The Secretary of Dreams is a series of graphic short story collections authored by Stephen King

Stephen King

Stephen Edwin King is an American author of contemporary horror, suspense, science fiction and fantasy fiction. His books have sold more than 350 million copies and have been adapted into a number of feature films, television movies and comic books...

 and illustrated by Glenn Chadbourne

Glenn Chadbourne

Glenn Chadbourne is an American artist. He lives in Newcastle, Maine. He is best known for his work in the horror and fantasy genres, having created covers and illustrated books and magazines for publishers such as Cemetery Dance Publications, Subterranean Press, and Earthling Publications. Mr...

. Cemetery Dance Publications

Cemetery Dance Publications

Cemetery Dance Publications is a specialty press publisher of horror and dark suspense. Cemetery Dance was founded by Richard Chizmar, a horror author, while he was in college. It is associated with Cemetery Dance magazine, which was founded in 1988. They began to publish books in 1992.Cemetery...

 released the first volume in December 2006.

Volume 1

This volume includes six stories and was published in three editions:

"Slipcased Gift Edition" (Limited to 5,000 copies)

"Signed and traycased Limited Edition" (Limited to 750 copies)

"Deluxe signed Lettered Edition" (Limited to 52 copies with a deluxe traycase)

Heavily illustrated original texts

The following are the heavily illustrated versions of Stephen King's original texts that are included in Volume 1:

• "Home Delivery"
• "Jerusalem's Lot
  Jerusalem's Lot
  "Jerusalem's Lot" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in King's 1978 collection Night Shift.-Setting and style:"Jerusalem's Lot" is an epistolary short story set in the fictional town of Preacher's Corners, Maine, in 1850...
  
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• "The Reach
  The Reach
  The Reach is a short story by Stephen King. First published in Yankee in 1981 under the title "Do the Dead Sing?", it was later collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew. It was also included in American Gothic Tales in 1996....
  
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Graphical adaptations

The following are the graphic format

Comic book

A comic book or comicbook is a magazine made up of comics, narrative artwork in the form of separate panels that represent individual scenes, often accompanied by dialog as well as including...

 adaptations of Stephen King's short stories that are included in Volume 1:

• "The Road Virus Heads North
  The Road Virus Heads North
  "The Road Virus Heads North" is a short story by Stephen King. This story first appeared in 999, an anthology published in 1999 and edited by Al Sarrantonio. In 2002, it was collected in King's collection Everything's Eventual....
  
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• "Uncle Otto's Truck
  Uncle Otto's Truck
  Uncle Otto's Truck is a short horror story by Stephen King, first published in Yankee in 1983, and collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew.-Plot summary:...
  
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• "Rainy Season"

Volume 2

Volume 2 of The Secretary of Dreams was released in October 2010; it also included six stories and was released in the same three limited editions as Volume 1.

Heavily illustrated original texts

The following are the heavily illustrated versions of Stephen King's original texts that are included in Volume 2:

• "The Monkey
  The Monkey
  "The Monkey" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in Gallery magazine in 1980. It was significantly revised and published in King's collection Skeleton Crew in 1985.-Plot summary:...
  
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• "Strawberry Spring
  Strawberry Spring
  "Strawberry Spring" is a horror short story by Stephen King. It was originally published in the Fall 1968 issue of Ubris magazine, and collected in King's Night Shift in 1978. It employs a twist ending.-Setting:...
  
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• "In the Deathroom
  In the Deathroom
  In the Deathroom is a short story by Stephen King. Originally, it appeared in the 1999 audiobook Blood and Smoke. In 2000, it was first published in written form in Secret Windows...
  
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Graphical adaptations

The following are the graphical adaptations of Stephen King's short stories that are included in Volume 2:

• "Gray Matter"
• "One for the Road"
• "Nona"