books by Stephen King: ‘Salem’s Lot (1975), The Shining (1977), Night Shift (1978), and The Stand (1978). In 1980, he published Firestarter, in 1981, Cujo, in 1987, Misery, and has produced many more novels and short stories since then. King says, in his introduction to Night Shift, “Beneath its fangs and fright wig,” the horror tale is ”as conservative as an Illinois Republican in a three-piece pinstriped suit. Its main purpose is to reaffirm the virtues of the norm by showing us what awful things happen to people who venture into taboo lands. Within the framework of most horror tales, we find a moral code so strong it would make a Puritan smile.” A prolific writer, King excels at turning ordinary situations—such as peer pressure, marital stress, or infidelity—into terror. Many of his novels have been made into successful movies. King has also written under the pseudonym Richard Bachman....
