Different Seasons by Stephen King

Stephen King's 1982 collection of four short stories representing each of the four seasons. "The Body" is King's representation of fall, subtitled "Fall from Innocence." It was included with "Rita Hayworth and the Shawshank Redemption: Hope Springs Eternal" (adapted to the film The Shawshank Redemption in 1994), "Apt Pupil: Summer of Corruption" (adapted to a film by the same name in 1998), and "The Breathing Method: A Winter's Tale."

In a brief afterword for the collection, King writes how he felt he was unable to publish these stories by themselves for fear that they would be "written off" as supernatural horror stories, which Stephen King became incredibly famous for. He decided to use the novella collective form to publish the works as "something different." 

 "The Body" was inspired by his days in middle school, staying in a one-room schoolhouse with some kids that inspired the characters for the novella. When he was barely four, a neighbor friend he had been playing with was hit by a train on the tracks. His mother said Stephen came home white as a ghost, but he doesn't remember the incident at all. 

"Stand by Me" by Ben E. King

The film Stand by Me is based off "The Body," and it was renamed to make it sound less like a horror film and more like a coming-of-age friendship story. "Stand by Me" is also the name of the title song by Ben E. King (not in relation to Stephen), which was released in 1961, a song that would not exist for two years after the film's time period, interestingly enough. The song would also gain popularity once again and be put on Top Ten lists around the world in 1986 and 1987 due to the film's release.