Novella: The Crate

Did you know that there is a Stephen King novella called "The Crate"? It doesn't appear in my copy of The Lost Work Of Stephen King. Probably because it isn't really lost -- it's just been rare to find a copy. And it appears it hasn't been over pursued. It is the same work that the Creepshow segment is based on.

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According to Bev Vincent's website, Stephen King's novella "The Crate," first appeared in Gallery magazine in 1979. Vincent notes that it was later collected in The Arbor House Treasury of Horror and the Supernatural in 1981. http://www.bevvincent.com/king-stories.html

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Now Available!

This is interesting because Cemetery Dance has just announced that they are including The Crate in their latest edition of Shivers. Cemetery Dance is getting a special place in my heart these days! And my bookshelf. Here's the deal -- anything they print (by King) quickly increases in value because they are a small publisher. Just try finding a copy of the CD edition of From a Buick 8.

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Edited by Richard Chizmar, Shivers VI is a heafty 410 pages. It includes not only King's work, but Peter Straub, Al Sarrantonio, Jay Bonansinga, Lisa Tuttle, David B. Silva, Melanie Tem, Brian Hodge, Brian Keene, Alan Peter Ryan, Blake Crouch and Jack Kilborn, Bev Vincent, Brian James Freeman, Norman Prentiss, and many others.

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Cemetery Dance calls The Crate Kings "long lost novella." It was written in the late 1970s and they say it hasn't seen print in over 30 years. Of course, this novella has not appeared in King's collections; which is a surprise since we thought Nightmares and Dreamscapes pretty much cleaned out his vaults!
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trade paperback: $20
limited edition hard cover: $40
http://www.cemeterydance.com/page/CDP/PROD/chizmar15