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The Last Rung on the Ladder

Stephen King

First published February 1978
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

A man remembers an incident from his childhood when something happens to his sister.
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Date Publication Publisher Type Page
February 1978 Cover Night Shift Doubleday Collection 287
September 1978 Cover Night Shift Doubleday / BCE Collection 287
February 1979 Cover Night Shift Signet / New American Library Collection 279
February 1980 Cover Night Shift Doubleday / SFBC Collection 287
1981 Cover The Shining / 'Salem's Lot / Night Shift / Carrie Octopus / Heinemann Omnibus 839
1981 Cover Danse macabre Alta Collection 304
1982 Cover Sombras da noite Francisco Alves Collection
August 1982 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 356
1984 Cover Nattmennesker Hjemmet Collection 272
January 1984 Cover Nachtschicht Bastei Lübbe Collection 357
March 1984 Cover Night Shift Signet / New American Library Collection 279
1985 Cover Nachtschicht Bastei Lübbe Collection 357
February 1985 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 356
July 1985 Night Shift New English Library Collection
October 1986 Cover A volte ritornano Bompiani Collection 331
1987 Cover Nachtschicht Lingen Collection 367
1987 Cover Nachtschicht Lübbe Collection 357
1987 Cover Trucks Luitingh Collection |18
1987 Sombras da noite Francisco Alves Collection
December 1987 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 356
September 1988 Cover Nachtschicht Bastei Lübbe Collection 387
1989 Cover Yön äänet Viihdeviikarit / Book Studio Collection 257
1989 Cover Night Shift New English Library Collection 354
1989 Cover Shining / Salem / Danse macabre J.-C. Lattès Omnibus
June 1989 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 356
1990 Cover Nachtschicht Bertelsmann / Book Sales Clubs Collection 356
1991 Cover Sombras da noite Francisco Alves Collection
1992 Cover Night Shift New English Library Collection 354
1993 Cover Night Shift New English Library Collection 354
1993 Cover Danse macabre J.-C. Lattès Collection
1993 Cover Night Shift Doubleday Collection 287
October 1993 Cover A volte ritornano Bompiani Collection 331
1994 Cover Danse macabre France Loisirs Collection
April 1994 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 356
April 1994 Cover Nachtschicht Bastei Lübbe Collection 387
June 1994 Cover Graveyard Shift and Other Stories from Night Shift Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Collection
June 1994 Cover Graveyard Shift and Other Stories From Night Shift Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Collection |3
December 1994 Cover Night Shift Signet / New American Library Collection 279
October 1995 Cover Nachtschicht Bastei Lübbe Collection 387
1996 Cover Satans kinderen Luitingh-Sijthoff Collection 315
February 1996 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 356
April 1997 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 356
February 1999 Night Shift Signet / New American Library Collection 279
May 2000 Cover The Stephen King Value Collection: Lawnmower Man, Gray Matter, and Graveyard Shift (Value Collections) Random House Audio Collection
September 2000 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 356
September 2001 Cover El umbral de la noche Plaza & Janés Collection 362
2002 Cover Danse macabre Éditions de la Seine Collection
November 2003 Cover A volte ritornano Bompiani Collection 331
February 2005 Cover The Stephen King Collection: Stories from Night Shift Books on Tape Collection
February 2005 Cover The Stephen King Collection: Stories from Night Shift Random House Audio Collection
September 2006 Night Shift Doubleday / SFBC Collection 287
September 2006 Night Shift Doubleday Collection 917
December 2007 Cover Night Shift Hodder Paperbacks Collection
December 2008 Cover Night Shift Hodder & Stoughton Collection 279
April 2009 Night Shift Paw Prints Collection
September 2010 Cover Danse macabre Le Livre de Poche Collection
July 2011 Cover Night Shift Anchor Books Collection 434
July 2011 Cover Night Shift Turtleback Books Collection 279
June 2012 Cover Night Shift Hodder Paperbacks Collection 279
August 2012 Cover Night Shift Anchor Books Collection
August 2012 Cover Night Shift Anchor Books Collection
April 2013 Cover Sombras da noite Suma de Letras Collection |17
March 2016 Cover Chiral Mad 3 Written Backwards / Dark Regions Press Anthology 21
March 2017 Cover Night Shift PS Publishing Collection 287
2019 Cover Nachtschicht Bastei Lübbe Collection 386
December 2020 Cover Night Shift Cemetery Dance Publications Collection 351
November 2021 Night Shift Doubleday Collection