The House on Maple Street
- The House on Maple Street
Infobox short story |
name = The House on Maple Street
title_orig =
author = Stephen King
country = United States
language = English
series =
genre = Science fiction short story
published_in = "Nightmares and Dreamscapes"
publication_type = Anthology
publisher = Viking Adult
media_type = Print (Hardcover)
pub_date = 1993
english_pub_date =
preceded_by =
followed_by =
"The House On Maple Street" is a short story written by Stephen King and published in his collection "Nightmares and Dreamscapes". It was one of several stories first published in that volume. It has also been recorded as an audio book, read by the author's wife, Tabitha King. The story was inspired by one of the drawings included in the children's book "The Mysteries of Harris Burdick", by Chris Van Allsburg.
Plot summary
After a summer spent abroad, the four Bradbury children return to their home on Maple Street and discover that something is growing upwards through the house's walls from below, replacing wood and plaster with metal and machinery, counting down to some cataclysmic event. Although somewhat afraid of what this means, Trent, the eldest of the four, realizes they have an opportunity to rid both themselves and their beleaguered mother of the tyrannical Lewis "Lew" Evans, their hated and feared stepfather. As the countdown approaches its final minutes, they contrive to lock Lew in his study and leave him to his fate, escaping the house just in time to watch as it raises itself from its foundations and blasts away into the clouds. The story ends with the children waiting on the curb for their mother to return, shaken but glad to be free from Lew's oppressive rule.
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