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The Mangler

"The Mangler" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the December 1972 issue of Cavalier magazine, and later collected in King's 1978 collection Night Shift.

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Publication date
1978
Publisher
Doubleday
Country
United States
Genres
Horror, short story
Language
English
Media type
Print (Hardcover)

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The Mangler

Nodes14
Edges13
Triples38
Avg. degree1.86
Density0.142857
Components1

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The Mangler

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related to Plot summary · 15
The Mangler → Adelle Frawley, Blue Ribbon, Blue Ribbon Laundry, Frawley, Frawley's, George Stanner, Hunton, John Hunton, Ouelette, Over, Police, Roger Martin, Sherry Ouelette, Stanner's, Witnesses
related to Adaptations · 7
The Mangler → Both, Freddy Krueger, Robert Englund, The, The Mangler Reborn, This, Tobe Hooper
related to External links · 7
The Mangler → Baen BooksThe Mangler, IMDb, IMDb The Mangler, IMDb The Mangler Reborn, Internet Speculative Fiction DatabaseFull, Mangler, StephenKing
related to Setting · 2
The Mangler → American, Stephen King
Country · 1
The Mangler → United States
Genres · 1
The Mangler → Horror, short story
Language · 1
The Mangler → English
Media type · 1
The Mangler → Print (Hardcover)
Publication date · 1
The Mangler → 1978
Published in · 1
The Mangler → Night Shift, Stephen King Goes to the Movies

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mangler laundry hunton machine stephen king frawley short story jackson published night shift blue ribbon death martin ouelette blood demon

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The ManglerCountryUnited States1.00infobox
The ManglerGenresHorror, short story1.00infobox
The ManglerLanguageEnglish1.00infobox
The ManglerMedia typePrint (Hardcover)1.00infobox
The ManglerPublication date19781.00infobox
The ManglerPublished inNight Shift, Stephen King Goes to the Movies1.00infobox
The ManglerPublisherDoubleday1.00infobox
The Manglerrelated to AdaptationsThis0.60section
The Manglerrelated to AdaptationsTobe Hooper0.60section
The Manglerrelated to AdaptationsThe0.60section
The Manglerrelated to AdaptationsRobert Englund0.60section
The Manglerrelated to AdaptationsFreddy Krueger0.60section

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