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I honestly don’t remember anything about it. This story is a Hindu parable that King randomly decided to stick in at the end of his collection.

So without much further ado, let’s get into ranking the 24 stories of Nightmares and Dreamscapes. Generally, it’s nowhere near as well-regarded as the first three volumes, but it still has charm and a handful of good stories. King sprinkled in a few poems and nonfiction stories and called it a day, and with that, 1993’s Nightmares and Dreamscapes would be his longest short story series up to that point. Much of the collection would end up being odds and ends, with the majority serving as homages to other writers. Art by Suntup Editions, graphic by Oliver Barnfield.Īfter the phenomenal success of Night Shift, Skeleton Crew, and Different Seasons, Stephen King was ready to make another short story anthology. Despite the title, three of the eight stories were not culled from the book: "Battleground", from Night Shift (1978) and " The Road Virus Heads North" and "Autopsy Room Four", from Everything's Eventual (2002).‘Nightmares and Dreamscapes’ is the true definition of a mixed bag, and today we rank all of the stories contained. "Home Delivery" and "Rainy Season" were adapted into short films.ĭuring the summer of 2006, TNT produced the eight-episode miniseries Nightmares & Dreamscapes: From the Stories of Stephen King. " The Night Flier" and " Dolan's Cadillac" were both adapted into films of the same respective names, in 19, respectively. "Chattery Teeth" was adapted into a segment of the 1997 film Quicksilver Highway. "The Moving Finger" was adapted into a season 3 episode of Monsters in 1991.

"Sorry, Right Number" was telecast as a season 4 episode of Tales from the Darkside in 1987 before it was published in Nightmares & Dreamscapes. In memory of THOMAS WILLIAMS, 1926–1990: poet, novelist, and great American storyteller. Since the book's publication, King has singled out Williams' 1974 National Book Award-winning novel The Hair of Harold Roux as a favorite of his, and one he returns to "again and again." King dedicated this collection of stories to Thomas Williams, a writing instructor who taught for many years at the University of New Hampshire.

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My Pretty Pony limited edition coffee table book (1989) Nightmares & Dreamscapes is a short story collection by American author Stephen King, published in 1993.ĭecember 1990 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction