This is a list of
short fiction by Stephen King. This includes
short stories,
novelettes, and
novellas, as well as
poems. It is arranged chronologically by first publication. Major revisions of previously published pieces are also noted. Stephen King is sometimes erroneously credited with "nearly 400 short stories" (or a similarly large number). However, all the known published pieces of short fiction are tabulated below. In all, 196 works are listed. Most of these pieces have been collected in King's six short story collections:
Night Shift (1978),
Skeleton Crew (1985),
Nightmares & Dreamscapes (1993),
Everything's Eventual (2002),
Just After Sunset (2008), and
The Bazaar of Bad Dreams (2015); and in King's four novella collections:
Different Seasons (1982),
Four Past Midnight (1990),
Hearts in Atlantis (1999), and
Full Dark, No Stars (2010). Some of these pieces, however, remain uncollected.