Night Shift: INCLUDES THE STORY OF ‘THE BOOGEYMAN’ – SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE FROM 20th CENTURY STUDIOS

· Hachette UK
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The No. 1 bestselling author's first classic collection of short stories which showcases the depths of his brilliant imagination - now with a stunning new cover look.

A collection of tales to invade and paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by the shadows of the night.

As you read, the clutching fingers of terror brush lightly across the nape of the neck, reach round from behind to clutch and lock themselves, white-knuckled, around the throat.

This is the horror of ordinary people and everyday objects that become strangely altered; a world where nothing is ever quite what it seems, where the familiar and the friendly lure and deceive. A world where madness and blind panic become the only reality.

Stories include:
-Jerusalem's Lot
-Graveyard Shift
-Night Surf
-I Am the Doorway
-The Mangler
-The Boogeyman
-Gray 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

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4.6
42 reviews
Tony Cairns
July 9, 2017
I loved this book as an adolescent. Given four-stars for the inclusion of two 'non-horror' stories, one of which ('The Last Rung on the Ladder') is superb.
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Elena Vickers
May 23, 2016
This was one of the best books ive read so far and it has lots of storys within the book so If someone doesnt like one of the storys...they can move the page and read the next one!!
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Alan Maton
October 25, 2014
Awesome collection of short stories, well worth reading.
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About the author

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His crime thrillers featuring Holly Gibney include Mr Mercedes, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel, and The Outsider, both of which were adapted into successful TV series, as well as Finders Keepers, End of Watch and the title story from If It Bleeds. Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time. King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

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