Shivers is a 10-book series with 14 primary works first released in 1996 with contributions by M. D. Spenser, M.D. Spenser, Stephen King, Peter Straub, Jack Kilborn, Al Sarrantonio, Brian Keene, Norman Prentiss, Brian James Freeman, Richard Thomas, Kealan Patrick Burke, Glen Hirshberg, Wayne Allen Sallee, Alan Ryan, Brian Hodge, Nate Southard, Scott Nicholson, Jay Bonansinga, Melanie Tem, Lisa Tuttle, David B. Silva, Robert Morrish, Bev Vincent, Blake Crouch, and M. D. Spencer.