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The Monkey
| Author: | Stephen King |
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Original English publication, 1980 |
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| Book Type: | Novelette |
| Genre: | Horror |
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Synopsis
A man tries desperately to destroy his son's wind-up monkey, since he believes that every time its cymbals clash somebody will die.
This novelette originally appeared in Gallery, November 1980. It can also be found in the anthologies:
- The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series IX (1981), edited by Karl Edward Wagner
- Fantasy Annual IV (1981), edited by Terry Carr
- Horrors (1981), edited by Charles L. Grant
- The Dark Descent: The Evolution of Horror (1987), edited by David G. Hartwell
- The Mammoth Book of Short Horror Novels (1988), edited by Mike Ashley
The story is included in the collections Skeleton Crew (1985) and The Secretary of Dreams, Volume Two (2010).
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