comics based on King's short fiction released by Cemetery Dance in December 2006. In September 2009, the story was optioned as a theatrical release and was in pre-production. No release date has been set at this time. John and Paul Buckholts, of Our Thing Productions, have written the screenplay and Japanese director Ryuhei Kitamura was scheduled to direct. Reception George Beahm said that the story is "quintessential King" and that King writes the characters with "considerable skill and sympathy". See also Stephen King short fiction bibliography References External links Short stories by Stephen King Horror short stories Science fiction short stories 1989 short stories Zombies in comics Maine in fiction Short stories adapted into films Zombie short films American horror short films