Editing Night Surf (section)

== Publication ==
"Night Surf" was first published in the spring 1969 issue of ''[[Ubris]]'' magazine. A heavily revised version was published in the August 1974 issue of ''[[Cavalier (magazine)|Cavalier]]'' magazine.<ref name=":0" /> In [[1978 in literature|1978]], the story was collected in King's first book of short stories, ''[[Night Shift (short story collection)|Night Shift]]''.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=De Fiuppo |first=Marsha |date=1990 |title=Stephen King: Bibliography |url=https://archive.org/stream/Fantasy_Science_Fiction_v079n06_1990-12/Fantasy__Science_Fiction_v079n06_1990-12_djvu.txt |journal=Fantasy & Science Fiction |volume=79 |issue=6 |pages=56–62 |access-date=2024-06-01 |via=Internet Archive}}</ref> At eight pages long, it is one of King's shortest short stories.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Reino |first=Joseph |title=Stephen King: The first decade, Carrie to Pet Sematary |date=1988 |publisher=Twayne |isbn=0-8057-7512-9 |location=Boston |pages=50,104–109}}</ref>