The Ledge

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horror fiction short story suspense fiction

The Ledge is a suspenseful horror short story by Stephen King about a deadly bet that forces a man to inch his way around a narrow building ledge high above the ground.

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The Ledge canonical 2
The Ledge (short story) 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf horror fiction ⓘ
short story ⓘ
suspense fiction ⓘ
adaptationDirector Lewis Teague ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear 1985 ⓘ
adaptationScreenwriter Stephen King ⓘ
adaptationTitle Cat's Eye ⓘ
adaptationType film segment ⓘ
adaptedAs Cat's Eye segment ⓘ
antagonist Cressner ⓘ
author Stephen King ⓘ
centralTheme power and control ⓘ
risk and gambling ⓘ
survival ⓘ
collection Night Shift ⓘ
collectionPublicationYear 1978 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
firstPublicationYear 1976 ⓘ
genre horror ⓘ
psychological thriller ⓘ
suspense ⓘ
hasConflict man versus environment ⓘ
man versus man ⓘ
hasMotif acrophobia ⓘ
claustrophobic suspense ⓘ
deadly wager ⓘ
hasPageCountRange short fiction length ⓘ
hasSubject blackmail ⓘ
infidelity ⓘ
revenge ⓘ
hasTone menacing ⓘ
tense ⓘ
isPartOf Stephen King bibliography ⓘ
language English ⓘ
laterIncludedIn Night Shift ⓘ
literaryPeriod 20th-century American literature ⓘ
mainCharacter Stan Norris ⓘ
narrativePerspective first-person narration ⓘ
originallyPublishedIn Penthouse ⓘ
originalMedium print ⓘ
partOfFranchise Stephen King short fiction ⓘ
plotSummary A man is forced to walk around a narrow ledge high above the ground to win a deadly bet. ⓘ
publicationType magazine ⓘ
publisherOfCollection Doubleday ⓘ
setting Atlantic City ⓘ
high-rise building ⓘ
targetAudience adult readers ⓘ
workForm prose ⓘ

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Night Shift → hasShortStory → The Ledge ⓘ
Cat's Eye (1985 film) → hasPart → The Ledge ⓘ
The Ledge (segment of Cat's Eye) → basedOn → The Ledge ⓘ
this entity surface form: The Ledge (short story)