10 Best Unfinished Stephen King Novels

10. People, Places And Things

This is actually out there to be found - but there might be some job in actually finding a copy. King relates in his memoir that he and his friend Chris Chesley wrote an 18 page, hand bound booklet of several short stories. This was then printed on King's brother's printing press (10 copies in all) and sold to class mates for between .10c and .25c a piece.

King now estimates that there is only one surviving copy, and it is in his possession. So, one assumes there would be a fair price for any other verified copies out there.

As there are little to no details of the plots of these stories, People, Places and Things is fascinating in that it would show the earliest days of King's writing. He speaks about trying again and again to get published in On Writing, describing letters that he sent off to magazines and publishing house.

He also talks about the number of times that he was rejected before anyone took a chance on him. This was of course at a time when all submissions would be hard copies. He speaks of a letter sent to him as a reply from none other than Alfred Hitchcock himself. The letter was short and to the point.

Don't staple manuscripts.

And he never did again.

This short collection exists as a time capsule to a very young King, starting out on the read to the superstar that he has become.