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The Jaunt. " The Jaunt " is a horror short story by Stephen King first published in The Twilight Zone Magazine in 1981, and collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew. [1] The story takes place early in the 24th century, when the technology for teleportation, referred to as "Jaunting", is commonplace, allowing for instantaneous ...
Setting and style. "Jerusalem's Lot" is an epistolary short story set in the fictional town of Preacher's Corners, Cumberland County, Maine, in 1850. It is told through a series of letters and diary entries, mainly those of its main character, aristocrat Charles Boone, although his manservant, Calvin McCann, also occasionally assumes the role ...
Plot summary. Larry discovers his estranged sister, Kitty, has died by suicide. He recounts a fateful day, when the two were children playing in their family's barn in rural Nebraska. With their parents not home, they play a forbidden game, taking turns climbing to the top of a ladder in their barn and leaping from a crossbeam seventy feet (21 ...
In 1957, nine-year-old Jim Norman and his twelve-year-old brother, Wayne, walk to the local library to return Jim's books. They are attacked by a gang of local greasers. Wayne is stabbed to death by two of the older boys, but Jim escapes. Throughout his life, Jim is haunted by nightmares vividly reenacting the murder.
Initially contemptuous of Lumley for driving in such weather, both are horrified upon realizing that his vehicle is stranded in Jerusalem's Lot. They reluctantly drive out in an International Scout with Lumley to try to save his family, fearing the worst. The three locate Lumley's Mercedes, still running and heated but nonetheless abandoned.
Quitters, Inc. " Quitters, Inc. " [1] is a short story by Stephen King published as part of his 1978 short story collection Night Shift. Unlike most other stories in this book, "Quitters, Inc." had been previously unpublished until February 1978 under Doubleday Publishing.
Publication date. 1984. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the May 1984 issue of Redbook magazine, and collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew.
Publication date. 1972. "Battleground" is a fantasy short story by American writer Stephen King, first published in the September 1972 issue of Cavalier magazine, and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift.