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The Monkey

Stephen King

First published 1980
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

A man tries desperately to destroy his son's wind-up monkey, since he believes that every time its cymbals clash somebody will die. <P> References Arnette, TX (from THE STAND) and its Texas Instruments Plant.

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Publications (52)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1980 The Monkey Chapbook
November 1980 Cover Gallery, November 1980 MAGAZINE
July 1981 Cover Modern Masters of Horror Coward, McCann & Geoghegan Anthology 13
August 1981 Cover The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IX DAW Books Anthology 15
August 1981 Cover The Year's Best Horror Stories, Series IX DAW Books / New American Library of Canada Anthology 15
October 1981 Cover Horrors Playboy Paperbacks Anthology 186
November 1981 Cover Fantasy Annual IV Timescape / Pocket Books Anthology 1
November 1981 Cover Fantasy Annual IV Timescape / Pocket Books Anthology 1
May 1982 Cover Fantasy Annual IV Pocket Books / SFBC Anthology 2
September 1982 Cover Modern Masters of Horror Ace Books Anthology 13
June 1985 Cover Skeleton Crew Macdonald Collection 141
June 1985 Cover Skeleton Crew G. P. Putnam's Sons Collection 141
October 1985 Cover Stephen King's Skeleton Crew Scream/Press Collection 129
1986 Skeleton Crew Futura Collection 159
June 1986 Cover Skeleton Crew Signet / New American Library Collection 160
July 1986 Cover Skeleton Crew Futura Collection 159
October 1986 Cover The Year's Best Horror Stories, Series IX DAW Books Anthology 15
October 1987 Cover The Dark Descent Tor Anthology 382
1988 Cover The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels Carroll & Graf / SFBC Anthology 1
July 1988 Cover Modern Masters of Horror Berkley Books Anthology 13
August 1988 Cover The Dark Descent Tor / BOMC Anthology 382
September 1988 The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels Robinson Anthology 1
October 1988 Cover The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels Carroll & Graf Anthology 1
October 1989 Cover The Monkey Random House Audio Chapbook
1990 Cover Short Stories / Nouvelles Presses Pocket Collection 9
1990 The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels Jaico Publishing House Anthology 1
November 1990 Cover The Medusa in the Shield Grafton Anthology 109
November 1990 Cover The Medusa in the Shield Grafton Anthology 109
1991 Cover The Medusa in the Shield Grafton Anthology 176
May 1991 Cover Skeleton Crew Futura Collection 159
November 1991 Cover The Medusa in the Shield Tor Anthology 146
January 1992 Cover Horrorstory: Volume Three Underwood-Miller Omnibus 369
March 1992 Horrorstory: Volume Three Underwood-Miller Omnibus 369
January 1994 Cover The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels Robinson Anthology
April 1994 The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels Carroll & Graf Anthology 1
February 1997 Cover The Dark Descent Tor Anthology 382
January 1999 Cover Short Stories / Nouvelles Presses Pocket Collection 9
July 2001 Cover Skeleton Crew / Different Seasons Little, Brown UK Omnibus |141
August 2004 Cover Horror Novels W. H. Smith Anthology 1
May 2006 Cover Skeleton Crew Hodder Paperbacks Collection
November 2007 Cover Skeleton Crew Hodder Paperbacks Collection
June 2008 Cover Skeleton Crew Hodder Paperbacks Collection
July 2008 Cover Skeleton Crew Paw Prints Collection
October 2010 Cover The Secretary of Dreams: Volume 2 Cemetery Dance Publications Collection 49
October 2010 The Secretary of Dreams: Volume 2 Cemetery Dance Publications Collection 49
October 2010 The Secretary of Dreams: Volume 2 Cemetery Dance Publications Collection 49
October 2015 Cover Skeleton Crew PS Publishing Collection 125
January 2016 Cover Skeleton Crew Scribner Collection |4
July 2016 Cover Skeleton Crew Simon & Schuster Audio Collection |4
December 2016 Cover Skeleton Crew Scribner Collection
May 2017 Cover Skeleton Crew Pocket Books Collection 189
August 2017 Cover Skeleton Crew Turtleback Books Collection