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Do we really need (Stephen King) added to the links for the stories? Many won't have their natural name used for anything else (is there anything else in the world called "Word Processor of the Gods"?). It might be needed for some stories, but not all of them. -- LGagnon

Well, there is a Tales from the Darkside episode based on that story. That doesn't invalidate your point though. Chris Stangl 17:48, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]
The article for the story isn't likely to get big enough to merit a second article for the episode. -- LGagnon 20:19, 21 April 2006 (UTC)[reply]

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I was wondering: should we add information on the magazines these stories were published in (if applicable) to this list? Or another superscript tag for 'was published in a magazine'? Let me know your thoughts. -Elizabennet | talk 02:37, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I'd prefer putting all information regarding magazine publications in the articles of the respective stories. That keeps this list concise. --Darkday 12:32, 28 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Much missing

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This article is woefully incomplete. I'm attempting to make it as complete as possible.Jmj713 17:54, 12 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Well, it's a lot more comprehensive now. Still need to add rather complex revision information.Jmj713 20:17, 15 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Lardass Hogan?

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There should be an article for that story. I would start one but I'd prefer someone with better skills than myself to do so. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 72.49.62.252 (talk) 01:11, 11 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

There should be articles for all of those that don't have one. Alas, I don't have the time. Jmj713 (talk) 19:20, 14 July 2008 (UTC)[reply]

Story Types

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What is the criterion for assigning the story type? If it's the story length, then it's not applied consistently. For example, "The Things They Left Behind" has about 11,500 words and is labeled "short story", while "Morality" has about 8,900 words and is labeled "novella". Darkday (talk) 19:47, 22 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

I'm not aware of the exact word counts, but "Morality" was described as a novella by Esquire magazine, where it was originally published, and the story received the 2009 Shirley Jackson Award for Best Novelette. Jmj713 (talk) 01:40, 23 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Blockade Billy

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Should Blockade Billy be on this list? It used to be, and I had removed it some time ago, because it seems Blockade Billy is sort of a short novel, like Cycle of the Werewolf, which is also not listed here, and instead is grouped with King's novels, as is Blockade Billy. Both were published separately, in hardcover (Cycle was limited, but Billy is mass-market), so I think both will continue to be standalone short novels. That said, this situation will become clear whenever the next King collection will be announced, and whether or not it includes Blockade Billy. Jmj713 (talk) 15:02, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]

Short novel is, I think, a synonym for novella. Also Blockade Billy is actually called a novella e.g. on the stephenking.com promo page and in Rocky Wood's "Stephen King – Uncollected, Unpublished" (fourth edition). So I think it should be on this list, whether it will one day be collected or not. The same applies to "Cycle of the Werewolf". Both Rocky Wood in the aforementioned book and Justin Brooks in "Stephen King: A Primary Bibliography of the World's Most Popular Author" classify it as novella. Darkday (talk) 21:44, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
Stephen King's official site lists Cycle as a novel, and it's grouped with King's novels on the "Also by Stephen King" page in his books. So I think it's safe to categorize Cycle of the Werewolf as a novel. Blockade Billy is trickier, because it's indeed referred to by official sources as a novella, but it's about the same length as Cycle, and had a standalone mass-market hardcover edition (which Cycle did not), and I seriously doubt it would be collected in the future, seeing as how the mass-market edition (with another novella, Morality) is already out there, and King never duplicates works. Maybe "Blockade Billy", the book, can be considered a collection of two novellas then. We'll see once King's next collection is announced. Jmj713 (talk) 23:02, 24 August 2012 (UTC)[reply]
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This has to be merged in Stephen King bibliography!

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