Stephen King short story The Ledge

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short story work of fiction

"The Ledge" is a suspenseful Stephen King short story about a man forced to circumnavigate a skyscraper's narrow ledge as part of a deadly wager.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	short story ⓘ work of fiction ⓘ
adaptationDirector	Lewis Teague NERFINISHED ⓘ
adaptationMedium	film ⓘ
adaptationReleaseYear	1985 ⓘ
adaptationWriter	Stephen King NERFINISHED ⓘ
adaptedAs	Cat's Eye segment "The Ledge" NERFINISHED ⓘ
antagonist	Cressner NERFINISHED ⓘ
author	Stephen King ⓘ
centralConflict	deadly wager ⓘ
containsElement	acrophobia ⓘ claustrophobic tension ⓘ life-or-death bet ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
firstPublishedIn	Night Shift NERFINISHED ⓘ
genre	horror fiction ⓘ psychological thriller ⓘ suspense fiction ⓘ
hasMotif	dangerous bet ⓘ entrapment ⓘ moral comeuppance ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
literaryStyle	realist horror ⓘ
medium	print ⓘ
narrativePerspective	first-person narration ⓘ
notableFor	depiction of psychological terror ⓘ extended high-altitude set piece ⓘ
partOf	Stephen King short fiction canon ⓘ
partOfFranchise	Stephen King film adaptations ⓘ
plotElement	forced to walk around a skyscraper ledge ⓘ
primaryLocation	high-rise building ⓘ
protagonist	Stan Norris NERFINISHED ⓘ
publicationType	short story collection contribution ⓘ
publisherOfFirstCollection	Doubleday NERFINISHED ⓘ
setting	Atlantic City NERFINISHED ⓘ
theme	power and control ⓘ revenge ⓘ risk and gambling ⓘ survival ⓘ
timePeriodOfStory	20th century ⓘ
tone	darkly ironic ⓘ suspenseful ⓘ

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