Viking Penguin. 1991, Stephen King, ""Nightmare and Dreamscapes" US First Edition dj/HC. 816 pages. Full number line as required: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 210, "First published in 1991 by Viking Penguin.." on copyright page.
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solitary finger pokes out of a drain. Novelty teeth turn predatory.
Flies settle and die on an old pair of sneakers in New York, and the
Nevada desert swallows a Cadillac. Meanwhile, the legend of Castle
Rock returns ... and grows on you. What does it all mean? What else could it mean? First there was Night Shift (1978), then Skeleton Crew (1985),
and now Stephen King is back with a third collection of stories -- a
vast, many-chambered cave of a volume, with passages leading every
which way to hell ... and a few to glory.
In
story after story, several published here for the first time, he will
take you to places you've never been before, places that are both dark
and vividly illuminated. Fair warning: you will lose a good deal of
sleep. But Stephen King, writing to beat the devil, will do your
dreaming for you.
Can you believe? Then come ...
Short Stories Included:
| Title |
Originally published in |
| Dolan's Cadillac |
Castle Rock, February—June (1985) |
| The End of the Whole Mess |
October 1986 issue of Omni |
| Suffer the Little Children |
February 1972 issue of Cavalier |
| The Night Flier |
Prime Evil anthology (1988) |
| Popsy |
Masques II anthology (1987) |
| It Grows On You |
Fall 1973 issue of Marshroots |
| Chattery Teeth |
Fall 1992 issue of Cemetery Dance |
| Dedication |
Night Visions 5 anthology (1988) |
| The Moving Finger |
December 1990 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| Sneakers |
Night Visions 5 anthology (1988) |
| You Know They Got a Hell of a Band |
Shock Rock anthology (1992) |
| Home Delivery |
Book of the Dead anthology (1989) |
| Rainy Season |
Spring 1989 issue of Midnight Graffiti |
| My Pretty Pony |
My Pretty Pony limited edition coffee table book (1989) |
| Sorry, Right Number |
Previously unpublished |
| The Ten O'Clock People |
Previously unpublished |
| Crouch End |
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos anthology (1980) |
| The House on Maple Street |
Previously unpublished |
| The Fifth Quarter |
April 1972 issue of Cavalier |
| The Doctor's Case |
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes anthology (1987) |
| Umney's Last Case |
Previously unpublished |
| Head Down |
April 16, 1990 issue of The New Yorker |
| Brooklyn August |
Io #10, 1971 |
| The Beggar and the Diamond |
Previously unpublished |
Adaptations
"The Night Flier" was adapted to film. "Chattery Teeth"' was adapted into a segment of the film Quicksilver Highway. "Sorry, Right Number" was adapted into an episode of Tales from the Darkside. "The Moving Finger" was adapted into an episode of the TV show Monsters. "Home Delivery" and "Rainy Season" were adapted to short films.
The short story "The House On Maple Street" was inspired by the book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, a picture book by children's author Chris Van Allsburg which invites readers to create stories based on provocative illustrations.
Television Series
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Main article: Nightmares and Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King
During the summer of 2006, TNT
produced an eight-episode miniseries on various short stories by
Stephen King. Although one may assume from the title that all of the
episodes in the miniseries are from the collection of the same name,
this is true for only five of the eight ("Battleground" was featured in
Night Shift and "The Road Virus Heads North" and "Autopsy Room Four" appear in Everything's Eventual). |
