Skeleton Crew : featuring The Mist by King, Stephen

Author: King, Stephen

Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945)

Published on 7 June 2012 by Hodder & Stoughton (Hodder Paperback) in the United Kingdom.

Paperback | 784 pages, Advert
197 x 132 x 35 | 532g

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, now with a stunning new cover look.

Features ‘The Mist’, adapted into both a feature film directed by Frank Darabont and a 2017 Netflix series.

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