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Skeleton Crew : Stories by Stephen King (2016, Trade Paperback)

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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. -"Uncle Otto's Truck". -"Survivor Type". -"For Owen". -"The Reaper's Image". -"Beachworld".

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PublisherScribner

ISBN-101501143506

ISBN-139781501143502

eBay Product ID (ePID)240106768

Product Key Features

Book TitleSkeleton Crew : Stories

Number of Pages672 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicHorror, Short Stories (Single Author), Thrillers / Supernatural

Publication Year2016

GenreFiction

AuthorStephen King

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height1.9 in

Item Weight17.8 Oz

Item Length8.4 in

Item Width5.5 in

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ReviewsWildly imaginative, delightfully diabolical...King once again proves to be the consummate storyteller., Wildly imaginative, delightfully diabolicalâ€¦King once again proves to be the consummate storyteller.

SynopsisIncludes the story "The Monkey"--now a major motion picture! The #1 New York Times bestseller--a mesmerizing treasury of short stories by Stephen King. An eerie-looking child's toy harbors an unimaginable evil. A supermarket is unexpectedly the place where humanity makes its last stand against destruction. A trip to the attic becomes a journey to hell. An idyllic lake conceals a bottomless terror. And a desert island is the scene of the most frightening struggle for survival ever waged. Featuring the short story "The Monkey" (now a major motion picture) and the novella "The Mist," which was both a feature film and television series, as well as many other haunting now classic tales, this magnificent collection is enduring and irresistible proof that Stephen King is a true master of the short story form. Table of Contents: "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 #1)" "Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman #2)" "Gramma" "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet" "The Reach", 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.