Skeleton Crew

In this brilliant collection of stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine...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 driver 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. New York Times - Susan Bolotin Skeleton Crew , a fat collection of short fiction and two forgettable poems, as indiscriminate in its assemblage as its author can be with words, shows off Mr. King's virtues and failings. . . . Mr. King is a real talent: his scary tales are fun to read and, I would argue, accurate gauges of our deepest nightmares. From the Flap: The Master at his scarifying best! From heart-pounding terror to the eeriest of whimsy--tales from the outer limits of one of the greatest imaginations of our time! Evil that breathes and walks and shrieks, brave new worlds and horror shows, human desperation bursting into deadly menace--such are the themes of these astounding works of fiction. In the tradition of Poe and Stevenson, of Lovecraft and The Twilight Zone, Stephen King has fused images of fear as old as time with the iconography of contemporary American life to create his own special brand of horror--one that has kept millions of readers turning the pages even as they gasp. In the book-length story "The Mist," a supermarket becomes the last bastion of humanity as a peril beyond dimension invades the earth. . . Touch "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands," and say your prayers . . . There are some things in attics which are better left alone, things like "The Monkey" . . . The most sublime woman driver on earth offers a man "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" to paradise . . . A boy's sanity is pushed to the edge when he's left alone with the odious corpse of "Gramma" . . . If you were stunned by Gremlins, the Fornits of "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet" will knock your socks off . . . Trucks that punish and beautiful teen demons who seduce a young man to massacre; curses whose malevolence grows through the years; obscene presences and angels of grace--here, indeed, is a night-blooming bouquet of chills and thrills. ([source][1]) ---------- Contains: - [The Mist](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149144W/The_Mist) - Here There Be Tygers - [The Monkey](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149146W/The_Monkey) - Cain Rose Up - [Mrs. Todd's Shortcut](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149148W/Mrs._Todd's_Shortcut) - [The Jaunt](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20663554W/The_Jaunt) - The Wedding Gig - Paranoid: a Chant - The Raft - [Word Processor of the Gods](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20666372W/The_Word_Processor) - The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands - Beachworld - The Reaper's Image - [Nona](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20666488W/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 [1]: https://stephenking.com/library/story_collection/skeleton_crew_flap.html The Mist......Page 2 Here There Be Tygers......Page 128 The Monkey......Page 132 Cain Rose Up......Page 165 Mrs. Todd's Shortcut......Page 170 The Jaunt......Page 187 The Wedding Gig......Page 207 Paranoid: A Chant......Page 217 Word Processor of the Gods......Page 220 The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands......Page 234 Beachworld......Page 247 The Reaper's Image......Page 262 Nona......Page 268 For Owen......Page 293 Survivor Type......Page 294 Uncle Otto's Truck......Page 312 Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1)......Page 322 Big Wheels: A Tale of The Laundry Game (Milkman #2)......Page 326 Gramma......Page 337 The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet......Page 360 The Reach......Page 392 Book Notes......Page 407 Welcome to the world of terror! Let the one and only Stephen King take you into a wold where a macabre mist traps humanity in its swirling horror...where a beautiful young girl offers satanic seduction...where a child’s toy becomes the ultimate instrument of evil...where a man is given a devilish machine that grans him godlike powers...where nothing is what it seems and nowhere is safe... Stephen King takes you into this world—and the skill that makes him the most spellbinding storyteller of our time will not let you escape before the final fearful turn of the page. —back cover "This 'collection of King's shorter work is a hefty sampler from all stages of his career, and demonstrates the range of his abilities ... There are several stories that must rank among King's best.'"