Skeleton Crew: Stories

by Stephen King

A supermarket becomes the place where humanity makes its last stand against destruction. A trip to the attic becomes a journey to hell. A woman driving a Jaguar finds a scary shortcut to paradise. An idyllic lake harbors a bottomless evil. And a desert island is the scene of the most terrifying struggle for survival ever waged.

This "wonderfully gruesome" collection (The New York Times Book Review) includes:

• "The Mist"
• "Here There Be Tygers"
• "The Monkey"
• "Cain Rose Up"
• "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"
• "The Jaunt"
• "The Wedding Gig"
• "Paranoid: A Chant"
• "The Raft"- "Word Processor of the Gods"
• "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands"
• "Beachworld"
• "The Reaper's Image"
• "Nona"
• "For Owen"
• "Survivor Type"
• "Uncle Otto's Truck"
• "Morning Deliveries (Milkman No. 1)"
• "Big Wheels: a Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman No. 2)"
• "Gramma"
• "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet"
• "The Reach"

King is best known for his iconic, immersive long novels, but he is also a master of the short story, and this is a magnificent collection.

Skeleton Crew: Stories
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781501143502      ISBN 10: 1501143506
Publisher: Scribner  2016

Skeleton Crew: Stories
Format: Mass Market Paperback
ISBN: 9781501156786      ISBN 10: 1501156780
Publisher: Pocket Books  2017