Okay, so I'm going to nominate a novella (so another part of a larger publication like my first nomination):
The Body by Stephen King, from his collection of four novellas
Different Seasons.
My reasons for nominating this are: it is one of my favourite Stephen King stories; it is not really horror so should not be offensive to those sensitive to such things; and the movie is one of the best book-to-screen adaptations that I've ever seen (movie is called "
Stand By Me").
I specifically nominate just this story (it's a novella, not just a short story) even though this collection also carries
Rita Hayworth And Shawshank Redemption, which yet another favourite of mine - for much the same reasons. (The other two stories,
Apt Pupil and
The Breathing Method, are nothing to get worked up about.)
Description of
The Body (from me):
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Gordon Lachance, the narrator 20 years on, tells how he and three other 12yo boys, Chris Chambers, Vern Tessio and Teddy Duchamp, went to see a dead body. The body was that of Ray Brower, a boy much their own age, he had been hit by a train - he was known to be missing, the police were still searching for him.
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Description of Different Seasons (from Amazon):
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Read the original stories which became the celebrated films STAND BY ME, APT PUPIL and THE SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION, voted the world's most popular movie.
In this classic collection of four novellas, the grand master takes you on irresistible journeys into the far reaches of horror, heartache and hope.
Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is the story of two men convicted of murder - one guilty, one innocent - who form the perfect partnership as they dream up a scheme to escape from prison.
In Apt Pupil a golden schoolboy entices an old man with a past to join in a dreadful union.
The Body sees four young boys venture into the woods and find life, death . . . and the end of innocence.
The Breathing Method is the tale of a doctor who goes to his club and discovers a woman determined to give birth - no matter what.
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