
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.