The Extra Hour

The Extra Hour made its first appearance in Cemetery Dance #79, published in Spring 2024. This brief but memorable Stephen King story follows Jim Danton, a man afflicted with a bizarre condition that forces him to endure an additional hour of wakefulness each night. Across just four pages, King transforms a simple concept into an unsettling exploration of exhaustion, anxiety, and the thin boundary between ordinary experience and nightmare. The issue also featured fiction by Chuck Palahniuk, S.A. Cosby, and Kealan Patrick Burke, along with an interview with King conducted by Bev Vincent.