Title: The House on Maple Street
Description: The four Bradbury children discover a mysterious entity slowly replacing the wood and plaster of their home with metal and machinery. Realizing that a cataclysmic event is on the horizon, they plan their own escape while using the opportunity to trap their hated and feared stepfather and be rid of him forever.
([source][1])


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Also contained in:

 - [The Chronicles of Harris Burdick][2]
 - The House on Maple Street and other stories
 - [Nightmares & Dreamscapes][3]
 - [Nightmares & Dreamscapes: 1/3](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL9365928W)


  [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/short_story/house_on_maple_street_the.html
  [2]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL15932753W/The_Chronicles_of_Harris_Burdick
  [3]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81604W/Nightmares_Dreamscapes
Subjects: short story, science fiction
Places: Maple Street
People: Bradbury children, Lewis Evans