This is a list of Stephen King's short fiction. This includes short stories as well as novellas. It is arranged chronologically after first publication.
Crouch EndCrouch End is a horror story by Stephen King published in Nightmares and Dreamscapes collection. It contains distinct references to the horror fiction of HP Lovecraft. The main characters, young American husband and wife, travel to London to the Crouch En6
The MistThe Mist is a story by Stephen King first published in 1980. It is somewhere between the length of a short story and a novella. It is the first entry in his collection Skeleton Crew. This is a science fiction/ horror story about a group of people trapped4
The Monkey 4
The Way Station
The Wedding Gig 4
1981
The JauntThe Jaunt is a short story by Stephen King. It belongs primarily to the genre of science fiction rather than King's customary horror, but is quite characteristic of King in probing deeply the minds of its characters when placed in incredible circumstances4
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands 4
The Reach 4
1982
Apt PupilApt Pupil ( 1982) is a novella by Stephen King, originally published in Different Seasons (1982). The story was adapted for the screenplay of a 1998 film of the same name, directed by Bryan Singer and starring Ian McKellen and Brad Renfro. Format of the s13
Before the Play
Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman #2) 4
The BodyThe Body is also a nickname given both to wrestler turned politician Jesse Ventura and to Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson. The Body is a novella by Stephen King, originally published in the collection Different Seasons (1982) with the subtitle Fall13
The Breathing MethodThe Breathing Method is a novella by Stephen King which was released as part of his Different Seasons collection in 1982. David, the narrator of the frame tale, is a middle-aged Manhattan lawyer who joins a strange men's club where the members, in additio3
Morning Deliveries 4
The RaftThe Raft is a short horror story by Stephen King published in the Skeleton Crew collection. The Raft" is about four college students, two young men and two girls, who go out to swim in a Pennsylvania lake during the autumn, when nobody is around. After th14
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank RedemptionRita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (1982) is a novella by Stephen King, originally published in Different Seasons (1982). It was filmed as The Shawshank Redemption (1994), directed by Frank Darabont. It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as Rita Hay13