![]() ![]() An astronaut returns from a mission to Venus after coming into contact with a strange alien mutagen. This is one of his early ones and features a bit of science fiction as well. If you’re a Constant Reader, you’re probably used to King’s use of body horror. ![]() Read more: Stephen King’s 10 Best Horror Novels I Am the Doorway As they descend into the depths of the mill, the horrors they find are…well, you’ll just have to find out, won’t you? In one of his most campy stories to date, a group of men are tasked with cleaning up the abandoned basement of a textile mill that’s been infested by rats for years. “Graveyard Shift,” the second story in the book, is a great example of what King can do with seemingly ordinary situations turned bad…really, really bad. Hell, many of the stories have even become cult films themselves. They have a B-movie sensibility right at home in the late ’60s and early ’70s, and were influenced by campy cult films and plenty of EC comics. Night Shift, King’s first short story collection, is really the crux of this article, as it features several of his best scary tales to date. Enjoy! Night Shift (1978) Graveyard Shift ![]()
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