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Sometimes They Come Back

Stephen King

First published March 1974
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Per Wikipedia the story was originally planned to be part of the 1985 Stephen King anthology film Cat's Eye but was made into a 1991 made-for-TV movie instead.
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Date Publication Publisher Type Page
March 1974 Cavalier, March 1974 MAGAZINE 27
February 1978 Cover Night Shift Doubleday Collection 147
September 1978 Cover Night Shift Doubleday / BCE Collection 147
February 1979 Cover Night Shift Signet / New American Library Collection 143
February 1980 Cover Night Shift Doubleday / SFBC Collection 147
1981 Cover The Shining / 'Salem's Lot / Night Shift / Carrie Octopus / Heinemann Omnibus 743
1981 Cover Danse macabre Alta Collection 169
1982 Cover Sombras da noite Francisco Alves Collection
August 1982 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 197
1984 Cover Nachtspuk Bastei Lübbe Anthology 155
1984 Cover Nattmennesker Hjemmet Collection 136
January 1984 Cover Nachtschicht Bastei Lübbe Collection 193
March 1984 Cover Night Shift Signet / New American Library Collection 143
1985 Cover Nachtschicht Bastei Lübbe Collection 193
1985 Cover De satanskinderen en andere verhalen L.J. Veen Collection |10
February 1985 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 197
July 1985 Night Shift New English Library Collection
October 1986 Cover A volte ritornano Bompiani Collection 181
1987 Cover Nachtschicht Lingen Collection 198
1987 Cover Nachtschicht Lübbe Collection 193
1987 Cover Trucks Luitingh Collection |10
1987 Sombras da noite Francisco Alves Collection
December 1987 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 197
September 1988 Cover Nachtschicht Bastei Lübbe Collection 209
1989 Cover Yön äänet Viihdeviikarit / Book Studio Collection 137
1989 Cover Night Shift New English Library Collection 193
1989 Cover Shining / Salem / Danse macabre J.-C. Lattès Omnibus
June 1989 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 197
1990 Cover Nachtschicht Bertelsmann / Book Sales Clubs Collection 192
1991 Cover Sombras da noite Francisco Alves Collection
1992 Cover Night Shift New English Library Collection 193
1993 Cover Night Shift New English Library Collection 193
1993 Cover Danse macabre J.-C. Lattès Collection
1993 Cover Night Shift Doubleday Collection 147
October 1993 Cover A volte ritornano Bompiani Collection 181
1994 Cover Danse macabre France Loisirs Collection
April 1994 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 197
April 1994 Cover Nachtschicht Bastei Lübbe Collection 209
December 1994 Cover Night Shift Signet / New American Library Collection 143
October 1995 Cover The Lawnmower Man and Other Stories from Night Shift Random House Audio Collection
October 1995 Cover Nachtschicht Bastei Lübbe Collection 209
1996 Cover Satans kinderen Luitingh-Sijthoff Collection 173
February 1996 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 197
April 1997 Cover Danse macabre J'ai Lu Collection 197
February 1999 Night Shift Signet / New American Library Collection 143
December 1999 Cover The Lawnmower Man and Other Stories from Night Shift Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio Collection |2
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 197
September 2001 Cover El umbral de la noche Plaza & Janés Collection 199
2002 Cover Danse macabre Éditions de la Seine Collection
November 2003 Cover A volte ritornano Bompiani Collection 181
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 147
September 2006 Night Shift Doubleday Collection 480
December 2007 Cover Night Shift Hodder Paperbacks Collection
December 2008 Cover Night Shift Hodder & Stoughton Collection 143
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 223
July 2011 Cover Night Shift Turtleback Books Collection 143
June 2012 Cover Night Shift Hodder Paperbacks Collection 143
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 |11
March 2017 Cover Night Shift PS Publishing Collection 147
2019 Cover Nachtschicht Bastei Lübbe Collection 208
December 2020 Cover Night Shift Cemetery Dance Publications Collection 193
November 2021 Night Shift Doubleday Collection