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A great collection of short stories. Strawberry Spring is my favorite story in this collection. King's shorter works often get overlooked, but some of his best writing is displayed in these collections.

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My final time for the #24B4Monday — not too shabby considering I only got 5 hours during my last #readathon !

All total I read 10 graphic novels, finished Night Shift and started Salem‘s Lot. Overall very productive!

I actually started my timer over at midnight because I‘m going to keep track of my reading time throughout this week. It seems to motivate me so I can‘t complain!

"Out there, in the night, something walked, and it saw everything...even the secrets kept in human hearts."
From Children of the Corn

This edition includes 8 pages of film scenes ??. In this pic, it looks like Ole Mister Butcher is having a rough afternoon.

This is an awesome collection of short stories from the master of horror. Some of my favorites include Children of the Corn, The Boogeyman, Sometimes They Come Back, Quitters Inc., I Know What You Need & Strawberry Spring. Not recommended to read right before bed, you have been warned! 😱😆 5⭐️

P.S. I‘m at 12 hours for the #24B4Monday

#StephenKing
#horror
#readathon

Get your daily dose of veggies.
🌽 ➕ 🥕
Children of the Corn & Carrot cake.
Close enough...

An even hour for Children of the Corn, while just arriving there on my Night Shift reread. Long after 10 years; great to read again, as I now plan a quest for all the film adaptations!

#24B4Monday #Scarathlon
@TheReadingMermaid @Andrew56 @jb72
1h, +5 sponsored to @Clwojick #TeamSlaughter

A fantastic break down of the source materials for the Creepshow revival. The vast majority of the source material is recently published, with the exception of King's "Gray Matter". Since they are based on short stories I'll be reading them before watching the episodes:
https://www.barnesandnoble.com/blog/sci-fi-fantasy/a-readers-guide-to-shudders-r...

🍺💀 Day 7 #7days7spines

Third time reading this. Fantastic collection of horror stories, including Graveyard Shift, The Mangler, Sometimes They Come Back, Children of the Corn, and many more. Strawberry Spring is one of my top favorites in this one. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Day 2. #7Days7Covers #CoverCrush

Care to join in the fun @nomadreader ? Just post a cover for 7 days. No explanation needed. Try to invite someone new each day.

Have fun everyone!

Half-way through my reread of Night Shift; arriving at the Trucks story, also known for the Maximum Overdrive movie. ☕️😸💚 Irish Cream Van Houtte coffee is my new recent find favourite. #coffeeandabook

#riotgrams (I was going for a spooky backlit image but the cozy blanket in the background spoils the effect somewhat!)

A few different flavours of #scarystories here, with Night Shift being the collection that made me fall in love with Stephen King as a teen.

#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain

1. Night Shift - I'm working the night shifts, but will set a more serious reading schedule to keep me away from Xbox Skyrim. 😸⚗️
1. Pet Sematary - I really enjoyed the latest adaptation, and sure to collect it on DVD.
2. IT 2, by September. 🎈🎈

At the mall, the other day - I found myself picking up Night Shift again. It was my first King story collection, with the original cover book that must have disappeared over time. Clearance sales at the Hot Topic cosplay shop, got me a vampire lace collar. 🦇🤓 I just noticed, yesterday was World Goth Day. I did catch The Addams Family TV movies.

#quotsymay19 #shift

Day One 📚

I started doing the #losersclub readalong last year and intended to audio my way through King's catalog, but weirdly the audio edition of Night Shift is missing a few stories so I had to get the physical book as well. I'm very curious as to why; it's gotta be an issue with rights. Anyway, this collection is mostly great with a few forgettable stories. The Mangler is my absolute fave; I love that bizarre little story so much!

I spent tonight finishing the books I started in the last few days. I don‘t think I‘m ever really disappointed with a Stephen King book. This one was very good. Some stories, I didn‘t love, but some will be giving me nightmares, I‘m sure. The Mangler definitely got me already! I do tend to like King‘s novels a bit more than his short fiction because you can really immerse into the story. Even so, I loved this one all the same. #newyearwhodis

Really love Stephen King's short stories.... Many of these end with a similar feeling of dread combined with hope for what is to follow after the story ends. Some wonderful pieces here and a couple e.g. The Lawnmower Man that I found downright bizarre.

Also fills the Day 11 prompt for #Gratitude30 as this was a #gift from the lovely @TrishB 😘😘

From “Strawberry Spring”

First time read and loving it..... Thank you so much @TrishB.... Hope you get some down time today - look after yourself 😘😘

Next up for #13in3 @Samplergal

There are four shorts not included in the audio edition but that you can find in the print edition: “I am the Doorway,” “Trucks,” “Children of the Corn,” and “One for the Road.” The last is of particular interest as it‘s set in the Jerusalem‘s Lot universe and is closely related to the novel, ‘‘Salem‘s Lot‘

Whether you find the stories sublime, hokey, or lame, there‘s no denying that all the elements of the short are present and well-crafted.

🎧 The audio collection of Night Shift stories ranges from the horrific (“Jerusalem‘s Lot”) to the sad (“The Last Rung in the Ladder”) in tenor and from the artful and sublime to the corny/lame (“The Lawnmower Man,” “The Mangler”) and John Glover rises to the occasion in each, his performance style sometimes echoing Rod Sterling, other times Maine locals. Dated stories (‘Night Shift‘ was pubbed in 1976) but each short was well crafted.

🎧 What I want to draw attention to here is the label, “An Unabridged Production” which in 1994 when this audio was produced may have been true. But it is worth noting that the audio does NOT contain four shorts that are in the 2011 MMPB: “I am the Doorway,” “Trucks,” “Children of the Corn,” and “One for the Road.” You need both the print & audio to get the whole N.S. anthology

🎧 Every October for the past few years, I‘ve made it a thing to listen to one of Stephen King‘s novels in audio. I was all set to start listening to ‘The Long Walk‘ (narrated by Kirby Heyborne) when I saw this at the library! It‘s only 16 out of the 20 shorts in the print version so I got a MM/PB copy too. As with any short story collection, I only read one a day/night so this should take me up close to Halloween 🎃

Cool description of a light. Also Gray Matter is making me not want to drink my morning smoothie.

....Its time to start NIGHT SHIFT. Really excited about this collection of stories from Kings earlier years...💀☠👻

This first sentence.

1. Global Service Desk Operational Manager
2. University Promotion
3. Worst Job: Call Center in the night shift outside the city (I don't drive)
4. Drinking tea or coffee in nice coffee places and reading books. All day long

#HelloThursday

STEPHEN KING FACT OF DAY: Night Shift is the first collection of short stories by Stephen King, first published in 1978. In 1980, Night Shift received the Balrog Award for Best short story collection ?

I love this short story collection! It Has so many good ones!! I loved "children of the corn" it still creeps me out when I'm driving in country by cornfields ?? if you haven't read it yet you should!

#Retro #horror #Stephenking #kingfacts

First day back to work, came home parked the car and closed my eyes for 10 minutes. I was pretty pooped today then I started up Hulu and saw this! So excited to see how this will go! Anyone else looking forward/ watching Castle Rock. I may have to shove aside my stack of TBR to reread some King Short Stories!!!

Stephen King writes some of the best short stories. They always make me pause and think. My favorites in this book are Quitters, Inc. and Children of the Corn.

His books are so scary because they have a hint of truth. Quitting smoking is torture and...have you been to Nebraska? That corn goes on and on and on. Who knows what lurks in there.

#LosersClub

Open discussion is in the FOLLOWING POST marked as a SPOILER. Find the post for #NightShift & tap "show me" on the spoiler tag to join in the discussion. Join in whenever you can! Today. Tomorrow. Next month! The post will always be up so just tag any of us & we‘ll jump in to discuss with you. See you there!

I am honestly not sure how I feel about this collection of short stories. Some of then were quite good and others seemed less inspired. I just dont think many of these showcased what King is capable of overall.

As a side note I watched Graveyard Shift on Hulu and I think it was worse than the story despite being longer.

#losersclub

Time to dig into this again. Some of these stories are just plain odd 😂

I apologize for being MIA these past few days. My hours at work were cut again and we were told we were all going to be laid off, so I have been focusing on staying in a decent mental state.

I have been reading this off and on all day and have made no progress. This is the downside of listening to audios all the time, my reading speed has dropped and if there is noise I can't focus. I only have this for another week so I have to buckle down and get it done.

#losersclub

Enjoying my escape from a busy day. Thanks to #losersclub I‘m finally getting around to getting this off of my TBR. Things have been really hectic lately. Fingers crossed that I‘ll be able to finish it in to participate in the discussion.

Really enjoyed the first of King‘s short story collections. I especially enjoyed Jerusalem‘s Lot and One for the Road, that took us back to the world of ‘Salem‘s Lot. I am the Doorway, Gray Matter, The Boogeyman, Children of the Corn and Sometimes They Come Back are my favorites. Night Surf left me excited for The Stand. #losersclub #constantreader

Most of these short stories are classics that led to a lot of questionable 80‘s movies like Lawnmower Man...which then lead to the Lawnmower Dog episode of Rick & Morty. That alone makes this a pick!
#losersclub

Looking forward to starting The Lawnmower Man (with Children of the Corn only a few away). I‘ve got a little over 100 pages left...which means it‘s almost The Stand time! #losersclub #constantreader

My hold for Night Shift came in! I can finally get started and be finished before the #losersclub moves on.

I also grabbed the 2nd volume of Black Magick and Only Human.

Dobby and I are now 4 stories in. Really enjoying this collection and how different each story is. Jerusalem‘s Lot is my favorite so far. #losersclub #constantreader #pitbullsoflitsy #dobby #dogsoflitsy

Finished my #losersclub read early so I can start on The Stand. I really like this collection, particularly how several of them tie into his other works. The connections of the King universe are something that never fail to interest me. Some of the stores in this seem influenced by Lovecraft, with the ancient secrets not quite seen.

I love how Stephen King ties in his characters from other stories in some of his shorts. I liked most of these, not sure if I can name a favorite. Ready to start The Stand early for #losersclub ❤️❤️

I really liked Night Shift, even though some of the stories were just weird. Children of the Corn and The Lawnmower Man were my favorites. Mostly I wanted to finish Night Shift early so I could get a head start on The Stand. The Stand has been haunting my started but never finished pile for over ten years now 🤦🏼‍♀️
#LoosersClub @TricksyTails

I‘m gonna finish this one early so I can start The Stand.
#losersclub #epicbuddyread #catsoflitsy