<i>Night Shift</i> - Stephen King's first collection of stories - is an early showcase of the depths that King's wicked imagination could plumb. In these 20 tales, we see mutated rats gone bad ("Graveyard Shift") ; a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity ("Night Surf," the basis for <i>The Stand</i>) ; a smoker who will try anything to stop ("Quitters, Inc.") ; a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation ("Gray Matter") ; and many more. This is Stephen King at his horrifying best.
