
Likewise, Mark Allen Gunnells has revisited the novella format over the course of his still-burgeoning career with The Summer of Winters (Evil Jester Press, 2013), Fort (Sinister Grin Press, 2015), and the more recent 2B (Valhalla Books, 2021). Stephen King has made good use of the format over the course of his career, crafting full-length works by pulling together a handful of novellas like he did with Different Seasons (Viking Press, 1982), Four Past Midnight (Viking Press, 1990), Hearts in Atlantis (Scribner, 1999), and If It Bleeds (Scribner, 2020). The novella format has gained popularity in recent years-not quite requiring the commitment of a novel yet allowing the reader to spend time with a tale and its characters a little longer than a short story.
