That day at school, she takes twelve of her students to a testing room where sound is well concealed, and shoots each one dead.
That night, Miss Sidley commits suicide by slashing her throat and her former psychiatrist soon focuses intently on the children.
[citation needed] It was originally planned to be published in King's first collection of short stories, Night Shift, in 1978, but editor Bill Thompson opted to cut it for length (King had wanted to cut "Gray Matter", but deferred to Thompson's choice).
[2] In 1983, it was included in the anthology The Evil Image: Two Centuries of Gothic Short Fiction and Poetry edited by Nora Crow Jaffe and Patricia L.
"[3] King has stated that the story reminds him of the works of Ray Bradbury, and similarities have been noted by other authors as well.
[5] A 2017 short film directed by Alexander Domogarov Jr. was released, titled Let the Children in ("Пустите детей").
[6] A film adaptation is in the works from producers Craig Flores, Nicolas Chartier and Sriram Das.