First appearing in mens magazine Cavalier back in 1974, and just one of the great yarns that comprise Kings first and best collection, Night Shift, Sometimes They Come back is a tale of murder and revenge with a gleefully mean twist. The story takes place in the above decade, as Kings school teacher protagonist, Jim Norman, becomes steadily unnerved when his students start to mysteriously die, only to be replaced by members of the same slippery greasers that killed his baby brother some twenty years earlier. But heres the kicker, said rebels also died in an electrifying car wreck not long after committing their crime. The setup is another prime exercises in unfolding supernatural drama, with those 1950s contrasts that were so vividly employed in Kings later novel, IT, being flexed here and a Dennis Wheatley esque finale hurled at readers for good measure. The story was enduring enough to spawn a 1991 film adaptation and a troupe of straight-to-video sequels of diminishing returns.