We are going into a number of dark places, but I think I know the way."Īnd he sure does.
In the introduction to Skeleton Crew (1985), his second collection of stories, King pokes fun at his penchant for "literary elephantiasis," makes scatological jokes about his muse, confesses how much money he makes (gross and net), and tells a story about getting arrested one time when he was "suffused with the sort of towering, righteous rage that only drunk undergraduates can feel." He winds up with an invitation to a scary voyage: "Grab onto my arm now. "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. 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. 2)” “Gramma” “The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet” and “The Reach.” 1)” “Big Wheels: a Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman No. 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. This “wonderfully gruesome” collection ( The New York Times Book Review) includes: “The Mist” “Here There Be Tygers” “The Monkey” “Cain Rose Up” “Mrs. And a desert island is the scene of the most terrifying struggle for survival ever waged. An idyllic lake harbors a bottomless evil. A woman driving a Jaguar finds a scary shortcut to paradise.
A trip to the attic becomes a journey to hell. “Wildly imaginative, delightfully diabolical.King once again proves to be the consummate storyteller” (The Associated Press).Ī supermarket becomes the place where humanity makes its last stand against destruction. 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.
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