![]() Among others under consideration were “The Blue Air Compressor,” “It Grows on You,” “The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands,” “Survivor Type,” and “The Wedding Reception” (later published as “The Wedding Gig”) as well as some unnamed poems. The remaining three stories first appeared in issues of Maine magazine, Cosmopolitan and Gallery.īill Thompson took an active hand in helping King pick the best of the available stories for this collection. ![]() Nine were reprinted from Cavalier, and two each appeared in Ubris and Penthouse. Four stories-“Jerusalem’s Lot,” “The Last Rung on the Ladder,” “Quitter’s Inc.” and “The Woman in the Room”-were previously unpublished. The earliest, “Strawberry Spring,” was first published in 1968 and the most recent, “The Man Who Loved Flowers,” came out in late 1977, shortly before the collection was published in early 1978. So, to bridge the gap between novels, King offered them a short story collection. Then he started work on one of his longest novels, The Stand, and realized early on that it wouldn’t be finished on Doubleday’s schedule. He spent another six weeks on it, but the story still wasn’t taking off. ![]() While recent experience told King that Doubleday didn’t want to publish more than one book by him a year, they most definitely wanted no less than a book a year from him, either.Īfter he finished The Shining, he spent a couple of weeks writing “Apt Pupil” and then returned his attention to the abandoned Hearst-inspired novel, The House on Value Street. ![]()
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