Title: Children of the Corn
Description: Burt and Vicky are traveling through Nebraska on their way to California on a vacation meant to save their failing marriage. After being involved in an accident in which they run over a young boy who ran into the road, they take the body to Gaitlin, a small isolated community nearby. The story centers on their encounters with the strange citizens of Gaitlin and the entity they call “He Who Walks Behind the Rows”. ([source][1])


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Also contained in:

 - [Cults!][2]
 - [Night Shift][3]
 - [Stephen King Goes to the Movies](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL14917553W/Stephen_King_Goes_to_the_Movies)
 - [Treasury of American horror stories](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8270145W)

  [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/short_story/children_of_the_corn.html
  [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL8047035W/Cults!
  [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81608W/Night_Shift
Subjects: fiction, horror, cults, demonology, Horror fiction, Paranormal fiction, short story, King James Bible, corn fields, harvest moon, deities
Places: Nebraska, California, Gaitlin, Grand Island
People: He Who Walks Behind the Rows, David, Issac, Craig Boardman, Malachi Boardman, Ruth Clawson, Sandra Clawson, Amos Deigan, Richard Deigan, Clayton Gilman, Job Gilman, Grace, Adam Greenlaw, Edward Hollis, Yemen Hollis, Baby Hortense, John F. Kennedy, George Kirk, Zepeniah Kirk, Buck Owens, Isaac Renfrew, William Renfrew, Henry Richardson, Moses Richardson, Burt Robeson, Mrs. Robeson, Vicky Robeson, Rudy Stampnell, Norman Staunton, Donna Stigman, Rachel Stigman, Elizabeth Taylor, Eve Tobin, Mary Wells, Roberta Wells, Tammy Wynette