Night Shift—Stephen King’s first collection of stories—is an early showcase of the depths that King’s wicked imagination could plumb.  In these 20 tales, we see mutated rats gone bad (“Graveyard Shift”); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity (“Night Surf,” the basis for The Stand); a smoker who will try anything to stop (“Quitters, Inc.”); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation (“Gray Matter”); and many more.  This is Stephen King at his horrifying best.

FILMS: 

CHILDREN OF THE CORN - starring Linda Hamilton.

GRAVEYARD SHIFT - Starring Robert Englund.

QUITTERS INC. (in CATS EYE) - Starring James Woods.

GRAY MATTER. (in 2019 Creepshow series on Shudder)