Title: The Last Rung on the Ladder

Title: The Last Rung on the Ladder Title Record # 40733
Author: Stephen King
Date: 1978-02-17
Type: SHORTFICTION [non-genre]
Length: short story
Language: English

Synopsis: A man remembers an incident from his childhood when something happens to his sister.

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Year	Language	Title
1980^ⓘTranslated by Lorris Murail and Natalie Zimmermann.	French	Le dernier barreau de l'échelle
1982^ⓘTranslated by Luiz Horácio da Matta	Portuguese	O último degrau da escada
1984^ⓘTranslated by Thor Dag Halvorsen	Norwegian (Bokmal)	Det siste trinnet på stigen
1984^ⓘTranslated by Barbara Heidkamp	German	Die letzte Sprosse
1987^ⓘTranslated by F. J. Bruning	Dutch	De laatste laddersport
1989^ⓘTranslated by Reijo Kalvas	Finnish	Viimeinen puola
2001^ⓘTranslated by Gregorio Vlastelica and Eduardo Goligorsky	Spanish	El último peldaño de la escalera
2013^ⓘTranslated by Adriana Lisboa	Portuguese	O último degrau da escada

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Night Shift	1978-02-17	Stephen King	Doubleday	0-385-12991-2	$8.95^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 336	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Fred Marcellino
Night Shift	1978-09-00	Stephen King	Doubleday / BCE	2228	$6.25^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 336	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Fred Marcellino
Night Shift	1979-02-00	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-08510-8 / E8510	$2.50^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 327	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Don Brautigam
Night Shift	1980-02-00	Stephen King	Doubleday / SFBC	2228	$3.50^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 336	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Fred Marcellino
The Shining / 'Salem's Lot / Night Shift / Carrie	1981-00-00	Stephen King	Octopus / Heinemann	0-905712-60-9		991	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Night Shift	1984-03-00	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-13131-2	$3.95^?$: US dollar	x+ 326	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Night Shift	1989-00-00	Stephen King	New English Library	0-450-04268-5	£3.99^?£: UK pound	409	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Night Shift	1992-00-00	Stephen King	New English Library	0-450-04268-5	£4.99^?£: UK pound	409	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Night Shift	1993-00-00	Stephen King	New English Library	0-450-04268-5	£4.99^?£: UK pound	409	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Davies
Night Shift	1993-00-00	Stephen King	Doubleday	0-385-12991-2	$25.00^?$: US dollar	368	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Thomas Holdorf
Graveyard Shift and Other Stories from Night Shift	1994-06-01	Stephen King	Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio	0-553-47245-3	$22.00^?$: US dollar		audio cassette^?Cassette tape	coll
Graveyard Shift and Other Stories From Night Shift	1994-06-01	Stephen King	Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio		$15.93^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
Night Shift	1994-12-01	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-17011-3	$7.99^?$: US dollar		pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Night Shift	1999-02-00	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-17011-3	$7.99^?$: US dollar	326	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Stephen King Value Collection: Lawnmower Man, Gray Matter, and Graveyard Shift (Value Collections)	2000-05-02	Stephen King	Random House Audio	0-553-52740-1	$34.95^?$: US dollar		audio cassette^?Cassette tape	coll
The Stephen King Collection: Stories from Night Shift	2005-02-01	Stephen King	Books on Tape	1-4159-1565-2	$72.00^?$: US dollar		audio cassette^?Cassette tape	coll
The Stephen King Collection: Stories from Night Shift	2005-02-08	Stephen King	Random House Audio	0-7393-1736-9	$34.95^?$: US dollar		audio CD^?Compact disc with standard audio tracks	coll
Night Shift	2006-09-00	Stephen King	Doubleday / SFBC	1072916	$13.99^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 336	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Night Shift	2006-09-00	Stephen King	Doubleday	978-0-385-52884-9	$13.95^?$: US dollar	1061	ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Night Shift	2007-12-00	Stephen King	Hodder Paperbacks	0-340-95267-9	£7.99^?£: UK pound	488	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Keenan
Night Shift	2008-12-11	Stephen King	Hodder & Stoughton	978-1-84894-082-6	£5.49^?£: UK pound		ebook^?Used for all electronic formats, including but not limited to EPUB, eReader, HTML, iBook, Mobipocket, and PDF.	coll
Night Shift	2009-04-09	Stephen King	Paw Prints	978-1-4395-7435-5	$16.99^?$: US dollar		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Night Shift	2011-07-26	Stephen King	Anchor Books	978-0-307-74364-0	$7.99^?$: US dollar	xxxiii+ 506	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Night Shift	2011-07-26	Stephen King	Turtleback Books	978-0-606-35180-5	$18.40^?$: US dollar	544	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Night Shift	2012-06-07	Stephen King	Hodder Paperbacks	978-1-4447-2319-9	£7.99^?£: UK pound	496	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Night Shift	2012-08-07	Stephen King	Anchor Books	978-0-307-94729-1	$15.95^?$: US dollar	384	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Chiral Mad 3	2016-03-28	ed. Michael Bailey	Written Backwards / Dark Regions Press	978-0-9961493-5-8	$21.95^?$: US dollar	400	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Michael Bailey
Night Shift	2017-03-00	Stephen King	PS Publishing	978-1-78636-073-1	£65^?£: UK pound		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Dave McKean
Night Shift	2020-12-09	Stephen King	Cemetery Dance Publications (The Stephen King Doubleday Years #4)	978-1-58767-567-6	$95.00^?$: US dollar	443	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Mark Stutzman
Night Shift	2021-11-00	Stephen King	Doubleday	978-0-525-61686-3	$24.95^?$: US dollar	xxiii+ 344	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Night Shift	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-12656-4	$3.50^?$: US dollar	x+ 326	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Night Shift	date unknown	Stephen King	Doubleday	0-385-12991-2	None	336	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Fred Marcellino
Night Shift	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet	0-451-08510-8	$2.50^?$: US dollar	x+ 326	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Night Shift	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet	0-451-09435-2	$2.75^?$: US dollar	x+ 326	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Night Shift	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-09931-1	$3.50^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 326	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Night Shift	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-09931-1	$3.50^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 326	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Night Shift	date unknown	Stephen King	Hodder Paperbacks	978-1-4447-2319-9	£8.99^?£: UK pound	488	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Derek James Seaward
Night Shift	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet	0-451-09435-2	$2.75^?$: US dollar	x+ 327	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Night Shift	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-08510-8	$2.50^?$: US dollar	xxii+ 327	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Don Brautigam

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