)
    Read over 2 Days
    1. 13 May 2012
      70%
       
    2. 14 May 2012
      Finished