The Glass Floor Short Story

Eventually charles will find a way to enter the room with the glass floor and he ll quickly discover that not all is as it seems.

The glass floor short story.

Connections coincidences and chestnuts. 1967 the glass floor. The glass floor was first published in startling mystery stories in 1967 and it was king s first professional sale. Written in 1967 the glass floor was king s first published story for which he was paid thirty five dollars.

Short stories partial list the following works may have been published in magazines but not in book form. The story concerns a man who goes to meet the grieving husband of his dead. In 1967 two years after his publication in the fanzine king submitted the short story the glass floor to startling mystery stories the story was accepted by startling mystery stories editor robert a w. King wrote the story a few months before his twentieth birthday and it s full of raw talent.

The story has only been reprinted once since then i believe and it has never appeared in any of his collections. The glass floor is a short story originally published in startling mystery stories in 1967. Originally published in startling mystery stories in 1967 the glass floor was stephen s first professional sale and was subsequently published in the weird tales fall 1990 edition. The story was king s first professional sale earning him a 35 paycheck.

A room with a glass floor appears in king s 2002 teleplay rose red. Lowndes and published in the fall 1967 edition of the magazine. King s first published story which he sold for 35 00. King was paid 35 for the story which when adjusted for.

It was reprinted in weird tales issue 298 and the glass floor later republished in issue 68 of cemetery dance released in december of 2012.