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Night Shift

1978 short story collection by Stephen King
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Summary

Night Shift is a literary work[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of literary work entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (11,445 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Author: Stephen King[3]
  • Award received: Balrog Awards[4]
  • Publisher: Doubleday[5]
  • Genre: horror fiction[6]
  • Named after: Graveyard Shift[7]
  • Commons category: Night Shift (short story collection)[8]
  • Language of work or name: English[9]
  • Country of origin: United States[10]
  • Has part(s): Jerusalem's Lot[11], Graveyard Shift[12], Night Surf[13], I Am the Doorway[14], The Mangler[15], The Boogeyman[16], Gray Matter[17], Battleground[18], Trucks[19], Sometimes They Come Back[20], Strawberry Spring[21], The Ledge[22], The Lawnmower Man[23], Quitters, Inc.[24]
  • Publication date: 1978[25]
  • Has edition or translation: Night Shift[26], Q122012866[27], Q137851368[28], Q141753676[29]
  • Described at URL: https://www.theguardian.com/books/2012/jul/17/rereading-stephen-king-night-shift[30]
  • Nominated for: World Fantasy Award for Best Collection[31], Locus Award for Best Collection[32]
  • Takes place in fictional universe: Multiverse[33]
  • Title: Night Shift[34]
  • Form of creative work: short story collection[35]

Why It Matters

Night Shift has Wikipedia articles in 16 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[36] It is known by 26 alternative names across languages and contexts.[37]

FAQs

What awards did Night Shift receive?

Honors received include Balrog Awards[4].

Related Entities

literary work Stephen King United States

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [4] ↑ . FantLab. wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . sfadb.com. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . sfadb.com. Retrieved . sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [36] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [37] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · Iamcarbon · 2026-10-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Open library id → OL81608W, OL81605W, OL14916707W
    Has edition or translation → Night Shift, Q122012866, Q137851368 +1
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Has edition or translation: Q141753676"
  2. 15d ago · Harmonia Amanda · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Fantlab work id → 7593
    Sitelink count → 25
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'commons', 'de', 'en', 'es', 'fi', 'fr', 'he', 'hu', 'hy', 'it', 'lt', 'n
    Award received → Balrog Awards
    + 2 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Open library id: OL81605W, add P648 claim: OL81605W"
  3. 14w ago · Cantor · 2026-07-07 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Named after → Graveyard Shift
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Named after: Graveyard Shift"
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