Cover of Just After Sunset

Just After Sunset

  • 2008 first published
  • 448 pages
  • β˜… 4.0 (43 ratings)
  • 40 editions

Stephen King's Just After Sunset (2008) is a horror novel. The story is set in Milford and World Trade Center, in 9/11. Characters include Curtis Johnson, Tim Grunwald and Betsy. It deals with portable toilets, rest areas, life insurance and Lord's Prayer.

Open Library readers give it an average of 4.0 out of 5 from 43 ratings, and 397 more have it on their want-to-read list. It has been published in 40 editions across 6 languages. It appeared on the New York Times Hardcover Fiction bestseller list in 2008.

It runs to roughly 448 pages β€” 8–9 hours of reading at an average pace.

About Just After Sunset

This is Stephen's fifth short story collection. - [Willa](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19650880W/Willa) - [The Gingerbread Girl](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14917109W/The_Gingerbread_Girl) - Harvey's Dream - Rest Stop - [Stationary Bike](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149163W/Stationary_Bike) - [The Things They Left Behind](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19651736W/The_Things_They_Left_Behind) - Graduation Afternoon - [N.](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19651691W/N.) - The Cat From Hell - The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates - [Mute](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19651758W/Mute) - Ayana - [A Very Tight Place](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL19651790W/A_Very_Tight_Place)
Description from Open Library

Awards & lists

  • πŸ†Bram Stoker Awards 2008 β€” Best Fiction Collection (winner)
  • ✦British Fantasy Awards 2009 β€” Best Collection (nominee)
  • πŸ“°New York Times bestseller list β€” Hardcover Fiction, 2008
  • πŸ“°New York Times bestseller list β€” Mass Market Monthly, 2024

Themes, setting & tropes

Genres

Setting

  • Maine
  • Florida
  • Milford
  • World Trade Center
  • Ackerman's Field
  • Vermillion Key
  • Kozy's Qwik-Pik
  • corner of Main and Eastern
  • the Morris Hotel
  • Tallahassee

Era

Characters

  • Curtis Johnson
  • Tim Grunwald
  • Betsy
  • Monette
  • Saint Christopher
  • Scott Staley
  • Paula
  • Sheila
  • Charlie
  • Johnny

Subjects

  • Portable toilets
  • Horror
  • Rest areas
  • Life insurance
  • Lord's Prayer
  • Hail Mary
  • Survivor's guilt
  • Horror tales
  • Stone
  • Novella
  • Nested narrative
  • Obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • Serial murderers
  • Running
  • Grief
  • Crib death

Quick answers

Who wrote Just After Sunset?

Just After Sunset was written by Stephen King and first published in 2008.

What genre is Just After Sunset?

It is usually shelved as Horror.

How long is Just After Sunset?

The median edition has 448 pages, about 8–9 hours of reading at 250 words per minute.

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