Just After Sunset
Just After Sunset is the fifth collection of short stories by Stephen King. It was released in hardcover by Scribner on November 11, 2008, and features a holographic dust jacket. On February 6, 2008, the author's official website revealed the title of the collection to be Just Past Sunset. About a month later, the title was subtly changed to Just After Sunset. Previous titles mentioned in the media by Stephen King himself were Pocket Rockets and Unnatural Acts of Human Intercourse.
On February 19, 2008, the author's official site revealed twelve stories that would comprise the collection, mentioning the possibility that one additional "bonus story" could be included, and on April 16 "The Cat from Hell" was added to the contents list.
King planned to begin writing a new novel, but after he was asked to edit The Best American Short Stories 2007, he was inspired to write short stories instead.
Upon King's request, a limited edition was released, along with the regular version, featuring a DVD collection of the 25 episodes of the online animated series based on N., one of the stories collected in this volume.
Stories
| # | Title | Originally published in |
| 1 | "Willa" | December 2006 issue of Playboy |
| 2 | "The Gingerbread Girl" | July 2007 issue of Esquire |
| 3 | "Harvey's Dream" | June 30, 2003 issue of The New Yorker |
| 4 | "Rest Stop" | December 2003 issue of Esquire |
| 5 | "Stationary Bike" | Borderlands 5 |
| 6 | "The Things They Left Behind" | Transgressions: Volume Two |
| 7 | "Graduation Afternoon" | March 2007 issue of Postscripts |
| 8 | N. | Previously unpublished |
| 9 | "The Cat from Hell" | June 1977 issue of Cavalier |
| 10 | "The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates" | October/November 2008 issue of The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction |
| 11 | "Mute" | December 2007 issue of Playboy |
| 12 | "Ayana" | Fall 2007 issue of The Paris Review |
| 13 | "A Very Tight Place" | May 2008 issue of McSweeney's |