Stationary Bike

Short story by Stephen King

"Stationary Bike"

Short story by Stephen King

Country

United States

Language

English

Genre(s)

Horror

Publication

Published in

From the Borderlands, Just After Sunset

Publication type

Anthology

Publisher

Scribner

Media type

Hardcover

Publication date

2003

Chronology

Rest Stop

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"Stationary Bike" is a short story by the American writer Stephen King, originally published in the fifth edition of From the Borderlands in 2003. In 2008, it was republished in King's collection Just After Sunset.

Film adaptation

In 2012, the film production company Gwynplaine Films and its associates adapted the story into a short film, Bike.^[1] The film starred Stephen Hope-Wynne, an independent cinema and TV veteran.

In 2019 The Blaenau Gwent Film Academy produced a short film adapted from the story^[2]

In 2022, Verloren Productions adapted the story into a film title, The Stationary Bike. The film was directed by A.M. Walters. It had a successful run in the film festival circuit.

Audiobook

An audiobook version, read by Ron McLarty, was adapted from Stephen King's work "Stationary Bike" and released on CD in June 2006.^[3]

References

^ "Gwynplaine Films". Retrieved May 30, 2012.
^ "Blaenau Gwent Film Academy: 'Putting Tredegar on the map'". BBC News. 7 October 2019.
^ "STATIONARY BIKE - Audiobook to be read by Ron McLarty". Retrieved February 16, 2014.

External links

King's official site
"Stationary Bike" at King's official site

Just After Sunset by Stephen King

"Willa"
The Gingerbread Girl
"Harvey's Dream"
"Rest Stop"
"Stationary Bike"
"The Things They Left Behind"
"Graduation Afternoon"
"N."
"The Cat from Hell"
"The New York Times at Special Bargain Rates"
"Mute"
"Ayana"
A Very Tight Place

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