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Weeds

Stephen King

First published May 1976
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Notes

Adapted into "The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill" segment of the movie "Creepshow". There has been confusion over the years about the title of this story, with some people thinking it was originally titled "Necessary to Stop the Weeds"; this thread, http://www.thedarktower.org/palaver/showthread.php?15927-Weeds-in-Shivers-VII, explains the confusion. The title appears as "Weeds" on the contents page of the issue of Cavalier where it originally appeared; the tagline begins "MORE THAN A GREEN THUMB..." on the artwork on p. 45, followed by a page of artwork with no text, and then the tagline continues "WILL BE NECESSARY TO STOP THE WEEDS" on p.47, followed by the story itself.

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Publications (7)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
May 1976 Cavalier, May 1976 Dugent Publishing MAGAZINE 47
April 1979 Nugget, April 1979 Dugent Publishing MAGAZINE 9
October 2013 Shivers VII Cemetery Dance Publications Anthology 397
October 2013 Shivers VII Cemetery Dance Publications Anthology 397
December 2014 Dark Screams: Volume One Hydra / Random House Anthology |1
December 2014 Dark Screams: Volume One Tantor Audio Anthology |1
December 2020 Night Shift Cemetery Dance Publications Collection 427