The Dead (short story) and Shaun Davey, which won a Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical. The original production starred Christopher Walken as Gabriel Conroy. Joyce Carol Oates's 1973 story "The Dead" makes many allusions to Joyce's story. The Dead (short story) "The Dead" is the final story in the 1914 collection "Dubliners" by James Joyce. The other stories in the collection are shorter, whereas at 15,952 words, "The Dead" is long enough to be described as a novella. The story deals with themes of love and loss as well as raising questions about the nature of the Irish identity. Gabriel Conroy,
Night Shift (short story collection) Night Shift (short story collection) Night Shift is the first collection of short stories by Stephen King, first published in 1978. In 1980, "Night Shift" received the Balrog Award for Best Collection, and in 1979 it was nominated as best collection for the Locus Award and the World Fantasy Award. Many of King's most famous short stories were included in this collection. The book was published on the heels of "The Shining" (1977 Doubleday) and was King's fifth published book (including "Rage", which was published under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman). Nine of the twenty short stories in the book