Night Shift (book)

Night Shift (1978) is the first collection of short stories by Stephen King. His other collections of shorter fiction include Different Seasons, Skeleton Crew and Four Past Midnight.

Stories

• "Jerusalem's Lot"
• "Graveyard Shift "
• "Night Surf"
• "I Am the Doorway"
• "The Mangler"
• "The Boogeyman "
• "Grey Matter "
• "Battleground"
• "Trucks"
• "Sometimes They Come Back "
• "Strawberry Spring"
• "The Ledge "
• "The Lawnmower Man"
• "Quitters, Inc"
• "I Know What You Need "
• "Children of the Corn"
• "The Last Rung on the Ladder "
• "The Man Who Loved Flowers "
• "One for the Road "
• "The Woman in the Room "

Adaptations

Some of these stories were later adapted into full novels. Jerusalem's Lot became the basis for the novel 'Salem's Lot. Night Surf became the basis for The Stand.

Movies have also been made based on some of these stories. Graveyard Shift, The Mangler, Night Surf, and The Last Rung on the Ladder have each been adapted for film once. Trucks has been adapted into both a film of the same name and the movie Maximum Overdrive. Sometimes They Come Back and Children of the Corn have been adapted into films based on the original stories as well as sequels that are loosely based on them. The Ledge and Quitters, Inc. were both adapted into segments of the film Cat's Eye. The Woman in the Room and The Boogeyman were both adapted into segments of the film "Stephen King's Nightshift Collection". Two films were made loosely based on The Lawnmower Man.

See also

• Short fiction by Stephen King