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Night Shift

Written by: Stephen King
Narrated by: John Glover
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 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.

(P)1995 Random House Audio, A Division of Random House Inc.©1976 Stephen King Anthologies & Short Stories Horror Short Stories Supernatural Suspense Thriller & Suspense
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One of the best short story collections I’ve read, horror or otherwise. King moves across supernatural horror, slow-building tension, and straight-up human damage without losing control. What really stands out is how he writes ordinary people. Even the unpleasant ones. You don’t have to like them, but you can’t ignore them.

There are a lot of standouts. Jerusalem’s Lot, Graveyard Shift, Sometimes They Come Back, Quitters, Inc., and I Know What You Need all hit at the highest level. But The Last Rung on the Ladder is the one that sticks. No horror hook, no twist, just a clean emotional hit that lands harder than anything else here.

Not everything works. The Woman in the Room, The Man Who Loved Flowers, Night Surf, The Ledge didn’t do much for me. Still readable, just not on the same level. The stronger stories carry the whole collection without much trouble.

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5★ — I Know What You Need · Graveyard Shift · The Last Rung on the Ladder · Jerusalem’s Lot · Sometimes They Come Back · Quitters, Inc.

4★ — The Boogeyman · Gray Matter · Battleground · The Mangler

3★ — Strawberry Spring · The Lawnmower Man

2★ — The Woman in the Room · The Man Who Loved Flowers · Night Surf · The Ledge

One of the best short story collections

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