Four Past Midnight

Aug 23, 2026

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A curated collection of Stephen King’s novellas spanning multiple terror scenarios, featuring characters trapped in escalating nightmares, pursued by horrifying secrets in small towns, and confronted by demonic or inhuman threats. The stories unfold as high-intensity psychological and supernatural suspense, with each novella escalating dread and forcing protagonists into desperate, sanity-testing situations. The volume emphasizes King’s signature storytelling—relentless tension, shocking turns, and memorable, unsettling atmospheres—while presenting the novellas together as a unified reading experience.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryStory & Novel

FormatPDF

Pages1031

Reading Time26 h 28 min

AccessFree to download

Four Past Midnight

Included Novellas

Other Stephen King Works Listed

Four Times Fear Equals Total Terror.... FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT THE LANGOLIERS You are strapped in an airplane seat on a ﬂight beyond hell. SECRET WINDOW , SECRET GARDEN You are trapped in the demonic depths of a writer’s worst nightmare. THE LIBRARY POLICEMAN You are forced into a hunt for the most horrifying secret a small town ever hid. THE SUN DOG You are focusing in on a beast bent on shedding your sanity. You are in the hands of Stephen King at his mind-blowing best , with an extraordinary quartet of full-length novellas. “King is a master storyteller, and you will never forget these stories .” —Seattle Times AMERICA LOVES THE BACHMAN BOOKS “Fascinating .” —Philadelphia Inquirer CARRIE “Horrifying .” —Chicago Tribune CHRISTINE “Riveting .” —Playboy CUJO “Gut-wrenching .” —Newport News Daily Press THE DARK HALF “Scary.” —Kirkus Reviews THE DARK TOWER: THE GUNSLINGER “Brilliant .” —Booklist THE DARK TOWER II: THE DRAWING OF THE THREE “Superb .” —Chicago Herald-Wheaton THE DARK TOWER III: THE WASTE LANDS “Gripping .” —Chicago Sun-Times THE DEAD ZONE “Frightening .” —Cosmopolitan DIFFERENT SEASONS “Hypnotic .” —New York Times Book Review DOLORES CLAIBORNE “Unforgettable .” —San Francisco Chronicle THE EYES OF THE DRAGON “Masterful .” —Cincinnati Post FIRESTARTER “Terrifying .” —Miami Herald STEPHEN KING FOUR PAST MIDNIGHT “Chilling .” —Milwaukee Journal GERALD’S GAME “Terriﬁc .” —USA Today IT “Mesmerizing .” —Washington Post Book World MISERY “Wonderful .” —Houston Chronicle NEEDFUL THINGS “Demonic .” —Kirkus Reviews NIGHT SHIFT “Macabre .” —Dallas Times-Herald PET SEMATARY “Unrelenting .” —Pittsburgh Press‘SALEM’S LOT “Tremendous.” —Kirkus Reviews THE SHINING “Spellbinding .” —Pittsburgh Press SKELETON CREW “Diabolical .” —Associated Press THE STAND “Great .” —New York Times Book Review THINNER “Extraordinary.” —Booklist THE TOMMYKNOCKERS “Marvelous .” —Boston Globe WORKS BY STEPHEN KING NOVELS Carrie ’Salem’s Lot The Shining The Stand The Dead Zone Firestarter Cujo THE DARK TOWER I: The Gunslinger Christine Pet Sematary Cycle of the Werewolf The Talisman ( with Peter Straub) It The Eyes of the Dragon Misery The Tommyknockers THE DARK TOWER II: The Drawing of the Three THE DARK TOWER III: The Waste Lands The Dark Half Needful Things Gerald ’s Game Dolores Claiborne Insomnia Rose Madder Desperation The Green Mile THE DARK TOWER IV: Wizard and Glass Bag of Bones The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon Dreamcatcher Black House ( with Peter Straub) From a Buick 8 AS RICHARD BACHMAN Rage The Long Walk Roadwork The Running Man Thinner The Regulators COLLECTIONS Night Shift Diﬀerent Seasons Skeleton Crew Four Past Midnight Nightmares and Dreamscapes Hearts in Atlantis Everything ’s Eventual NONFICTION Danse Macabre On Writing SCREENPLAYS Creepshow Cat ’s Eye Silver Bullet Maximum Overdrive Pet Sematary Golden Years Sleepwalkers The Stand The Shining Rose Red Storm of the Century SIGNET Published by New American Library , a division of Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street , New York , New York 10014 , USA Penguin Group (Canada) , 90 Eglinton Avenue East , Suite 700 , Toronto, Ontario M4P 2Y3 , Canada (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc. ) Penguin Books Ltd., 80 Strand , London WC2R ORL, England Penguin Ireland , 25 St. Stephen ’s Green , Dublin 2 , Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd. ) Penguin Group (Australia) , 250 Camberwell Road , Camberwell , Victoria 3124 , Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty. Ltd. ) Penguin Books India Pvt. Ltd., 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park , New Delhi -110 017 , India Penguin Group (NZ) , cnr Airborne and Rosedale Roads, Albany , Auckland 1310 , New Zealand (a division of Pearson New Zealand Ltd. ) Penguin Books (South Africa) (Pty. ) Ltd., 24 Sturdee Avenue, Rosebank , Johannesburg 2196 , S

FAQs

What kind of book is Four Past Midnight?

Four Past Midnight is a collection of Stephen King full-length novellas, presented together as an omnibus horror reading experience.

What themes appear across the stories in this volume?

Across the novellas, the recurring themes include psychological terror, supernatural threats, and characters trapped in worsening, nightmare-like situations.

Which author is associated with Four Past Midnight?

The collection is by Stephen King.

Aug 23, 2026

Upload by Jacob