Skeleton Crew: Stories (40th Anniversary Edition)

Includes 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”