'Skeleton Crew' by Stephen King is a collection of short stories that showcases the author's mastery in the horror genre. The book features a variety of tales that range from unsettling and gruesome to chilling and thought-provoking. King's writing style immerses readers in stories that explore the depths of human psyche, often leaving them feeling scared, paranoid, and fascinated by the twists and turns in the narratives. The collection includes stories that delve into horror, science fiction, and elements of regular human drama, offering a well-rounded genre experience for readers.
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The collection contains themes of violence, cannibalism, and psychological horror.
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Includes the stories "Uncle Otto's Truck" and "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"-set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine
Features "The Mist" now a TV series event on Spike
The #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.
"Wildly imaginative, delightfully diabolical…King once again proves to be the consummate storyteller" (The Associated Press).
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.
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I read this so long ago that it is time to go back and re-read many of Mr. King's books. I not only love his books but the man is also such a humble and generous person. He's been through a lot in his life. I really admire the person he is. I live in Maine as well. He has given so much to make a very poor state have many improvements and done it quietly. I have been wanting to re-read this book and my personal favorite "THE DARK TOWER SERIES."
His best book of short stories. You can tell her spent time to get the exact right sentence... To freak you out.
I read this bumper collection of short fiction from Stephen King many years ago, and it has stayed with me ever since - a testament to King's skill at crafting stories that linger in the mind, long after the book has been set aside. Fantasy and reality blur throughout, the horror coming sometimes from the most unexpected places.
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Skeleton Crew?
About the Author:
Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, and Doctor Sleep are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
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