Skeleton Crew: Stories - Stephen King

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nIncludes the stories Uncle Otto's Truck and Mrs. Todd's Shortcut--set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine nFeatures The Mist now a TV series event on Spike n nThe #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the 1986 Locus Award for Best Collection, Skeleton Crew is Stephen King at his best (The Denver Post)--a terrifying, mesmerizing collection of stories from the outer limits of one of the greatest imaginations of our time. n nWildly imaginative, delightfully diabolical...King once again proves to be the consummate storyteller (The Associated Press). n n 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: n n -The Mist n -Here There Be Tygers n -The Monkey n -Cain Rose Up n -Mrs. Todd's Shortcut n -The Jaunt n -The Wedding Gig n -Paranoid: A Chant n -The Raft- Word Processor of the Gods n -The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands n -Beachworld n -The Reaper's Image n -Nona n -For Owen n -Survivor Type n -Uncle Otto's Truck n -Morning Deliveries (Milkman No. 1) n -Big Wheels: a Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman No. 2) n -Gramma n -The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet n -The Reach n nKing 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.n