Quitters, Inc.

"Quitters, Inc."
Short story by Stephen King
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Genre(s)Horror, short story, Satire
Publication
Published inNight Shift
PublisherDoubleday
Media typePrint (Paperback)
Publication date1978

"Quitters, Inc."[1] is a short story by Stephen King published as part of his 1978 short story collection Night Shift. Unlike most other stories in this book, "Quitters, Inc." had been previously unpublished until February 1978 under Doubleday Publishing. It was featured in Edward D. Hoch's 1979 ‘Best detective stories of the year’ collection.[2] The plot follows Dick Morrison's discovery of the brutal enforcement methods used by Quitters, Inc., the firm which he enlists to aid him quit smoking.[3] Like much of Stephen King's work, this short story exhibits elements of horror fiction[4] and satire.[5] The tale was adapted in the 1985 American anthology horror film Cat’s Eye.[6]

  1. ^ King, S. (1978). Quitters Inc.. Doubleday.
  2. ^ Hoch, E. (1979). Best Detective Stories of the Year. New York: E.P Dutton.
  3. ^ Beahm, George; Beahm (September 1998). Stephen King from A to Z: An Encyclopedia of His Life and Work. Andrews McMeel Publishing. ISBN 978-0-8362-6914-7.
  4. ^ Brown, S. (2018). Screening Stephen King: Adaptation and the Horror Genre in Film and Television. University of Texas Press.
  5. ^ Magistrale, Tony (1988). Landscape of Fear: Stephen King's American Gothic. Popular Press. ISBN 978-0-87972-405-4.
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