Skeleton Crew
A riveting, dark story collection from the No. 1 bestseller, featuring 'The Mist' and 'The Monkey'
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A No. 1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the 1986 Locus Award for Best Collection, SKELETON CREW is a classic collection of riveting stories from the outer limits of one of the greatest imaginations of our time.
Features 'The Mist', adapted into both a feature film directed by Frank Darabont and a 2017 Netflix series, and 'The Monkey' which was made into a film featuring Theo James.
Hold tight. We are going into a number of dark places, but I think I know the way. Just don't let go of my arm . . .
Unrivalled master of suspense Stephen King takes the unsuspecting reader on a fantastic journey through the dark shadows of our innermost fears.
Do the dead sing?
In this bumper collection of chilling tales, we meet: a woman who has never crossed The Reach, the water dividing her from the mainland; a gramma who only wants to hug little George, even after she is dead; an innocent looking toy with sinister powers; and a primeval sea creature with an insatiable appetite.
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
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
This hefty sampler of King's shorter works, from all stages of the horror master's career, demonstrates the range of his abilities. Some of the stories here rank among his best, and "even the less successful ones are fun,'' PW observed.
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Not the best
Despite my love for Stephen King’s works, despite the usual opinion from his fans, I didn’t liked this short stories book like I do adore «Nightmares and Dreamscapes » « everything’s eventual » or « Night Shift ». Theses stories are not of the same level, some are excellent, others boring, others just «....hum, what??? » so this book will never be my favorite. The usual Stephen King’s magic didn’t worked this time ! But as always that’s only me. Read it and feel it by yourself :)