Night Shift, Paperback/Stephen King

King's first collection of short stories showcases the darkest depths of his brilliant imagination. Here we see mutated rats gone bad (-Graveyard Shift-); a cataclysmic virus that threatens humanity (-Night Surf, - the basis for The Stand ); a possessed, evil lawnmower (-The Lawnmower Man-); unsettling children from the heartland (-Children of the Corn-); a smoker who will try anything to stop (-Quitters, Inc.-); a reclusive alcoholic who begins a gruesome transformation (-Gray Matter-); and many more shadows and visions that will haunt you long after the last page is turned.