Weeds by Stephen King

'Weeds' by Stephen King

from Cavalier, May 1976

Here's a fun little Fourth-of-July story from Stephen King: 'Weeds,' first published in Cavalier magazine in the May, 1976 issue. A meteor falls onto a field near Jordy Verrill's house in rural Maine, and when Jordy messes with the remains of the meteor, he unleashes something unpleasant.

 

 

King later would re-use the story, retitled as 'The Lonesome Death of Jordy Verrill,' as a segment in the 1982 movie Creepshow. King himself played the hapless Jordy.

You can access the story, and the May '76 issue of Cavalier, at the Internet Archive. Happy Fourth of July, everyone !