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Night Shift

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

(9 total)

Characters

Stephen King (4)John Macdonald (3)John D. Macdonald (2)

“I didn't write them for money; I wrote them because it occurred to me to write them. I have a marketable obsession. There are madmen and madwomen in padded cells the world over who are not so lucky.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

Tagged: Horror, Writing, How to be a writer, Money, Quote of the Moment

“If you have read this whole thing, I hope you have plenty of time. You could have been reading the stories.”

— John D. Macdonald, amazon.com

Tagged: Good writing, Books, Stories

“Stephen King is a far, far better writer at thirty than I was at thirty, or at forty. I am entitled to hate him a little bit for this.”

— John D. Macdonald, amazon.com

Tagged: Writing, Writers, Stephen King

“They are tangled children, trying to make their way in spite of the handicaps you have imposed on them.”

— John Macdonald, amazon.com

Tagged: Writing, How to be a writer, Writing Books

“You have to have a taste for words. Gluttony. You have to want to roll in them. You have to read millions of them written by other people.”

— John Macdonald, amazon.com

Tagged: Writing, How to be a writer, Artists, Quote of the Moment

“I am often given the big smiling handshake at parties (which I avoid attending whenever possible) by someone who then, with an air of gleeful conspiracy, will say, ‘You know, I’ve always wanted to write.’ I used to try to be polite. These days I reply with the same jubilant excitement: ‘You know, I’…”

— John Macdonald, amazon.com

Tagged: Writing, How to be a writer, Artists, Quote of the Moment

“I know that the thing under my bed doesn’t exist. But I also know that if I keep my feet under the blanket, it won’t grab my ankle.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

“The thing under my bed waiting to grab my ankle isn't real. I know that, and I also know that if I'm careful to keep my foot under the covers, it will never be able to grab my ankle.”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

Tagged: Horror, Why things scare us

“You want to remember that while you're judging the book, the book is also judging you”

— Stephen King, amazon.com

Tagged: Judgment, Stephen King Quotes, Life Quotes