Stephen King Collection 4 Books Set (Pet Sematary, The Shining, It, Doctor Sleep)

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Fun facts: King wrote each of these four stories at different times and left them unpublished for a while because his editors had expressed concern that readers wouldn’t buy non-horror fiction from King. Eventually, King and his editor decided to publish all four stories together, positioning the book as “something different” — hence the title of the book.

Born in Portland, Maine in 1947, Stephen King’s first published story, I Was a Teenage Grave Robber,appeared in 1965 in a fan magazine called Comics Review but it wasn’t until 1967 that he made any money from his writing, selling a short story entitled The Glass Floor to Startling Mystery Stories. In 1985, the American Library Association issued a series of posters that featured celebrities encouraging Americans to patronize their local libraries. In one of these, Michael J. Fox holds a copy of Skeleton Crew while a skeletal hand rests on his shoulder. From legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary new collection of twelve short stories, many never-before-published, and some of his best EVER.Cat's Eye (1985) Dino De Laurentiis Productions/ MGM/UA directed by Lewis Teague (featured adaptations of "Quitters Inc." and "The Ledge")

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Horror by Stephen King

This one has been called one of the “lighter” collections in King’s repertoire. This is perhaps because many of the stories provoke a sense of unease more than actual terror. But, as we all know, a deep sense of anxiety can stay with you much longer than an intensely frightening moment. The book’s most popular entry is “1408” — a story about a non-fiction writer who writes about the supernatural, despite not believing in it. Now, room 1408 at the Dolphin Hotel is on a mission to prove him wrong in a fantastic meta take on the classic ghost story. The Jaunt" will be made into a feature film by production company Plan B Entertainment, with Andy Muschietti set to direct. [7] Dollar Baby adaptations [ edit ]

Dylan McDermott Joins Stephen King's 'Mercy' ". The Hollywood Reporter. 13 December 2012 . Retrieved 2021-10-14. Over the next few years the King family lived variously in Boulder, Colarado even spent a short three-month stay in England before settling in Maine. During the seventies and eighties King wrote his best-known cult horror classics, many of them being adapted into films (some of which King stared in playing cameo roles), including The Shining, The Stand, The Dead Zone, Pet Sematary, IT and Misery. The collection also features some more personal works, including "For Owen", the poem he wrote for his son, and "Gramma" a horrific tale from an eleven-year-old boy's perspective that seems to recall King's own horrors living with his invalid grandmother. [4]The Mist was adapted as a 90-minute full-cast audio recording in 1986 in "3-D Sound" from ZBS Productions, released by Simon & Schuster, Inc.