Just After Sunset
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Just After Sunset is the fifth collection of short stories
by Stephen King
. It was released in hardcover
by Scribner
on November 11, 2008, and features a holographic
dust jacket
. On February 6, 2008, the author's official website revealed the title of the collection to be Just Past Sunset. About a month later, the title was subtly changed to Just After Sunset. Previous titles mentioned in the media by Stephen King himself were Pocket Rockets and Unnatural Acts of Human Intercourse.
On February 19, the author's official site revealed twelve stories that will comprise the collection, mentioning the possibility that one additional "bonus story" could be included, and on April 16 "The Cat from Hell" (a much anthologized but heretofore uncollected short story originally published in 1977) was added to the contents list.
King planned to begin writing a new novel, but after he was asked to edit The Best American Short Stories 2007
, he was inspired to write short stories instead.
Upon King's request, a limited edition was released, along with the regular version, featuring a DVD
collection of the 25 episodes of the online animated series based on N., one of the stories collected in this volume.
Short Stories
Short Stories may refer to:*A plural for Short story*Short Stories , an American pulp magazine published from 1890-1959*Short Stories, a 1954 collection by O. E...
by Stephen King
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...
. It was released in hardcover
Hardcover
A hardcover, hardback or hardbound is a book bound with rigid protective covers...
by Scribner
Charles Scribner's Sons
Charles Scribner's Sons, or simply Scribner, is an American publisher based in New York City, known for publishing a number of American authors including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Kurt Vonnegut, Stephen King, Robert A. Heinlein, Thomas Wolfe, George Santayana, John Clellon...
on November 11, 2008, and features a holographic
Holography
Holography is a technique that allows the light scattered from an object to be recorded and later reconstructed so that when an imaging system is placed in the reconstructed beam, an image of the object will be seen even when the object is no longer present...
dust jacket
Dust jacket
The dust jacket of a book is the detachable outer cover, usually made of paper and printed with text and illustrations. This outer cover has folded flaps that hold it to the front and back book covers...
. On February 6, 2008, the author's official website revealed the title of the collection to be Just Past Sunset. About a month later, the title was subtly changed to Just After Sunset. Previous titles mentioned in the media by Stephen King himself were Pocket Rockets and Unnatural Acts of Human Intercourse.
On February 19, the author's official site revealed twelve stories that will comprise the collection, mentioning the possibility that one additional "bonus story" could be included, and on April 16 "The Cat from Hell" (a much anthologized but heretofore uncollected short story originally published in 1977) was added to the contents list.
King planned to begin writing a new novel, but after he was asked to edit The Best American Short Stories 2007
The Best American Short Stories 2007
The Best American Short Stories 2007, a volume in The Best American Short Stories series, was edited by Heidi Pitlor and by guest editor Stephen King.-Short Stories included:-Other notable stories:...
, he was inspired to write short stories instead.
Upon King's request, a limited edition was released, along with the regular version, featuring a DVD
DVD
A DVD is an optical disc storage media format, invented and developed by Philips, Sony, Toshiba, and Panasonic in 1995. DVDs offer higher storage capacity than Compact Discs while having the same dimensions....
collection of the 25 episodes of the online animated series based on N., one of the stories collected in this volume.
Stories collected
| Title | Originally published in |
|---|---|
| Willa | December 2006 issue of Playboy |
| The Gingerbread Girl The Gingerbread Girl "The Gingerbread Girl" is a novella by Stephen King that was originally published in the July issue of Esquire magazine on June 15 of 2007. It was later included in King's Just After Sunset collection in 2008. "The Gingerbread Girl" was also released as an audiobook, read by Mare Winningham, by... |
July 2007 issue of Esquire Esquire (magazine) Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:... |
| Harvey's Dream Harvey's Dream "Harvey's Dream" is a short story written by Stephen King, originally published in The New Yorker in June 2003 and later included in King's short story collection Just After Sunset in 2008.-Plot:... |
June 30, 2003 issue of The New Yorker The New Yorker The New Yorker is an American magazine of reportage, commentary, criticism, essays, fiction, satire, cartoons and poetry published by Condé Nast... |
| Rest Stop Rest Stop (short story) Rest Stop is a short story by Stephen King, originally published in the December 2003 issue of Esquire, and collected in King's 2008 collection Just After Sunset.-Plot synopsis:... |
December 2003 issue of Esquire Esquire (magazine) Esquire is a men's magazine, published in the U.S. by the Hearst Corporation. Founded in 1932, it flourished during the Great Depression under the guidance of founder and editor Arnold Gingrich.-History:... |
| Stationary Bike Stationary Bike "Stationary Bike" is a novella written by Stephen King, which was originally published in the fifth edition of From the Borderlands in 2003. It was recently released as part of King's 2008 short story anthology, Just After Sunset.-Synopsis:... |
Borderlands 5 Borderlands 5 Borderlands 5 is an anthology edited by Thomas F. Monteleone and Elizabeth Monteleone that was published in 2004 by Borderlands Press. Including a new story by Stephen King, the anthology featured over a dozen new horror stories. It was also published as From the Borderlands from Warner... (2003) |
| The Things They Left Behind The Things They Left Behind "The Things They Left Behind" is short story by Stephen King, originally published in the compilation Terror's Echo edited by Ed McBain and published by Forge Books... |
Transgressions (2005) |
| Graduation Afternoon Graduation Afternoon "Graduation Afternoon" is a short story by Stephen King, originally published in the March 2007 issue of Postscripts, and collected in King's 2008 collection Just After Sunset... |
March 2007 issue of Postscripts |
| N. N. N. is a novella written by Stephen King that appears in his collection Just After Sunset .-Plot summary:In the outer circle of a nested narrative, a woman named Sheila writes to her childhood friend Charlie about her brother Johnny, a psychiatrist who recently committed suicide... |
Previously unpublished |
| The Cat from Hell The Cat from Hell The Cat from Hell is a short story by Stephen King. King initially published the first 500 words of the story in March 1977 in Cavalier, and the magazine held a contest for readers to finish the story. The winning entry, as well as King's complete story, was published in the magazine in June of... |
June 1977 issue of Cavalier Cavalier (magazine) Cavalier is an American magazine that was launched by Fawcett Publications in 1952 and has continued for decades, eventually evolving into a Playboy-style men's magazine... |
| The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates is a short story by Stephen King, originally published in the October/November 2008 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, and collected in King's 2008 collection Just After Sunset.... |
October/November 2008 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction is a digest-size American fantasy and science fiction magazine first published in 1949 by Mystery House and then by Fantasy House. Both were subsidiaries of Lawrence Spivak's Mercury Publications, which took over as publisher in 1958. Spilogale, Inc... |
| Mute Mute (short story) Mute is a short story by author Stephen King, first appearing in Playboy Magazine in 2007 and in 2008 included in his collection Just After Sunset.-Plot summary:... |
December 2007 issue of Playboy |
| Ayana Ayana (short story) "Ayana" is a short story by Stephen King that was originally published in the Fall 2007 issue of The Paris Review, and later included in King's collection Just After Sunset in November of 2008.-Plot summary:... |
Fall 2007 issue of The Paris Review |
| A Very Tight Place A Very Tight Place A Very Tight Place is a novella by Stephen King, originally published in the May 2008 issue of McSweeney's, and collected in King's 2008 collection Just After Sunset.-Plot summary:... |
May 2008 issue of McSweeney's Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern is a literary journal, first published in 1998, edited by Dave Eggers. The first issue featured only works rejected by other magazines, but thereafter the journal began to include pieces written with McSweeney's in mind. McSweeney’s has since published works by... |
External links
See also
- Short fiction by Stephen KingShort fiction by Stephen KingThis is a list of short fiction by Stephen King. This includes short stories, novelettes, and novellas, as well as poems. It is arranged chronologically by first publication...