Synopsis
From the Flap:
The Master at his scarifying best! From heart-pounding terror to the eeriest of whimsy--tales from the outer limits of one of the greatest imaginations of our time!
Evil that breathes and walks and shrieks, brave new worlds and horror shows, human desperation bursting into deadly menace--such are the themes of these astounding works of fiction. In the tradition of Poe and Stevenson, of Lovecraft and The Twilight Zone, Stephen King has fused images of fear as old as time with the iconography of contemporary American life to create his own special brand of horror--one that has kept millions of readers turning the pages even as they gasp.
In the book-length story "The Mist," a supermarket becomes the last bastion of humanity as a peril beyond dimension invades the earth. . .
Touch "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands," and say your prayers . . .
There are some things in attics which are better left alone, things like "The Monkey" . . .
The most sublime woman driver on earth offers a man "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" to paradise . . .
A boy's sanity is pushed to the edge when he's left alone with the odious corpse of "Gramma" . . .
If you were stunned by Gremlins, the Fornits of "The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet" will knock your socks off . . .
Trucks that punish and beautiful teen demons who seduce a young man to massacre; curses whose malevolence grows through the years; obscene presences and angels of grace--here, indeed, is a night-blooming bouquet of chills and thrills.
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Contains:
- [The Mist](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149144W/The_Mist)
- Here There Be Tygers
- [The Monkey](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149146W/The_Monkey)
- Cain Rose Up
- [Mrs. Todd's Shortcut](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL149148W/Mrs._Todd's_Shortcut)
- [The Jaunt](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20663554W/The_Jaunt)
- The Wedding Gig
- Paranoid: a Chant
- The Raft
- [Word Processor of the Gods](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20666372W/The_Word_Processor)
- The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands
- Beachworld
- The Reaper's Image
- [Nona](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL20666488W/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
[1]: https://stephenking.com/library/story_collection/skeleton_crew_flap.html
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About Stephen King
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Stephen King
Born 1947
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections. King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards. In 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He has also received awards for his contribution to literature for his entire bibliography, such as the 2004 World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and the 2007 Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. In 2015, he was awarded with a National Medal of Arts from the U.S. National Endowment for the Arts for his contributions to literature. He has been described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high standing in pop culture.
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