I bought The Night Shift last night and just read this story, was there any sort of follow up? I'm desperate to know what happened to the other workmen
Graveyard shift
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No follow up that I'm aware of. This thread should be in the Night Shift forum though. As that is where the story appears, not in Skeleton Crew.
Ill watch the movie, I posted it here by accident ;/ maybe the mods can move it
César Hernández-Meraz
Wants to be Nick, ends up as Larry
I guess it is fairly safe to assume that anyone who went in there was at least harmed badly. I think everybody died horribly. The rats were already in full attack mode by then, and the queen had had a new human sacrifice.
Not even the hoses would stop them now.
Not even the hoses would stop them now.
It's a very clever ending I feel, a very haunting story! Think ill read Children of the Corn next
César Hernández-Meraz
Wants to be Nick, ends up as Larry
Hahahahaha.
They joined the graveyard shift, forever.
They joined the graveyard shift, forever.
What intrigued me most about this tale (during a recent re-read) was the "...huge wooden box with white letters on it. 'Elias Varney,' he read, '1841.'" that they find upon entering the sub cellar. Could this be a vampire? A descendant of the late Sir Francis Varney (the vampyre), perhaps? I prefer to think it was.
Only King knows for sure (if, that is, he hasn't forgotten this intriguing little offhand detail), and he ain't talkin.
Only King knows for sure (if, that is, he hasn't forgotten this intriguing little offhand detail), and he ain't talkin.
Someone needs to make a Jerusalem's Lot movie. Somebody that knows how. They'd probably have to change the name so stupid people don't get confused. Call it Dear Bones or something, say. Might have to beef the story up for feature length, but I can think of ways they could do it without screwing it up.
Give it a Hammer Horror vibe, Lovecraftian Dark Shadows.
But in the wrong hands it'd just be stupid.
Give it a Hammer Horror vibe, Lovecraftian Dark Shadows.
But in the wrong hands it'd just be stupid.
Just realized I posted on the wrong shift. Derf.