This is a list of short fiction works by Stephen King (b. 1947). This includes short stories, novelettes, and novellas, as well as poems. It is arranged chronologically by first publication. Major revisions of previously published pieces are also noted. Stephen King is sometimes credited with "nearly 400 short stories" (or a similarly large number). However, all the known published pieces of short fiction are tabulated below. In all, 218 works are listed. Most of these pieces have been collected in King's seven short story collections: Night Shift (1978), Skeleton Crew (1985), Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993), Everything's Eventual (2002), Just After Sunset (2008), The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015), and You Like It Darker (2024); in King's five novella collections: Different Seasons (1982), Four Past Midnight (1990), Hearts in Atlantis (1999), Full Dark, No Stars (2010), and If It Bleeds (2020); and in the compilation Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing (2000). Some of these pieces, however, remain uncollected.
1950s
1959
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| "Land of 1,000,000 Years Ago" || short story || || Uncollected || Self-published
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| Thirty-One of the Classics || novella || || Uncollected || Self-published
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| "Jumper" || short story || Dave's Rag (1959) || Secret Windows (2000) || Self-published
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1960s
1960
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| "Rush Call" || short story || Dave's Rag (1960) || Secret Windows (2000) || Self-published
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| "The Cursed Expedition" || short story || People, Places and Things (1960) || Uncollected || Self-published
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| "I've Got to Get Away!" || short story || People, Places and Things (1960) || Uncollected || Self-published
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| "The Hotel at the End of the Road" || short story || People, Places and Things (1960) || Uncollected || Self-published
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| "Never Look Behind You" || short story || People, Places and Things (1960) || Uncollected || Self-published
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| "The Other Side of the Fog" || short story || People, Places and Things (1960) || Uncollected || Self-published
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| "The Stranger" || short story || People, Places and Things (1960) || Uncollected || Self-published
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| "The Thing at the Bottom of the Well" || short story || People, Places and Things (1960) || Uncollected || Self-published
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1963
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| "The Undead" || short story || The Undead (1963) || Uncollected || Self-published
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| "Trigger Finger" || short story || Trigger Finger (1963) || Uncollected || Self-published
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1964
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| "The Star Invaders" || short story || The Star Invaders (1964) || Uncollected || Self-published
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1965
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| "Codename: Mousetrap" || short story || The Drum (October 27, 1965) || Uncollected || Lisbon Falls High School publication
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| "I Was a Teenage Grave Robber" || short story || Comics Review (1965) || Uncollected || First published in Comics Review, 1965. Later reprinted in Stories of Suspense (1965) retitled as “In a Half-World of Terror”. Partly reprinted in The Stephen King Illustrated Companion (edited by Bev Vincent, 2009).
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1966
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| "The 43rd Dream" || short story || The Drum (January 29, 1966) || Uncollected || Lisbon Falls High School publication
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1967
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| "The Glass Floor" || short story || Startling Mystery Stories (Fall 1967) || Night Shift (2020 Deluxe Edition) || First professional story; republished in Weird Tales #298 (Fall, 1990)
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1968
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| "Cain Rose Up" || short story || Ubris (Spring 1968) || Skeleton Crew (1985) ||
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| "Here There Be Tygers" || short story || Ubris (Spring 1968) || Skeleton Crew (1985) ||
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| "Harrison State Park '68" || poem || Ubris (Fall 1968) || Uncollected ||
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| "Strawberry Spring" || short story || Ubris (Fall 1968) || Night Shift (1978) || Collected heavily revised
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1969
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| "Night Surf" || short story || Ubris (Spring 1969) || Night Shift (1978) || Collected heavily revised
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| "The Reaper's Image" || short story || Startling Mystery Stories (Spring 1969) || Skeleton Crew (1985) || Collected heavily revised
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| "The Dark Man" || poem || Ubris (Fall 1969) || Uncollected || Republished as a standalone book (2013)
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| "Stud City" || short story || Ubris (Fall 1969) || Uncollected || Incorporated into The Body (1982)
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1970s
1970
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| "Slade" || short story || The Maine Campus (June 11 – August 6, 1970) || Uncollected ||
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| "Graveyard Shift" || short story || Cavalier (October 1970) || Night Shift (1978) ||
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| "Donovan's Brain" || poem || Moth (1970) || Uncollected ||
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| "Silence" || poem || Moth (1970) || Uncollected ||
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1971
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| "The Blue Air Compressor" || short story || Onan (January 1971) || Uncollected || Republished revised in Heavy Metal (July 1981)
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| "In the Key Chords of Dawn" || poem || Onan (January 1971) || Uncollected ||
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| "I Am the Doorway" || short story || Cavalier (March 1971) || Night Shift (1978) ||
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| "Brooklyn August" || poem || Io #10 (1971) || Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993) ||
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| "She Has Gone to Sleep While..." || poem || Contraband #1 (October 31, 1971) || Uncollected || Credited as 'Stephan King'
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| "Woman with Child" || poem || Contraband #1 (October 31, 1971) || Uncollected || Credited as 'Stephan King'
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| "The Hardcase Speaks" || poem || Contraband #2 (December 1, 1971) || Uncollected || Credited as 'Stephan King'
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1972
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| "Suffer the Little Children" || short story || Cavalier (February 1972) || Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993) ||
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| "The Fifth Quarter" || short story || Cavalier (April 1972) || Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993) || As John Swithen
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| "Battleground" || short story || Cavalier (September 1972) || Night Shift (1978) ||
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| "The Mangler" || short story || Cavalier (December 1972) || Night Shift (1978) ||
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1973
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| "The Boogeyman" || short story || Cavalier (March 1973) || Night Shift (1978) ||
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| "Trucks" || short story || Cavalier (June 1973) || Night Shift (1978) ||
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| "Gray Matter" || short story || Cavalier (October 1973) || Night Shift (1978) ||
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| "It Grows on You" || short story || Marshroots (Fall 1973) || Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993) || Republished revised in Whispers (August 1982), collected further revised<br />Nominee, Locus Award, 1983
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| "The Wedding Gig" || short story || Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine (December 1980) || Skeleton Crew (1985) ||
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1981
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| The Oracle and the Mountains || novella || The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (February 1981) || The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982) || Collected revised
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| "The Jaunt" || short story || The Twilight Zone Magazine (June 1981) || Skeleton Crew (1985) ||
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| The Slow Mutants || novella || The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (July 1981) || The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982) || Collected revised
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| "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands" || short story || Shadows 4 (October 1981) || Skeleton Crew (1985) ||
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| "The Monster in the Closet" || short story || Ladies' Home Journal (October 1981) || Uncollected || Incorporated into Cujo (1981)
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| "The Bird and the Album" || short story || A Fantasy Reader (October 30, 1981) || Uncollected || Incorporated into It (1986)
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| The Gunslinger and the Dark Man || novella || The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction (November 1981) || The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger (1982) || Collected revised
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| "The Reach" || short story || Yankee (November 1981) || Skeleton Crew (1985) || Originally titled "Do the Dead Sing?"<br />Nominee, World Fantasy Award, 1982<br>Nominee, Locus Award, 2012 included in the Elevation audiobook
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| "The Turbulence Expert" || short story || Flight or Fright (September 4, 2018) || You Like It Darker (2024) ||
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| Elevation || novella || Elevation (October 2018) || Uncollected (standalone book) ||
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2019
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| "Squad D" || short story || Shivers VIII (April 18, 2019) || Uncollected || written in the late 1970s; first published in German two months earlier
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2020s
2020
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| "The Fifth Step" || short story || Harper's Magazine (March 2020) || You Like It Darker (2024) ||
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| If It Bleeds || novella || If It Bleeds (April 2020) || If It Bleeds (2020) ||First novella in the Holly Gibney Series
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| "The Life of Chuck" || novella || If It Bleeds (April 2020) || If It Bleeds (2020) ||
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| Mr. Harrigan's Phone || novella || If It Bleeds (April 2020) || If It Bleeds (2020) ||
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| Rat || novella || If It Bleeds (April 2020) || If It Bleeds (2020) ||
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| "On Slide Inn Road" || short story || Esquire Magazine (October/November 2020) || You Like It Darker (2024) ||
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2021
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| "Red Screen" || short story || Humble Bundle (September 9, 2021) || You Like It Darker (2024) || Originally published as e-book
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2022
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| "Willie the Weirdo" || short story || McSweeney's 66 (Spring 2022) || You Like It Darker (2024) || Originally planned for #65 in 2021, postponed to #66 for Spring 2022
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| "Finn" || short story || Scribd (May 25, 2022) || You Like It Darker (2024) || Originally released as ebook and audiobook
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2024
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| The Answer Man || novella || You Like It Darker (May 2024) || You Like It Darker (2024) ||
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| Danny Coughlin's Bad Dream || novella || You Like It Darker (May 2024) || You Like It Darker (2024) ||
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| The Dreamers || novella || You Like It Darker (May 2024) || You Like It Darker (2024) ||
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| Rattlesnakes || novella || You Like It Darker (May 2024) || You Like It Darker (2024) ||
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| Two Talented Bastids || novella || You Like It Darker (May 2024) || You Like It Darker (2024) ||
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2025
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| "The Extra Hour" || short story || Cemetery Dance Publications Magazine #79 (January 2025) || Uncollected ||
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| "Hansel and Gretel" || short story || Hansel and Gretel (September 2025) || Uncollected (standalone book) ||
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2026
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| "Dinah's Hat" || short story || The Atlantic (June 2026) || Uncollected ||
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See also
- Stephen King bibliography
- Unpublished and uncollected works by Stephen King
References
- Wood, Rocky (November 9, 2004). The Complete Guide to the Works of Stephen King ()
- Wood, Rocky (September 4, 2012). Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished, Overlook Connection Press. ( and )
- Brooks, Justin; Wood, Rocky (April 6, 2013). Stephen King: A Primary Bibliography of the World’s Most Popular Author, Overlook Connection Press. ().
Citations
External links
- "Short Works - A to Z" at StephenKing.com