Short fiction by Stephen King

This is a list of short fiction by Stephen King. This includes short stories, novelettes, and novellas, as well as poems. It is arranged chronologically by first publication. Major revisions of previously published pieces are also noted.

In all, 166 works are listed: 113 short stories, 11 novelettes, 17 novellas, and 12 poems, as well as 9 early excerpts and 4 plays written for the screen, stage, and television. Most of these pieces have been collected in the five short story collections: Night Shift (1978), Skeleton Crew (1985), Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993), Everything's Eventual (2002), and Just After Sunset (2008); and in the four novella collections: Different Seasons (1982), Four Past Midnight (1990), Hearts in Atlantis (1999), and Full Dark, No Stars (2010). However, 35 of these pieces (excluding early excerpts, stories later incorporated into longer works, and pieces published after Just After Sunset) remain uncollected.

A full listing as of December 31, 2004 with citations appears in The Complete Guide to the Works of Stephen King by Rocky Wood, et al. (ISBN 0-9750593-3-5); as of December 31, 2005 in Stephen King: Uncollected, Unpublished (ISBN 1-58767-130-1 and ISBN 0-9750593-4-3) by Rocky Wood, et al.; and as of late 2007 in Justin Brooks' Stephen King: A Primary Bibliography of the World’s Most Popular Author (ISBN 1-58767-153-0). See also King's official website www.stephenking.com.

1950s

1959

• Jumper (short story)
• Land of 1,000,000 Years Ago (short story)
• Thirty-One of the Classics (novella)

1960s

1960

• The Cursed Expedition (short story)
• I've Got to Get Away! (short story)
• Hotel at the End of the Road (short story)
• Never Look Behind You (short story)
• The Other Side of the Fog (short story)
• Rush Call (short story)
• The Stranger (short story)
• The Thing at the Bottom of the Well (short story)

1961

• The Pit and the Pendulum (short story)

1964

• The Star Invaders] (short story)

1965

• Codename: Mousetrap (short story)
• I Was a Teenage Grave Robber (short story)

1966

• The 43rd Dream (short story)

1967

• The Glass Floor (short story)

1968

• Cain Rose Up (short story)
• Here There Be Tygers (short story)
• Harrison State Park '68 (poem)
• Strawberry Spring (short story, subsequently collected heavily revised)

1969

• The Dark Man (poem)
• Night Surf (short story, subsequently collected heavily revised)
• The Reaper's Image (short story, subsequently collected heavily revised)
• Stud City (short story, subsequently incorporated into The Body)

1970s

1970

• Graveyard Shift (short story)
• Donovan's Brain (poem)
• Silence (poem)
• Slade (short story)

1971

• The Blue Air Compressor (short story, subsequently revised in 1981)
• Brooklyn August (poem)
• I Am the Doorway (short story)
• In the Key Chords of Dawn (poem)
• The Hardcase Speaks (poem)
• She Has Gone to Sleep While... (poem)
• Woman with Child (poem)

1972

• Battleground (short story)
• The Fifth Quarter (short story)
• The Mangler (short story)
• Suffer the Little Children (short story)

1973

• The Boogeyman (short story)
• Gray Matter (short story)
• It Grows on You (short story, subsequently revised in 1982, and collected revised again in 1993)
• Trucks (short story)

1974

• Sometimes They Come Back (short story)

1975

• The Lawnmower Man (short story)
• The Revenge of Lard Ass Hogan (short story, subsequently incorporated into The Body)

1976

• I Know What You Need (short story)
• The Ledge (short story)
• Weeds (short story, collected as The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill in comic book form in Creepshow)

1977

• The Cat from Hell (short story)
• Children of the Corn (short story)
• The King Family and the Wicked Witch (short story)
• The Man Who Loved Flowers (short story)
• One for the Road (short story)

1978

• Jerusalem's Lot (short story)
• The Gunslinger (novelette, collected revised in The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger)
• The Last Rung on the Ladder (short story)
• Man with a Belly (short story)
• The Night of the Tiger (short story)
• Nona (short story)
• Quitters, Inc. (short story)
• The Woman in the Room (short story)

1979

• The Crate (short story, collected in comic book form in Creepshow)

1980s

1980

• Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman #2) (short story)
• Crouch End (short story)
• The Mist (novella)
• The Monkey (short story)
• The Way Station (novelette, collected revised in The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger)
• The Wedding Gig (short story)

1981

• The Bird and the Album (early excerpt from It)
• The Gunslinger and the Dark Man (short story, collected revised in The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger)
• The Jaunt (short story)
• The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands (short story)
• The Monster in the Closet (early excerpt from Cujo)
• The Oracle and the Mountains (short story, collected revised in The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger)
• The Reach (short story)
• The Slow Mutants (novelette, collected revised in The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger)

1982

• Apt Pupil (novella)
• Before the Play (unused prologue to The Shining)
• The Body (novella)
• The Breathing Method (short story)
• The Raft (short story)
• Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption (novella)
• Skybar (partial short story)
• Survivor Type (short story)

1983

• The Return of Timmy Baterman (early excerpt from Pet Sematary)
• Uncle Otto's Truck (short story)
• Word Processor of the Gods (short story)

1984

• The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet (novelette)
• Beachworld (short story)
• Gramma (short story)
• Mrs. Todd's Shortcut (short story)
• The Revelations of Becka Paulson (early excerpt from The Tommyknockers)

1985

• Dolan's Cadillac (novelette)
• For Owen (poem)
• Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1) (short story)
• Paranoid: A Chant (poem)

1986

• The End of the Whole Mess (short story)
• For the Birds (short story)

1987

• The Doctor's Case (short story)
• Popsy (short story)

1988

• Dedication (novelette)
• The Night Flier (short story)
• The Reploids (short story)
• Sneakers (short story)

1989

• Home Delivery (short story)
• My Pretty Pony (short story)
• Rainy Season (short story)

1990s

1990

• An Evening at God's (play)
• The Bear (early excerpt from The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands)
• The Langoliers (novella)
• The Library Policeman (novella)
• The Moving Finger (short story)
• Secret Window, Secret Garden (novella)
• The Sun Dog (novella)

1992

• Chattery Teeth (short story)
• You Know They Got a Hell of a Band (short story)

1993

• The Beggar and the Diamond (short story)
• The House on Maple Street (short story)
• Jhonathan and the Witchs (short story, written in 1956)
• Sorry, Right Number (teleplay, written in 1987)
• The Ten O'Clock People (short story)
• Umney's Last Case (short story)

1994

• Blind Willie (novelette, subsequently collected heavily revised)
• Dino (poem)
• The Killer (short story, written in mid-1960s)
• The Man in the Black Suit (short story)

1995

• Luckey Quarter (short story)
• Lunch at the Gotham Café (short story)

1997

• Autopsy Room Four (short story)
• Everything's Eventual (novelette)
• General (screenplay, written in 1985)
• L. T.'s Theory of Pets (short story)

1998

• The Little Sisters of Eluria (novelette)
• That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French (short story)

1999

• 1408 (short story)
• Hearts in Atlantis (novella)
• Heavenly Shades of Night are Falling (short story)
• In the Deathroom (short story)
• Low Men in Yellow Coats (novella)
• The New Lieutenant's Rap (early excerpt from Why We're In Vietnam)
• The Road Virus Heads North (short story)
• Why We're In Vietnam (novelette)

2000s

2000

• The Old Dude's Ticker (short story, written in early 1970s)
• Riding the Bullet (novelette)

2001

• All That You Love Will Be Carried Away (short story)
• Calla Bryn Sturgis (early excerpt from The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla)
• The Death of Jack Hamilton (short story)

2003

• Harvey's Dream (short story)
• Rest Stop (short story)
• Stationary Bike (short story)
• The Tale of Gray Dick (early excerpt from The Dark Tower V: Wolves of the Calla)

2004

• Lisey and the Madman (early excerpt from Lisey's Story)

2005

• The Furnace (partial short story)
• The Things They Left Behind (short story)

2006

• Memory (early excerpt from Duma Key, collected in Blaze)
• Willa (short story)

2007

• Ayana (short story)
• Graduation Afternoon (short story)
• The Gingerbread Girl (novella)
• Mute (short story)

2008

• N. (novella)
• The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates (short story)
• A Very Tight Place (novella)

2009

• Throttle (novella, in collaboration with Joe Hill)
• Morality (short story, collected in Blockade Billy)
• Ur (novella)
• Mostly Old Men (poem)
• The Bone Church (poem)
• Premium Harmony (short story)

2010s

2010

• Tommy (poem)
• Blockade Billy (novella)
• 1922 (novella)
• Big Driver (novella)
• Fair Extension (novella)
• A Good Marriage (novella)

2011

• Herman Wouk is Still Alive (short story)
• Under the Weather (short story)
• The Little Green God of Agony (short story)
• Mile 81 (novella)
• The Dune (short story)

Notes

Major collections denoted in bold.