by Rocky Wood
Lisey’s Story, 2006 (v)
Lisey’s Story Novel
The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill Creepshow Screenplay
Creepshow (n)
The Long Walk Novel
Low Men in Yellow Coats Hearts in Atlantis
Family Circle (v)
L.T.’s Theory of Pets Six Stories
Everything’s Eventual (v)
The Luckey Quarter USA Weekend, 30 June – 2 July 1995
Six Stories (n)
Everything’s Eventual (r)
Lunch at the Gotham Café Dark Love
Six Stories (n)
Blood and Smoke (r)
Everything’s Eventual (v)
The Man in the Black Suit The New Yorker, 31 October 1994
Six Stories (v)
Everything’s Eventual (v)
The Man Who Loved Flowers Gallery, August 1977
Night Shift (v)
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands Shadows 4
Skeleton Crew (n)
Man with a Belly Cavalier, December 1978
The Mangler Cavalier, December 1972
Night Shift (v)
Maximum Overdrive Unpublished Screenplay
Memory Tin House, Summer 2006
Duma Key (v)
Misery Novel
The Mist Dark Forces
Skeleton Crew (n)
Mobius Unpublished Short Story
Molly Unpublished Screenplay
The Monkey Gallery, November 1980
Skeleton Crew (n)
The Monster in the Closet Ladies Home Journal, October 1981 (v)
Cujo
Morality Esquire, July 2009
Blockade Billy
Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1) Skeleton Crew
Mostly Old Men Tin House, Summer 2009
Movie Show Unpublished Story
The Moving Finger The Magazine of Fantasy and Science
Fiction, December 1990
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (n)
Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut Redbook
Skeleton Crew (v)
Muffe Unpublished Story
Mute Playboy, December 2007
Just After Sunset (r)
My Pretty Pony Limited/Trade Novella
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (n)
N. Just After Sunset (r)
Needful Things Novel
Never Look Behind You People, Places and Things
The New Lieutenant’s Rap Limited Edition Chapbook
The New York Times at Special Bargain The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction,
Rates October/November 2008
Just After Sunset (r)
The Night Flier Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters
of Modern Fiction
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (n)
The Night of the Tiger The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, February 1978
Night Shift Unpublished Screenplay
Night Surf Ubris, Spring 1969
Cavalier, August 1974 (n)
Night Shift (v)
1929 Full Dark, No Stars
Nona Shadows
Skeleton Crew (n)
The Old Dude’s Ticker Necon XX Commemorative Volume
One for the Road Maine, March/April 1977
Night Shift (v)
As Return to ‘Salem’s Lot Vampire Omnibus (v)
The Other Side of the Fog People, Places and Things
Paranoid: A Chant Skeleton Crew
Pet Sematary Novel
Unpublished Screenplay (n)
The Plant Incomplete Novel in Three Parts
Incomplete Novel in Six Parts (n)
Popsy Masques II
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (n)
The Pulse www.amazon.com
Cell (n)
Premium Harmony The New Yorker, 9 November 2009
Quitters, Inc. Night Shift
Cat’s Eye Screenplay (n)
The Raft Gallery, November 1982
Skeleton Crew (v)
Rage Novel
Rainy Season Midnight Graffiti, Spring 1989
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (n)
The Reach Skeleton Crew
The Reaper’s Image Startling Mystery Stories, Spring 1969
Skeleton Crew (v)
The Regulators Novel
The Reploids Night Visions 5
Rest Stop Esquire, December 2003
Just After Sunset (r)
The Return of Timmy Baterman Satyricon II Program Book
Pet Sematary (v)
The Revelations of ‘Becka Paulson Rolling Stone, 19 July/2 August 1984
Skeleton Crew (Limited) (r)
The Tommyknockers (n)
The Revenge of Lard Ass Hogan Maine Review, July 1975
The Body (n)
Riding the Bullet Electronic Book
Everything’s Eventual (r)
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption Different Seasons
The Road Virus Heads North 999
Everything’s Eventual (n)
Roadwork Novel
Rose Madder Novel
Rose Red Unpublished Screenplay
The Running Man Novel
Rush Call Dave’s Rag, Winter 1959-1960
Secret Windows: Essays and Fiction on the Craft of Writing (r)
‘Salem’s Lot Novel
Novel (v) Centipede Press edition
Secret Window, Secret Garden Four Past Midnight
The Shining Novel
Unpublished Movie Screenplay (n)
Unpublished Mini-Series Screenplay (n)
The Shotgunners Unpublished Screenplay
Silence Moth, 1970
Silver Bullet Screenplay
Skybar The Do-It-Yourself Bestseller – A Workbook
Slade The Maine Summer Campus, 1970
Sleepwalkers Unpublished Screenplay
Sneakers Night Visions 5
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (n)
Something to Tide You Over Creepshow Screenplay
Creepshow (n)
Something Wicked This Way Comes Unpublished Screenplay
Sometimes They Come Back Cavalier, March 1974
Night Shift (v)
Sorry, Right Number Unpublished Shooting Script
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (n)
Squad D Unpublished Short Story
The Stand Original Novel Original Novel (v)
Complete and Uncut Novel (n)
Unpublished Movie Screenplay (n)
Unpublished Mini-Series Screenplay (n)
The Star Invaders Unpublished Short Story
Stationary Bike Borderlands 5
Just After Sunset (r)
Storm of the Century Screenplay
The Stranger People, Places and Things
Strawberry Spring Ubris, Fall 1968
Cavalier, November 1975 (n)
Night Shift (r)
Night Shift Screenplay (n)
Stud City Ubris, Fall 1969
The Body (n)
Suffer the Little Children Cavalier, February 1972
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (n)
The Sun Dog Four Past Midnight
Survivor Type Terrors
Skeleton Crew (v)
Sword in the Darkness Unpublished Novel
The Tale of Gray Dick Timothy McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, 25 February 2003
The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla (v)
The Talisman Novel
The Ten O’Clock People Nightmares and Dreamscapes
That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is The New Yorker, 22/29 June 1998
in French Everything’s Eventual (v)
They Bite Unpublished Screenplay
They’re Creeping Up on You Creepshow Screenplay
Creepshow (n)
The Thing at the Bottom of the Well People, Places and Things
The Things They Left Behind Transgressions
Just After Sunset (r)
Thinner Novel
Throttle He Is Legend: An
Anthology Celebrating Richard Matheson
Tommy Playboy, March 2010
The Tommyknockers Novel
Trucks Cavalier, June 1973
Night Shift (v)
Umney’s Last Case Nightmares and Dreamscapes
Uncle Otto’s Truck Yankee, October 1983
Skeleton Crew (n)
Under the Dome Novel
Untitled (The Huffman Story) Unpublished Novel
Untitled (She Has Gone to Sleep While) Contraband, 31 October 1971
Untitled Screenplay (Radio Station) Unpublished Screenplay
Ur www.amazon.com, 12 February 2009
A Very Tight Place McSweeney’s Quarterly Concern, May 2008
The Wedding Gig Ellery Queen’s Mystery Magazine,
December 1980
Skeleton Crew (n)
Weeds Cavalier, May 1976
What Tricks Your Eye Unpublished Story
Why We’re in Vietnam Hearts in Atlantis
Willa Playboy, December 2006
Wimsey Unpublished Novel
The Woman in the Room Night Shift
Woman with Child Contraband, 31 October 1971
The Word Processor Playboy, January 1983
Word Processor of the Gods Skeleton Crew
You Know They Got a Hell of a Band Shock Rock
Nightmares and Dreamscapes (n)
Non Fiction
King’s contribution to non-fiction is often overlooked due to his huge output of fiction. However, he has actually been responsible for over 650 separate pieces of non-fiction, ranging from entire books to short articles, reviews and the like.
The most extensive review of these ever compiled (including even such minor items as letters to the editor) appears in Stephen King: The Non-Fiction by Rocky Wood and Justin Brooks (Cemetery Dance, 2009). The authors spent five years compiling this reference work, with the assistance of many of the leading King researchers, collectors and “super-collectors;” and access to Restricted Non-Fiction Works in King’s papers at the University of Maine, Orono.
Covering all King’s published and known unpublished works from 1959 through late 2006, Stephen King: The Non-Fiction revealed for the first time dozens of pieces of non-fiction and their appearances that were previously unknown to King researchers.
Among new pieces reviewed in the book are:
Two previously unknown King pieces from his high school days – sports reporting in the Lisbon Enterprise (these are not the articles King describes in On Writing); and a King non-fiction piece from his high school newspaper The Drum; along with the fascinating story of their rediscovery by the authors
A 1967 column supporting the US troops in Vietnam
Previously unknown pieces from The Maine Campus, such as a review of the Spring 1969 issue of Ubris (in which King published the first version of Night Surf, the precursor to The Stand); an amazing movie review; and letters to the editor (many highly amusing)
Nine unpublished pieces of non-fiction reviewed in detail, including pieces held in the Restricted Boxes of King’s papers at the University of Maine – for the first time anywhere the authors describe these works in detail
A large number of previously unknown letters to the editor
Introductions to the work of other authors; and book reviews published in unusual venues
Comprehensive reviews of King’s non-fiction in the Bangor Daily News and other Maine newspapers, some of it controversial
King’s early baseball writing, most published in Maine newspapers
Working from the original sources Wood and Brooks also identified and corrected numerous errors in the previous reporting of material – incorrect titles, dates, pagination and even publication information
The Contents are as follows:
Argument: A Guide to King’s Non-Fiction. Introduces the Reader to the book and King’s rich tapestry, including his strong sense of opinion, sense of humor, style and risks he often takes in the Non-Fiction mode.
King’s Major Non-Fiction
Early Columns – Garbage Truck
Danse Macabre, On Writing
Baseball – Faithful; Heads Down and the Red Sox Obsession
Opinion – Horror
Opinion – The Craft of Writing
Author’s Notes and Introductions to His Own Work
Later Columns – The Pop of King
King’s Minor Non-Fiction
Introducing the Works of Others
Book Reviews
Letters to the Editor, Guest Columns
Opinion – Radio, Music, Film and Television
Opinion – Venturing into Politics
Opinion – Let’s Argue
Miscellany
King’s Unpublished Non-Fiction
Addendum
Each of the Chapters is in narrative form and covers the following information:
The history of and interesting information about each piece
Summary, including significant quotes
Critique
Relevance to other King Works (particularly to his Fiction)
Advice to Readers wishing to accessing the piece
Bibliography – A full list of all King’s Non-Fiction, with detailed citations
Acknowledgements
The author wishes to thank the following for their assistance.
David Rawsthorne and Norma Blackburn, who worked with me on earlier editions of this book.
Marsha DeFilippo and Julie Eugley at Stephen King’s office for their time, material provided and continuing gracious assistance. Stephen King for his permission to read the Restricted materials at the Fogler Library and, of course, for his stories.
Betsy Beattie, Elaine Smith and Richard Hollinger at the Special Collections Unit of the Raymond H. Fogler Library of the University of Maine at Orono for their assistance during my three week “camping trip” to their wonderful resource.
Stu Tinker for his help, advice and hospitality.
The additional assistance in gathering materials and helping with corrections provided by Tyson Blue, Stephen J. Spignesi, Michael Collings, Bev Vincent, Kerry Johnson, Bob Jackson, Chris Cavalier, C.S. O’Brien, Justin Brooks, Wendy Bousfield and Matthias Belz is greatly appreciated.
Rich Chizmar, Brian Freeman and all the staff of Cemetery Dance Publications for their support.
About The Author
Rocky Wood traveled to Bangor, Maine in November and December 2002 where he spent three weeks reading the Stephen King archives at the Special Collections Unit at the Fogler Library of the University of Maine at Orono. King personally gave written permission to view the “Restricted” materials lodged at the Library.
As a result of that work, he compiled The Complete Guide to the Works of Stephen King with David Rawsthorne and Norma Blackburn. The first edition was released in May 2003; a second, revised edition in November 2003 and in a Third Edition in November 2004. Further updates to that work are projected.
He has been an avid King reader since 1977 and he has now completed five research trips to Maine.
He is the co-author of three other major King works – The Complete Guide to the Works of Stephen King (2003; 2004); The Stephen King Collector’s Guide (2007); and Stephen King: The Non-Fiction (2009). He received the Horror Writers Association’s Bram Stoker Award nomination for Superior Achievement in Non-Fiction, for Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished; and for Stephen King: The Non-Fiction.
He has spoken at numerous conventions about King, including the SKEMER Con in Estes Park, Colorado (2003); Continuum 3 (2005) and Continuum 4 (2006) in Melbourne, Australia; Conflux 3 in Canberra, Australia (2006); the 2nd Annual Stephen King Dollar Baby Festival in Bangor, Maine (2005); and the World Horror Convention in Salt Lake City (2008). He has published non-fiction worldwide for thirty years; and is recognized as one of the world’s leading experts on King’s work.
A New Zealander, Rocky lives in Melbourne, Australia. He is an avid Rugby, Cricket, Association Football and Baseball
fan. A proud member of the Horror Writers Association, he has served on their Board since 2008. He is also a Member of the Australian Horror Writers Association.
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Skybar (1982)
In 1982 the Doubleday & Company imprint, Dolphin Books, published a cheap paperback workbook for budding writers titled The Do-It-Yourself Bestseller – A Workbook. A number of well-known authors were convinced to contribute the opening paragraphs and closing paragraph of a story. Empty lined pages were provided between the opening and closing sections and the reader was to “complete” the story.
The contributing authors were Isaac Asimov, Belva Plain, Stephen King, Erskine Caldwell, Marilyn Harris, Arthur Herzog, Ken Follett, William F. Buckley Jr., Robin Cook, Georges Simenon, Alfred Kazin, Richard Llewellyn, Barbara Taylor Bradford, Steve Allen, Leslie Waller, Colin Wilson, Irving Wallace, John Jakes, Michael Blankfort and Alvin Toffler. King is quoted on the rear cover as saying, “…sounds like fun … God knows what goes on in the middle; perhaps one of your readers will.”
Photocopies and text copies of the sections circulate in the King community and copies of the Workbook appear on the second-hand market from time to time.
This was actually the second time King had contributed a partial story for writers to complete. The March 1977 issue of Cavalier magazine contained the first five hundred words of The Cat from Hell. In June of that year King’s completed story, along with that written by the winner of the readers’ competition were published in the same magazine. The third occurrence was The Furnace (see separate chapter).