Four Past Midnight

1990 short story collection by Stephen King

Creative Work Literary Work Q2344221

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Instance of: literary work
Award received: Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection^[3]
Inception: 1990^[14]
Author: Stephen King^[2]
Genre: horror fiction^[5]
Language of work or name: English^[8]
Publication date: September 1990^[15]
Follows: Skeleton Crew^[6]
Followed by: Nightmares & Dreamscapes^[7]
Nominated for: Locus Award for Best Collection^[18]
Country of origin: United States^[9]
Form of creative work: short story collection^[20]
Has part(s): The Langoliers, Secret Window, Secret Garden, The Library Policeman, The Sun Dog^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]
Has version, edition or translation: Four Past Midnight, Čtyři po půlnoci, Čtyři po půlnoci^[16]^[17]
Publisher: Viking Press^[4]
Title: Four Past Midnight^[19]

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🔖 Identifiers · 12

Described at URL: www.nytimes.com
FantLab work ID: 1844
Freebase ID: /m/0h4wy
Goodreads work ID: 1733095, 1733092
ISFDB title ID: 36903
LibraryThing work ID: 15194616
NooSFere book ID: 7517
OCLC work ID (obsolete): 12532760
Open Library ID: OL81606W
TV Tropes ID: Literature/FourPastMidnight
Unconsenting Media ID: 4859
Vegetti Catalog of Fantastic Literature NILF ID: 1043509

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← Published in 2

The Langoliers, Secret Window, Secret Garden

Author 1

Stephen King

Country of origin 1

United States

Followed by 1

Nightmares & Dreamscapes

Followed by (predecessor) 1

Nightmares & Dreamscapes

Follows 1

Skeleton Crew

Form of creative work 1

short story collection

Genre 1

horror literature

Instance of 1

literary work

Language of work or name 1

English

Preceded by (successor) 1

Skeleton Crew

Publisher 1

Viking Press

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Summary

Four Past Midnight is a literary work^[1].

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What awards did Four Past Midnight receive?

Honors received include Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection^[3].

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Direct Wikidata claims

[2] ↑ Four Past Midnight — author (P50): Stephen King. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2025-05-20. wikidata.org.
[4] ↑ Four Past Midnight — publisher (P123): Viking Press. wikidata.org.
[5] ↑ Four Past Midnight — genre (P136): horror fiction. wikidata.org.
[6] ↑ Four Past Midnight — follows (P155): Skeleton Crew. wikidata.org.
[7] ↑ Four Past Midnight — followed by (P156): Nightmares & Dreamscapes. wikidata.org.
[3] ↑ Four Past Midnight — award received (P166): Bram Stoker Award for Best Fiction Collection. sfadb.com. Retrieved 2025-07-04. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[8] ↑ Four Past Midnight — language of work or name (P407): English. wikidata.org.
[9] ↑ Four Past Midnight — country of origin (P495): United States. wikidata.org.
[10] ↑ Four Past Midnight — has part(s) (P527): The Langoliers. wikidata.org.
[11] ↑ Four Past Midnight — has part(s) (P527): Secret Window, Secret Garden. wikidata.org.
[12] ↑ Four Past Midnight — has part(s) (P527): The Library Policeman. wikidata.org.
[13] ↑ Four Past Midnight — has part(s) (P527): The Sun Dog. wikidata.org.
[14] ↑ Four Past Midnight — inception (P571): 1990. wikidata.org.
[15] ↑ Four Past Midnight — publication date (P577): September 1990. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2025-05-20. wikidata.org.
[16] ↑ Four Past Midnight — has edition or translation (P747): Four Past Midnight. wikidata.org.
[17] ↑ Four Past Midnight — has edition or translation (P747): Čtyři po půlnoci. wikidata.org.
[18] ↑ Four Past Midnight — nominated for (P1411): Locus Award for Best Collection. sfadb.com. Retrieved 2025-06-26. sfadb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
[19] ↑ Four Past Midnight — title (P1476): Four Past Midnight. Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved 2025-05-20. wikidata.org.
[20] ↑ Four Past Midnight — form of creative work (P7937): short story collection. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

[1] ↑ Four Past Midnight is an instance of literary work (Q7725634) [P31, primary]. Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Has part(s) → The Langoliers, Secret Window, Secret Garden, The Library Policeman +1

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