Children of the Corn

About this book

Burt and Vicky are traveling through Nebraska on their way to California on a vacation meant to save their failing marriage. After being involved in an accident in which they run over a young boy who ran into the road, they take the body to Gaitlin, a small isolated community nearby. The story centers on their encounters with the strange citizens of Gaitlin and the entity they call “He Who Walks Behind the Rows”. ([source][1])

---------- Also contained in:

- [Cults!][2] - [Night Shift][3] - Stephen King Goes to the Movies - Treasury of American horror stories

[1]: https://stephenking.com/library/short_story/children_of_the_corn.html [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8047035W/Cults! [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81608W/Night_Shift

Subjects

  • corn fields
  • cults
  • deities
  • demonology
  • fiction
  • harvest moon
  • horror
  • horror fiction
  • king james bible
  • paranormal fiction
  • short story