Gray Matter

E192800
horror fiction short story

"Gray Matter" is a horror short story by Stephen King that follows a man’s grotesque transformation after drinking a contaminated can of beer.

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Gray Matter canonical 1
Gray Matter (2019 film segment) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf horror fiction ⓘ
short story ⓘ
adaptation Gray Matter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Gray Matter (2019 film segment)
adaptedAs segment of the 2019 Creepshow TV series ⓘ
author Stephen King ⓘ
centralTheme addiction ⓘ
body horror ⓘ
contamination ⓘ
isolation ⓘ
collectionPublicationYear 1978 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
featuresSupernaturalElement monstrous mutation ⓘ
firstPublicationYear 1973 ⓘ
firstPublishedIn Cavalier magazine ⓘ
genre horror ⓘ
hasNarrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
includedInCollection Night Shift ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainCharacter Henry ⓘ
Richie Grenadine ⓘ
medium print ⓘ
notableFor early example of Stephen King’s horror style ⓘ
graphic body horror descriptions ⓘ
partOfSeries Stephen King short fiction ⓘ
plotSummary A man undergoes a grotesque transformation after drinking a contaminated can of beer. ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Doubleday ⓘ
setting small town in the United States ⓘ
tone claustrophobic ⓘ
grim ⓘ

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Night Shift → hasShortStory → Gray Matter ⓘ
Gray Matter → adaptation → Gray Matter self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Gray Matter (2019 film segment)