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El umbral de la noche

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424 pages, Paperback

Expected publication January 20, 2026

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Stephen King

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Stephen Edwin King was born the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. After his father left them when Stephen was two, he and his older brother, David, were raised by his mother. Parts of his childhood were spent in Fort Wayne, Indiana, where his father's family was at the time, and in Stratford, Connecticut. When Stephen was eleven, his mother brought her children back to Durham, Maine, for good. Her parents, Guy and Nellie Pillsbury, had become incapacitated with old age, and Ruth King was persuaded by her sisters to take over the physical care of them. Other family members provided a small house in Durham and financial support. After Stephen's grandparents passed away, Mrs. King found work in the kitchens of Pineland, a nearby residential facility for the mentally challenged.

Stephen attended the grammar school in Durham and Lisbon Falls High School, graduating in 1966. From his sophomore year at the University of Maine at Orono, he wrote a weekly column for the school newspaper, THE MAINE CAMPUS. He was also active in student politics, serving as a member of the Student Senate. He came to support the anti-war movement on the Orono campus, arriving at his stance from a conservative view that the war in Vietnam was unconstitutional. He graduated in 1970, with a B.A. in English and qualified to teach on the high school level. A draft board examination immediately post-graduation found him 4-F on grounds of high blood pressure, limited vision, flat feet, and punctured eardrums.

He met Tabitha Spruce in the stacks of the Fogler Library at the University, where they both worked as students; they married in January of 1971. As Stephen was unable to find placement as a teacher immediately, the Kings lived on his earnings as a laborer at an industrial laundry, and her student loan and savings, with an occasional boost from a short story sale to men's magazines.

Stephen made his first professional short story sale ("The Glass Floor") to Startling Mystery Stories in 1967. Throughout the early years of his marriage, he continued to sell stories to men's magazines. Many were gathered into the Night Shift collection or appeared in other anthologies.

In the fall of 1971, Stephen began teaching English at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels.

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331 reviews3 followers
November 28, 2025
El misterio del gusano 5⭐️
Este me ha dado un poco de miedo, es terror paranormal, con un libro maldito y una secta.
El ultimo turno 5⭐️
Trabajadores que hacen limpieza se un sótano y se encuentran con ratas mutantes.
Marejada nocturna 2⭐️
Aqui solo nos habla de un virus que al parecer acabó con toda la humanidad y relata a un grupo de jovenes después de haber quemado a alguien.
Soy la puerta 4⭐️
Este es de ciencia ficción, al principio no me estaba gustando pero ya después me encantó, tipo un alien infecta a un humano y es aterrador.
La trituradora 3⭐️
Simplemente una trituradora y otros objetos malditos, poseídos.
El coco 3⭐️
La clásica leyenda del coco que mata a los niños.
Materia gris 3⭐️
Prácticamente vemos a un hombre convertirse en algo gelatinoso de color de gris que probablemente puede multiplicarse.
Campo de batalla 3⭐️
Un sicario recibe un paquete extraño y al abrirlo son soldados en miniatura que lo atacan a morir.
Camiones 4⭐️
Camiones que se vuelven contra los humanos
A veces vuelven 4⭐️
Un profesor con traumas del pasado y fantasmas que vuelven, hace un pacto muy macabro para librarse de ellos.
La primavera de fresa 2⭐️
En determinada época pasan cosas extrañas.
La cornisa 3⭐️
Un hombre obliga a otro a caminar en una cornisa que esta demasiado alta y luego los papeles se invierten.
El hombre de la cortadora de césped 4⭐️
Un hombre contrata a otro para que corte su césped y fue lo peor que pudo haber hecho. Algunas escenas de dieron nauseas.
Basta, S.A. 5⭐️
Un hombre quiere dejar de fumar y llega a un lugar donde su tratamiento para que deje el cigarro es muuuy feo.
Sé lo que necesitas 3⭐️
Un chavo le da a la protagonista justo lo que necesitas en el momento que lo necesita, pronto ella descubre su propio vudú.
Los chicos del maíz 5⭐️
Es el segundo más terrorífico de esta antología, que horror todos esos chicos, son una especie de secta.
El último peldaño de la escalera 4⭐️
Esta historia es bonita y triste al mismo tiempo, la relación y confianza de dos hermanos.
El hombre que amaba las flores 3⭐️
Realmente muy cortita, no me dice prácticamente nada, solo que un hombre mata mujeres pensando que es otra a la que amó, aun así me gustó.
Un trago de despedida 5⭐️
Tan aterrador y 100% relacionado con el primer relato
La mujer de la habitación 4⭐️
Muy triste, habla del amor de un hijo por su madre y lo que haría por ella con tal de no verla sufrir
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October 1, 2025
Hay relatos que me han creado incomodidad y hay otros que me han generado mucha tristeza. Es aquí donde pienso que es injusto etiquetar a King como un gran autor de terror. Aprovechando que estoy introduciéndome poco a poco en su bibliografía. Siento que es un autor buenísimo más allá de aquello perturbador o terrorífico.
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