Nightmares & Dreamscapes
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Nightmares & Dreamscapes is a short story collection by Stephen King
published in 1993.
" and "Dolan's Cadillac
" were both adapted to films of the same respective names. "Chattery Teeth"' was adapted into a segment of the film Quicksilver Highway
. "Sorry, Right Number" was telecast as an episode of Tales from the Darkside
before it was published in Nightmares & Dreamscapes. "The Moving Finger" was adapted into an episode of the TV show Monsters
. "Home Delivery" and "Rainy Season" were adapted to short films. In May 2011, Filmmaker EJ Meyers acquired the rights to adapt "The Ten O'Clock People" into a feature film, which is scheduled to be released in 2012. The film's plot is a modernization of King's original story, but is still faithful to the subject matter.
produced an eight-episode miniseries on various short stories by Stephen King. Although one may assume from the title that all of the episodes in the miniseries are from the collection of the same name, this is true for only five of the eight ("Battleground" was featured in Night Shift
and "The Road Virus Heads North
" and "Autopsy Room Four" appear in Everything's Eventual
).
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...
published in 1993.
Stories
| Title | Originally published in |
|---|---|
| Dolan's Cadillac Dolan's Cadillac Dolan’s Cadillac is a short story by Stephen King. It is included in Nightmares and Dreamscapes, King's fifth collection of short stories.The story is narrated by the protagonist, a schoolteacher, and there is only one other main character, Dolan.... |
Castle Rock, February—June 1985 |
| The End of the Whole Mess The End of the Whole Mess "The End of the Whole Mess" is a short science fiction story by Stephen King which was first published in Omni Magazine in 1986, and later published in the Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection and Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse .-Plot summary:The story, narrated by Howard Fornoy in the... |
October 1986 issue of Omni Omni (magazine) OMNI was a science and science fiction magazine published in the US and the UK. It contained articles on science fact and short works of science fiction... |
| Suffer the Little Children Suffer the Little Children "Suffer the Little Children" is a short story by Stephen King. It was first published by Cavalier in February, 1972. The story was later published as part of the collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes in 1993... |
February 1972 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 Night Flier The Night Flier "The Night Flier" is a horror short story by Stephen King, first published in the anthology Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror, and then in King's own 1993 Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection.... |
Prime Evil Prime Evil (anthology) Prime Evil is an anthology of horror short stories edited by Douglas E. Winter. It was first published in 1988 by New American Library. With the exception of the Dennis Etchison story, "The Blood Kiss", the stories are original to this anthology.... (1988) |
| Popsy | Masques II (1987) |
| It Grows on You It Grows On You "It Grows On You" is a short story written by author Stephen King and originally published in Marshroots, volume 3, no. 1, Fall 1973, later revised and published in August 1982 in Whispers, and again revised for the 1993 short story collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes.-Plot summary:The story... |
Fall 1973 issue of Marshroots |
| Chattery Teeth Chattery Teeth (short story) Chattery Teeth is a short story by American writer Stephen King. It was published in his collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes.-Plot summary:... |
Fall 1992 issue of Cemetery Dance |
| Dedication | Night Visions 5 (1988) |
| The Moving Finger | December 1990 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... |
| Sneakers | Night Visions 5 (1988) |
| You Know They Got a Hell of a Band You Know They Got a Hell of a Band "You Know They Got a Hell of a Band" is a short story by Stephen King. It was first published in the horror anthology Shock Rock and later included in King's collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes, concerning a young couple on a road trip in Oregon when they accidentally wander into a small town... |
Shock Rock (1992) |
| Home Delivery | Book of the Dead Book of the Dead (anthology) Book of the Dead is an anthology of horror stories first published in 1989, edited by John Skipp and Craig Spector. All the stories in the anthology are united by the same premise seen in the apocalyptic films of George A. Romero, depicting a worldwide outbreak of zombies and various reactions to it... (1989) |
| Rainy Season | Spring 1989 issue of Midnight Graffiti |
| My Pretty Pony My Pretty Pony "My Pretty Pony" is a short story written by Stephen King and illustrated by the artist Barbara Kruger. It was the sixth publication in the Whitney Museum of American Art artist and writer series. An original limited artist edition of 250 was published in 1989 and was an oversized fine press... |
My Pretty Pony My Pretty Pony "My Pretty Pony" is a short story written by Stephen King and illustrated by the artist Barbara Kruger. It was the sixth publication in the Whitney Museum of American Art artist and writer series. An original limited artist edition of 250 was published in 1989 and was an oversized fine press... limited edition Limited edition books A limited edition book is a description of a book which is released in a limited print run quantity, usually much smaller than publishing industry standards, and connotes a level of scarcity or exclusivity... coffee table book Coffee table book A coffee table book is a hardcover book that is intended to sit on a coffee table or similar surface in an area where guests sit and are entertained, thus inspiring conversation or alleviating boredom. They tend to be oversized and of heavy construction, since there is no pressing need for... (1989) |
| Sorry, Right Number Sorry, Right Number Sorry, Right Number is a teleplay written by author Stephen King for an episode of the horror anthology series Tales From The Darkside. It was later in King's short story collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes, and is the only such work that King has included in any of his anthologies... |
Previously unpublished |
| The Ten O'Clock People The Ten O'Clock People Ten O'Clock People is a short story by Stephen King published in the Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection. Unlike many of King's stories which take place in fictional places like Castle Rock, Maine, "Ten O'Clock People" takes place in the distinctly recognizable Boston, Massachusetts.-Plot... |
Previously unpublished |
| Crouch End Crouch End (short story) Crouch End is a horror story by Stephen King, originally published in New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos , and republished in a slightly different version in King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection . It contains distinct references to the horror fiction of H. P. Lovecraft... |
New Tales of the Cthulhu Mythos (1980) |
| The House on Maple Street The House On Maple Street The House On Maple Street is a short story written by Stephen King and published in his collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes. It was one of several stories first published in that volume. It has also been recorded as an audio book, read by the author's wife, Tabitha King... |
Previously unpublished |
| The Fifth Quarter | April 1972 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 Doctor's Case The Doctor's Case The Doctor's Case is a short story by Stephen King, originally published in The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, a 1987 centennial collection, and reprinted in his collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes... |
The New Adventures of Sherlock Holmes (1987) |
| Umney's Last Case Umney's Last Case Umney's Last Case is a short story written by Stephen King and published as a separate booklet as part of Penguin's 60th anniversary... |
Previously unpublished |
| Head Down | April 16, 1990 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... |
| Brooklyn August Brooklyn August Brooklyn August is a poem by Stephen King that first appeared in 1971 in Io magazine and was later collected in King's Nightmares and Dreamscapes in 1993... |
Io #10, 1971 |
| The Beggar and the Diamond The Beggar and the Diamond The Beggar and the Diamond is a re-telling of a Hindu parable written by Stephen King which was published as part of his 1993 short story collection, Nightmares and Dreamscapes. It begins with an author's note explaining that the origin of the story and that in the original Hindu version of the... |
Previously unpublished |
Adaptations
"The Night FlierThe Night Flier
"The Night Flier" is a horror short story by Stephen King, first published in the anthology Prime Evil: New Stories by the Masters of Modern Horror, and then in King's own 1993 Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection....
" and "Dolan's Cadillac
Dolan's Cadillac
Dolan’s Cadillac is a short story by Stephen King. It is included in Nightmares and Dreamscapes, King's fifth collection of short stories.The story is narrated by the protagonist, a schoolteacher, and there is only one other main character, Dolan....
" were both adapted to films of the same respective names. "Chattery Teeth"' was adapted into a segment of the film Quicksilver Highway
Quicksilver Highway
Quicksilver Highway is a 1997 horror film directed by Mick Garris. It is based on Clive Barker's short story The Body Politic and Stephen King's short story Chattery Teeth...
. "Sorry, Right Number" was telecast as an episode of Tales from the Darkside
Tales from the Darkside
Tales from the Darkside is an anthology horror TV series produced by George A. Romero; it originally aired from 1983 to 1988. Similar to Amazing Stories, The Twilight Zone, Night Gallery, The Outer Limits, and Tales From The Crypt, each episode was an individual short story that ended with a plot...
before it was published in Nightmares & Dreamscapes. "The Moving Finger" was adapted into an episode of the TV show Monsters
Monsters (TV series)
Monsters is a syndicated horror anthology series which originally ran from 1988 to 1991 and reran on the Sci-Fi Channel during the 1990s. As of 2011, Monsters airs on NBC Universal's horror/suspense-themed cable channel Chiller in sporadic weekday marathons.In a similar vein to Tales from the...
. "Home Delivery" and "Rainy Season" were adapted to short films. In May 2011, Filmmaker EJ Meyers acquired the rights to adapt "The Ten O'Clock People" into a feature film, which is scheduled to be released in 2012. The film's plot is a modernization of King's original story, but is still faithful to the subject matter.
Television series
During the summer of 2006, TNTTurner Network Television
Turner Network Television is an American cable television channel created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner...
produced an eight-episode miniseries on various short stories by Stephen King. Although one may assume from the title that all of the episodes in the miniseries are from the collection of the same name, this is true for only five of the eight ("Battleground" was featured in Night Shift
Night Shift (book)
Night Shift is the first collection of short stories by Stephen King, first published in 1978. Many of King's most famous short stories were included in this collection.-Stories collected:-Details:...
and "The Road Virus Heads North
The Road Virus Heads North
"The Road Virus Heads North" is a short story by Stephen King. This story first appeared in 999, an anthology published in 1999 and edited by Al Sarrantonio. In 2002, it was collected in King's collection Everything's Eventual....
" and "Autopsy Room Four" appear in Everything's Eventual
Everything's Eventual
"Everything's Eventual" is a novella by Stephen King. It was originally published in the October/November 1997 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. In 2000, it was included in the game Stephen King's F13...
).
Editions
- ISBN 0-606-06623-3 (preboundPreboundA prebound book is a book that was previously bound and has been rebound with a library quality hardcover binding. In almost all commercial cases, the book in question began as a paperback version.An alternate term is "Library Hardcover Paperback"....
, 1993) - ISBN 0-670-85108-6 (cloth text, 1993)
- ISBN 0-453-00844-5 (audio cassette with hardcoverHardcoverA hardcover, hardback or hardbound is a book bound with rigid protective covers...
, 1993) - ISBN 0-451-18302-9 (paperbackPaperbackPaperback, softback or softcover describe and refer to a book by the nature of its binding. The covers of such books are usually made of paper or paperboard, and are usually held together with glue rather than stitches or staples...
, 1994) - ISBN 0-451-18023-2 (mass market paperback, 1994, reprint)
- ISBN 0-8161-5882-7 (paperback, 1994, Large Type Edition)
- ISBN 0-8161-5881-9 (library bindingLibrary bindingLibrary binding is the term used to describe the method of binding serials, and re-binding paperback or hardcover books, for use within libraries. Library binding increases the durability of books, as well as making the materials easier to use...
, 1994, Large Type Edition) - ISBN 0-453-00873-9 (audio cassette with paperback, 1994)