On February 6, 2008, the author's official website revealed the title of the collection to be Just Past Sunset.

Previous titles mentioned in the media by Stephen King himself were Pocket Rockets and Unnatural Acts of Human Intercourse.

[3] N. mentions the town of Castle Rock, where several of King's stories – including The Dead Zone, The Dark Half, and Needful Things – are set.

A clipping from the Chester's Mill local paper, the editor of which is a major character in Under the Dome, is part of the nested narrative.

In part two of this story, the main character recounts how his wife and her lover, "Cowboy Bob," had gone up to Derry and spent a couple of days at a place called Hollywood Slots.