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Startling Mystery Stories No. 12 (Spring 1969) Featuring the First Appearance of Stephen King’s “The Reaper’s Image”
$550.00
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A landmark piece of Stephen King publishing history, this Spring 1969 issue of Startling Mystery Stories contains the first appearance of “The Reaper’s Image,” Stephen King’s second professionally published short story. The story would later be collected in Skeleton Crew (1985), but its debut appearance can be found here in this scarce pulp digest.
Particularly desirable among King collectors, this issue features one of his earliest professional publications and is notable for being the first professional magazine appearance of King’s name on the front cover.
Published during King’s formative years as a writer, The Reaper’s Image showcases many of the themes that would later define his career, including supernatural horror, psychological tension, and ordinary people confronted by the inexplicable. The story centers on the infamous Delver’s Mirror, a haunted antique said to reveal the Grim Reaper to those destined to disappear.
This is being offered as a near fine condition magazine.
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