Just After Sunset

Just After Sunset
First edition cover
AuthorStephen King
LanguageEnglish
GenreHorror fiction
PublisherScribner
Publication date
November 11, 2008
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint (hardcover)
Pages386
ISBN978-1-4165-8408-7
Preceded byEverything's Eventual 
Followed byFull Dark, No Stars 

Just After Sunset is the fifth collection of short stories by Stephen King. It was released in hardcover by Scribner on November 11, 2008, and features a holographic dust jacket. On February 6, 2008, the author's official website revealed the title of the collection to be Just Past Sunset. About a month later, the title was subtly changed to Just After Sunset. Previous titles mentioned in the media by Stephen King himself were Pocket Rockets and Unnatural Acts of Human Intercourse.[1]

On February 19, 2008, the author's official site revealed twelve stories that would comprise the collection, mentioning the possibility that one additional "bonus story" could be included, and on April 16 "The Cat from Hell" (a much anthologized but heretofore uncollected short story originally published in 1977) was added to the contents list.

King planned to begin writing a new novel, but after he was asked to edit The Best American Short Stories 2007, he was inspired to write short stories instead.[2]

Upon King's request, a limited edition was released, along with the regular version, featuring a DVD collection of the 25 episodes of the online animated series based on N., one of the stories collected in this volume.[3]

  1. ^ February 2008 Lilja's Library Interview
  2. ^ Stephen King (2008). Stephen King on "Just After Sunset" (Interview). amazon.com. Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  3. ^ Stephen King (2008). Exclusive interview: Stephen King talks about "N.". MySpace Comic Books. Archived from the original (Interview) on 2008-09-27. Retrieved 2008-09-19.