Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • Discover millions of ebooks, audiobooks, and so much more with a free trial

    Only $11.99/month after trial. Cancel anytime.

    A Study Guide for Stephen King's "Sorry, Right Number"
    A Study Guide for Stephen King's "Sorry, Right Number"
    A Study Guide for Stephen King's "Sorry, Right Number"
    Ebook42 pages22 minutes

    A Study Guide for Stephen King's "Sorry, Right Number"

    By Gale and Cengage

    ()

    Read preview

    About this ebook

    A Study Guide for Stephen King's "Sorry, Right Number," excerpted from Gale's acclaimed Short Stories for Students. This concise study guide includes plot summary; character analysis; author biography; study questions; historical context; suggestions for further reading; and much more. For any literature project, trust Short Stories for Students for all of your research needs.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCengage Learning - Gale
    Release dateJul 15, 2016
    ISBN9781535833844
    A Study Guide for Stephen King's "Sorry, Right Number"

    Read more from Gale

    Related to A Study Guide for Stephen King's "Sorry, Right Number"

    Related ebooks

    Teaching Methods & Materials For You

    View More
    View More

    Related podcast episodes

    Related articles

    • Article

      Extinction Rebellion

      May 27, 2022

      Extinction Rebellion
      13 min read

    • Article

      As Ufgood As It Gets

      Nov 2, 2022

      As Ufgood As It Gets
      8 min read

    • Article

      “Beware The Moon, Lads!”

      Dec 27, 2019

      “Beware The Moon, Lads!”
      7 min read

    • Article

      Alex R. Kahler, AKA K. R. Alexander

      Aug 8, 2022

      I’m often amazed that I write horror. It shouldn’t be in my wheelhouse. I was absolutely terrified as a kid. I had to turn on the lights whenever I entered a room. The sight of a scary movie cover in the local rental store (remember those?) could giv

      2 min read

    • Article

      ‘The City We Became’ Turns New York’s Boroughs Into Multiracial Avatars

      Mar 12, 2020

      N.K. Jemisin’s science fiction novel wastes no time with preliminaries. It’s a ferocious parable of modern race relations.

      2 min read

    • Article

      I’m Known As The Coffin Guy

      Aug 28, 2020

      IT WAS a repulsive act of cruelty and humiliation that shocked people around the world. “Do you want to die fast or slow?” the two burly farmers taunted as they forced Victor Mlotshwa into a coffin. They threatened to douse him in petrol and burn him

      4 min read

    • Article

      Betty White (1922–2021)

      Jan 13, 2022

      Betty White (1922–2021)
      2 min read

    • Article

      WIL WHEATON on Stand By Me

      Nov 18, 2022

      WIL WHEATON on Stand By Me
      5 min read

    • Article

      Ghost face Protocol

      Nov 11, 2021

      Ghost face Protocol
      10 min read

    • Article

      The Hot List 2022

      Apr 7, 2022

      The Hot List 2022
      8 min read

    • Article

      Silenced

      Feb 17, 2022

      Silenced
      4 min read

    • Article

      Identity Crisis

      Jun 28, 2019

      Identity Crisis
      2 min read

    • Article

      Wonder Woman: Dead Earth

      Sep 9, 2020

      RELEASED OUT NOW! Publisher DC Comics/Black Label Writer/artist: Daniel Warren Johnson ISSUES 1-4 Optimism has always been a vital element of Wonder Woman’s character – right from her creation, she’s been forever looking to find the best in humanity,

      1 min read

    • Article

      Hot Right Now

      Apr 27, 2023

      Hot Right Now
      1 min read

    Related categories

    Reviews for A Study Guide for Stephen King's "Sorry, Right Number"

    0 ratings

    0 ratings0 reviews

    What did you think?

    Tap to rate

    Review must be at least 10 words

      Book preview

      A Study Guide for Stephen King's "Sorry, Right Number" - Gale

      10

      Sorry, Right Number

      Stephen King

      1987

      Introduction

      Sorry, Right Number has the distinction of being one of the few stories by Stephen King to be published in the form of a script. It was originally written for Amazing Stories, a television series created and produced by Steven Spielberg, and was eventually produced by George Romero and Richard Rubenstein to be broadcast on November 22, 1987, as an episode of their series Tales from the Darkside. King published it along with twenty-four other stories in his 1993 story collection Nightmares and Dreamscapes.

      The story, in typical King fashion, postulates happens to ordinary people who find themselves beset by unexplainable circumstances. Katie Weiderman, the wife of a successful horror novelist, receives a phone call one evening from a woman who is nearly hysterical with fear and unable to talk. When the line goes dead, Katie is left with only one certainty: that the voice on the phone belonged to someone related to her. Throughout the rest of the story, she and her husband try to contact all of her female relatives before the tragedy that inevitably strikes. The story is told with humor and yet is fraught with suspense, weaving in elements that readers have come to expect from one of the most popular authors of all time.

      Author Biography

      King was born on September 21, 1947, in Portland, Maine. He began writing at a young age, creating his first character, Mr. Rabbit Trick, around the age of six. When he was nine, he wrote for Dave's Rag, a newspaper published by his older brother. King attended Lisbon High School from 1962 to 1966. While there, he published his first short story, I Was a Teenage Grave Robber, in Comics Review. He started college at the University of Maine in 1966 and graduated from there with a bachelor of arts degree in English in 1970. In 1967, he was paid for his fiction for the first time, selling his story The Glass Floor to Startling Mystery Stories for thirty-five dollars. He also wrote a regular column, King's Garbage Truck, for the college newspaper.

      The year after he graduated from college, King married Tabitha Spruce. Their first child was born later that year. King took a job teaching English at Hampden Academy in Hampden, Maine, where he worked for two years. In 1973, he sold his first novel, Carrie, for twenty-five hundred dollars. Later that year, New American Library bought the paperback rights to Carrie for four hundred thousand dollars, and he

      Enjoying the preview?
      Page 1 of 1