Hello everyone and welcome to the Stephen King cast, One Man's Musings on the Works of Stephen King.

Each week I will review one entry in the bibliography of Stephen King in the chronological order of publication.

And today we are going to discuss Stephen King's first collection of short stories, Night Shift.

Published in 1978, the collection contains 20 short stories, 16 of which had already been

published in magazines.

Of these 10 stories, 10 of them were later adapted into theatrical films or television

events.

Children of the Corn received seven sequels and a remake.

Sometimes they came, sometimes they come back, received two sequels.

The Lawnmower Man and the Mangler received a sequel each.

And trucks, under the awesomely 80s title, Maximum Overdrive,

had the distinction of being the first movie Stephen King ever directed and was later remade

with its original name.

So by this point of publication, Stephen King had already made a name for himself.

Two years earlier, Kerry was released in theaters with Salem's Lot and The Shining Soon

on their way. Nightshift represented a gold mine for prospective studio executives eager

to get a piece of this hot new writer.

So here is just a little background on this particular episode that you're listening to right now.

As you are listening to this piece of me speaking right now, I'm speaking in 2026 to all of you.

For the majority of this episode, you're going to be hearing thoughts that were recorded

in the summer of 2014 when the podcast first launched.

So when I first reviewed Night Shift, I reviewed the stories that really stood out,

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