by Jay Wilburn

My name is Jay Wilburn and I am a writer. I have published novels and short stories. I’ve been paid pro rates. I work full-time as a writer. I have ghostwritten for men and women more important than myself. I am a writer.

I have A LOT to learn. I write horror, science fiction, fantasy, steampunk, fiction for young adults, and more.

I love to read. In my professional status, I focus a good bit of my reading around nonfiction and short stories. I have read more Stephen King novels and stories than any other author. He is a master of the art. People don’t realize how great he was and still is until they revisit his work. Most of what I have kept of his writing are the short story collections. There are a few of his novels that I have never read.

Richard Chizmar of Cemetery Dance is working to reread all of Stephen King’s work in the order of publication. I decided to play along too.

This Master List links to my before and after posts as I go.

Before Carrie

After Carrie

Before Salem’s Lot

After Salem’s Lot

Before The Shining

After The Shining

Before Rage

After Rage

Before Night Shift

After Night Shift

Before The Stand

After The Stand

Before The Long Walk

After The Long Walk

Before The Dead Zone

After The Dead Zone

Before Firestarter

After Firestarter

Before Roadwork

After Roadwork

Before Danse Macabre

After Danse Macabre

Before Cujo

After Cujo

Before The Running Man

After The Running Man

Before The Gunslinger

After The Gunslinger

Before Different Seasons

After Different Seasons

Before Christine

After Christine

Before Cycle of the Werewolf

After Cycle of the Werewolf

Before Pet Sematary

After Pet Sematary

Before The Eyes of the Dragon

After The Eyes of the Dragon

Before The Talisman

After The Talisman

Before Thinner

After Thinner

Before Skeleton Crew

After Skeleton Crew

Before It

After It

Before The Drawing of the Three

After The Drawing of the Three

Before Misery

After Misery

Before The Tommyknockers

After The Tommyknockers

Before The Dark Half

After The Dark Half

The Stand was rereleased in 1990. That’s the version I own and the one I read for the revisit. I didn’t read the original version.

Before Four Past Midnight

After Four Past Midnight

Before The Waste Lands

After The Waste Lands

Before Needful Things

After Needful Things

Before Gerald’s Game

After Gerald’s Game

Before Delores Claiborne

After Delores Claiborne

Before Nightmares and Dreamscapes

After Nightmares and Dreamscapes

Before Insomnia

After Insomnia

Before Rose Madder

After Rose Madder

Before The Green Mile

After The Green Mile

Before Desperation

After Desperation

Before The Regulators

After The Regulators

Before Wizard and Glass

After Wizard and Glass

Before Bag of Bones

After Bag of Bones

Before The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

After The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon

Before Hearts in Atlantis

After Hearts in Atlantis

Before Storm of the Century

After Storm of the Century

Before On Writing

After On Writing

Before Dreamcatcher

After Dreamcatcher

Before Black House

After Black House

Before Everything’s Eventual

After Everything’s Eventual

Before From a Buick 8

After From a Buick 8

Before Wolves of the Calla

After Wolves of the Calla

Before Song of Susannah

After Song of Susannah

Before The Dark Tower

After The Dark Tower

Before Faithful

After Faithful

Before The Colorado Kid

After The Colorado Kid

Before Cell

After Cell

Before Lisey’s Story

After Lisey’s Story

I cannot find a copy of The Secretary of Dreams: Volume One

Before Blaze

After Blaze

Before Duma Key

After Duma Key

Before Just After Sunset

After Just After Sunset

Before Under the Dome

After Under the Dome

I can’t find a copy of Blockade Billy but it appears in a later collection.

I can’t find a copy of The Secretary of Dreams: Volume Two

Before Full Dark, No Stars

After Full Dark, No Stars

Before 11/22/63

After 11/22/63

Before A Face in the Crowd

After A Face in the Crowd

Before The Wind Through the Keyhole

After The Wind Through the Keyhole

Before Joyland

After Joyland

Before The Dark Man

After The Dark Man

Before Doctor Sleep

After Doctor Sleep

Before Mr. Mercedes

After Mr. Mercedes

Before Revival

After Revival

Before Finders Keepers

After Finders Keepers

Before The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

After The Bazaar of Bad Dreams

Before End of Watch

After End of Watch

Before Charlie the Choo-Choo: From the world of The Dark Tower

After Charlie the Choo-Choo: From the world of The Dark Tower

Before Gwendy’s Button Box

After Gwendy’s Button Box

Before Sleeping Beauties

After Sleeping Beauties

Before The Outsider

After The Outsider

Before Elevation

After Elevation

Before The Institute

After The Institute

Before If It Bleeds

After If It Bleeds

Before Later

After Later

Before Billy Summers

After Billy Summers

Before Gwendy’s Final Task

After Gwendy’s Final Task

Before Fairy Tale

After Fairy Tale

Jay Wilburn

Jay Wilburn has a Masters Degree in Education that goes mostly unused since he quit teaching to write about zombies. Jay writes horror because he tends to find the light by facing down the darkness. His is doing well following a life saving kidney transplant. Jay is the author of Maidens of Zombie Kingdom a young adult fantasy trilogy, Lake Scatter Wood Tales adventure books for elementary and middle school readers, Vampire Christ a trilogy of political and religious satire, and The Dead Song Legend. He cowrote The Enemy Held Near, Yard Full of Bones, and The Hidden Truth with Armand Rosamilia. You can also find Jay's work in Best Horror of the Year volume 5. He is a staff writer with Dark Moon Digest, LitReactor, and the Still Water Bay series with Crystal Lake Publishing.

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