Title: The Reach

Title: The Reach Title Record # 40707
Author: Stephen King
Date: 1981-11-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Webpages: archive.org
Language: English

Note: "It was originally published as "Do the Dead Sing?" in Yankee Magazine in November 1981 and only republished in that form in The Best of Yankee, 1935-1985. King substantially revised the tale and collected it in Skeleton Crew as "The Reach". While the core tale does not change, the original lacked the phrase "Do you love?" [info from: Stephen King: A Literary Companion (2011)] Story is on pp. 262-269 at the Archive link above.

Synopsis: Secluded all her life on a small island, a woman faces odd experiences when one winter the channel connecting the island to the mainland freezes over.

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Year	Title
1981	Do the Dead Sing?

Year	Language	Title
1986^ⓘTranslated by Alexandra von Reinhardt	German	Der Gesang der Toten
1987^ⓘTranslated by Louisa Ibañez.	Portuguese	O braço de mar
1987^ⓘTranslated by Michèle Pressé and Serge Quadruppani.	French	Le chenal
1991^ⓘTranslated by Margot Bakker	Dutch	Het Rak
1991^ⓘTranslated by Tapio Tamminen	Finnish	Ulappa
1996^ⓘ Translated by Alexandra von Reinhardt Previously published as Der Gesang der Toten Translation revised by Joachim Körber in 1996 and published under a new title.	German	Die Meerenge

Awards

Place	Year and Award	Category
Win	1982 World Fantasy	Best Short Fiction

Publications

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Title	Date	Author/Editor	Publisher/Pub. Series	ISBN/Catalog ID	Price	Pages	Format	Type	Cover Artist
Yankee, November 1981	1981-11-00	ed. Editors of Yankee	Yankee Publishing, Inc.		$1.75^?$: US dollar		unknown^?The publication record was created from a secondary source and the publication format is unknown.	mag	John Frank
Skeleton Crew	1985-06-00	Stephen King	Macdonald	0-356-10816-3	£9.95^?£: UK pound	512	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Skeleton Crew	1985-06-21	Stephen King	G. P. Putnam's Sons	0-399-13039-X	$18.95^?$: US dollar	512	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Don Brautigam
Stephen King's Skeleton Crew	1985-10-00	Stephen King	Scream/Press	0-910489-12-2	$75.00^?$: US dollar	545	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	J. K. Potter
Skeleton Crew	1986-06-00	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-14293-4	$4.95^?$: US dollar	573	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Don Brautigam
Der Gesang der Toten	1986-07-00	Stephen King	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6705)	3-453-02309-9	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	283	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Ingrid Schütz^?Ingrid Schuetz
Brume	1987-00-00	Stephen King	Le Grand Livre du Mois			643	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Don Brautigam
Tripulação de esqueletos^?Tripulacao de esqueletos	1987-00-00	Stephen King	Francisco Alves (Mestres do horror e da fantasia #26)	85-265-0064-3		487	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Dark Descent	1987-10-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Tor	0-312-93035-6	$29.95^?$: US dollar	1011	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Doug Fornuff
Brume	1987-10-00	Stephen King	Albin Michel	2-226-03141-3	F140.00^?F: French frank	643	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Don Brautigam
Der Gesang der Toten	1988-00-00	Stephen King	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6705)	3-453-02309-9	DM 7.80^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	282	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Brume	1988-06-00	Stephen King	France Loisirs	2-7242-3942-3	F98.00^?F: French frank	643	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Don Brautigam
The Dark Descent	1988-08-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Tor / BOMC		$12.95^?$: US dollar	1011	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Doug Fornuff
Brume: La faucheuse	1989-05-00	Stephen King	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Épouvante #2579)	2-277-22579-7		410	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Les Edwards
The Colour of Evil	1990-06-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Grafton	0-246-13667-7	£12.95^?£: UK pound	292	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Colour of Evil	1990-06-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Grafton	0-246-13668-5	£7.99^?£: UK pound	292	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Ian Miller
Ennen aamunkoittoa	1991-00-00	Stephen King	Book Studio	951-611-420-2		313	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Kari T. Leppänen^?Kari T. Leppaenen
Het Rak en Andere Verhalen	1991-00-00	Stephen King	Luitingh-Sijthoff	90-245-1548-3		345	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Tejo Hendriks
Skeleton Crew	1991-05-00	Stephen King	Futura	0-7088-2916-3	£4.99^?£: UK pound	612	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Colour of Evil	1991-06-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Grafton	0-586-20681-7	£4.99^?£: UK pound	491	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth	Ian Miller
The Horror Hall of Fame	1991-07-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Carroll & Graf	0-88184-692-9	$21.95^?$: US dollar	416	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Color of Evil	1991-09-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Tor	0-812-51898-5	$4.99^?$: US dollar	438	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
The Horror Hall of Fame	1992-01-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Carroll & Graf / SFBC	18773	$9.98^?$: US dollar	416	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
The Horror Hall of Fame	1992-09-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Robert Hale	0-7090-4902-1	£14.95^?£: UK pound	416	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Helen Hale
The Horror Hall of Fame	1992-12-00	ed. Martin H. Greenberg, Robert Silverberg	Carroll & Graf	0-88184-880-8	$12.95^?$: US dollar	416	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Der Gesang der Toten	1993-00-00	Stephen King	Bertelsmann / Book Sales Clubs	03894 3		255	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Klaus Kröger^?Klaus Kroeger
Brume	1994-00-00	Stephen King	France Loisirs	2-7242-7835-6		643	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Yves Thos
Le singe suivi de Le chenal	1994-02-00	Stephen King	Librio (Librio #4)	2-277-30004-7	F10.00^?F: French frank	96	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Le singe suivi de Le chenal	1994-04-00	Stephen King	Librio (Librio #4)	2-277-30004-7	F10.00^?F: French frank	96	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Le singe suivi de Le chenal	1995-07-00	Stephen King	Librio (Librio #4)	2-277-30004-7	F10.00^?F: French frank	96	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Blut	1996-00-00	Stephen King	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #8900)	3-453-09936-2	DM 16.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	701	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Antonio Rosario
American Gothic Tales	1996-12-00	ed. Joyce Carol Oates	Plume / Penguin	0-452-27489-3	$14.95^?$: US dollar	viii+ 544	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Albert Pinkham Ryder
American Gothic Tales	1997-00-00	ed. Joyce Carol Oates	Plume / Penguin / BCE	14636		viii+ 544	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth
Brume: La faucheuse	1997-00-00	Stephen King	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Stephen King #2579)	2-277-22579-7		410	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Les Edwards
The Dark Descent	1997-02-00	ed. David G. Hartwell	Tor	0-312-86217-2	$27.95^?$: US dollar	1011	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth
Blut	1999-00-00	Stephen King	Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #8900)	3-453-09936-2	DM 16.90^?DM: German (Deutsche) mark	701	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Antonio Rosario
Brume: La faucheuse	2000-08-21	Stephen King	J'ai Lu (J'ai Lu - Stephen King #2579)	2-290-30838-2		410	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Éric Scala^?Eric Scala
Le singe suivi de Le chenal	2001-04-25	Stephen King	Librio (Librio #4)	2-290-31397-1		96	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Skeleton Crew / Different Seasons	2001-07-05	Stephen King	Little, Brown UK	0-316-85890-0	£9.99^?£: UK pound	612+ 560	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	omni
Skeleton Crew	2006-05-00	Stephen King	Hodder Paperbacks	0-340-89908-5	£6.99^?£: UK pound	612	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Larry Rostant
Brume	2006-06-00	Stephen King	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Stephen King #15159)	2-253-15159-9		862	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Secretary of Dreams, Volume One	2006-10-30	Stephen King	Cemetery Dance Publications	1-58767-140-9	$75.00^?$: US dollar	281	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Glenn Chadbourne
Skeleton Crew	2007-11-01	Stephen King	Hodder Paperbacks	978-0-340-95262-7	£8.99^?£: UK pound	784	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Skeleton Crew	2008-06-26	Stephen King	Hodder Paperbacks	978-0-340-95205-4	£6.99^?£: UK pound	784	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Skeleton Crew	2008-07-10	Stephen King	Paw Prints	978-1-4395-1327-9	$16.99^?$: US dollar		hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Brume	2009-00-00	Stephen King	Le Livre de Poche (Le Livre de Poche - Stephen King)	978-2-253-15159-3		862	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
The Century's Best Horror Fiction 1951-2000	2012-01-00	ed. John Pelan	Cemetery Dance Publications	978-1-58767-172-2	$75.00^?$: US dollar	866	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	anth	Alan M. Clark
The Oxford Book of American Short Stories	2012-08-00	ed. Joyce Carol Oates	Oxford University Press	978-0-19-974439-8	$21.95^?$: US dollar	896	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Edward Hopper
Blut	2013-07-00	Stephen King	Heyne	978-3-453-43731-9	€10.99^?€: Euro	894	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Anja Filler
Blut	2013-12-00	Stephen King	Heyne	978-3-453-43731-9	€10.99^?€: Euro	876	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Anja Filler
Skeleton Crew	2015-10-00	Stephen King	PS Publishing	978-1-84863-283-7	£59.99^?£: UK pound	xxvi+ 534	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Pete Von Sholly
Skeleton Crew	2016-07-05	Stephen King	Simon & Schuster Audio	978-1-5082-1840-1	$29.99^?$: US dollar		digital audio download^?Digital recording in any format that is downloaded directly from the Internet. This category includes podcasts.	coll
The Color of Evil	2016-10-04	ed. David G. Hartwell	Tor	978-0-7653-9113-1	$8.99^?$: US dollar	438	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	anth
Skeleton Crew	2016-12-06	Stephen King	Scribner	978-1-5011-4350-2	$18.00^?$: US dollar	672	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll
Skeleton Crew	2017-05-30	Stephen King	Pocket Books	978-1-5011-5678-6	$9.99^?$: US dollar	xxi+ 760	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Skeleton Crew	2017-08-01	Stephen King	Turtleback Books	978-0-606-40756-4	$20.85^?$: US dollar	784	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Putnam	0-399-13039-X	None	512	hc^?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.	coll	Don Brautigam
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-14293-4	$4.95^?$: US dollar	573	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Don Brautigam
American Gothic Tales	date unknown	ed. Joyce Carol Oates	Plume / Penguin	0-452-27489-3	$14.95^?$: US dollar	544	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	anth	Albert Pinkham Ryder
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / Penguin	0-451-16861-5	$5.99^?$: US dollar	573	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Don Brautigam
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / Penguin	0-451-16861-5	$5.99^?$: US dollar	573	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Don Brautigam
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / Penguin	0-451-16861-5	$5.95^?$: US dollar	573	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll	Don Brautigam
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Signet / New American Library	0-451-16861-5	$7.99^?$: US dollar	573	pb^?Paperback. Typically 7" by 4.25" (18 cm by 11 cm) or smaller, though trimming errors can cause them to sometimes be slightly (less than 1/4 extra inch) taller or wider/deeper.	coll
Skeleton Crew	date unknown	Stephen King	Scribner	978-1-5011-4350-2	$18.00^?$: US dollar	xxiv+ 643	tp^?Trade paperback. Any softcover book which is at least 7.25" (or 19 cm) tall, or at least 4.5" (11.5 cm) wide/deep.	coll	Will Staehle

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