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Title: Uncle Otto's Truck Title Record # 40711
Author: Stephen King
Date: 1983-10-00
Type: SHORTFICTION
Length: short story
Series: Castle Rock
Language: English
Note: Originally published in Yankee, October 1983.
Synopsis: A man lives in a derelict one-room school house. In a nearby field is the broken-down truck he used to kill his partner, and that he believes is inching closer and closer to his window.
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Other Titles

Translations
Year Language Title
1986Translated by Martin Bliesse; the translation was revised by Joachim Körber for the editions of the complete collection published after 1996
German Onkel Ottos Lastwagen
1986Translated by unknown hands
German Onkel Ottos Lastwagen
1987Translated by Louisa Ibañez.
Portuguese
O caminhão do Tio Otto?O caminhao do Tio Otto
1987Translated by Michèle Pressé and Serge Quadruppani.
French Le camion d'oncle Otto
1991Translated by Margot Bakker
Dutch De Vrachtauto van Oom Otto
1991Translated by Tapio Tamminen
Finnish Otto-sedän kuorma-auto

Publications

Displaying all variants and translations • Do not display translationsDo not display variants or translations

Title Date Author/Editor Publisher/Pub. Series ISBN/Catalog ID Price Pages Format Type Cover Artist Verif
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII 1984-11-00 ed. Karl Edward Wagner DAW Books (DAW Collectors #603) 0-87997-975-5 / UE1975
$2.95?$: US dollar
239
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 Segrelles Checkmark
The Year's Best Horror Stories: Series XII 1984-11-00 ed. Karl Edward Wagner DAW Books / New American Library of Canada 0-87997-975-5 / UE1975
C$3.50?C$: Canadian dollar
239
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 Segrelles Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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  
Die Gruselgeschichten des Jahres 1986-00-00 ed. Karl Edward Wagner Heyne (Heyne Allgemeine Reihe #6614) 3-453-02208-4
DM 6.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
249
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 Manfred Schmatz Checkmark
Phantastische Literatur 86 1986-00-00 ed.
Michael Görden?Michael Goerden
Bastei Lübbe?Bastei Luebbe
(Phantastische Literatur #72044)
3-404-72044-X
DM 8.80?DM: German (Deutsche) mark
376
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 Fred Weidmann Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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
Checkmark
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  
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 Checkmark
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  
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  
Horrorstory: Volume Four 1990-10-00 Karl Edward Wagner Underwood-Miller 0-88733-094-0
$39.95?$: US dollar
641
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Michael Whelan Checkmark
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
Checkmark
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  
Horrorstory: Volume Four 1991-02-00 Karl Edward Wagner Underwood-Miller 0-88733-095-9
$150.00?$: US dollar
641
hc?Hardcover. Used for all hardbacks of any size.
omni Michael Whelan  
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 Checkmark
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
Checkmark
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  
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  
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  
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 Checkmark
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
 
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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  
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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 Checkmark
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