Anthologies, United States 

Age-old images of fear fuse with the iconography of contemporary American life in this collection of tales from the modern master of horror. 

Synopsis
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; and 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."

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.
 

Genre/Form: Horror fiction
Short stories
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
King, Stephen, 1947-
Skeleton crew.
New York : G.P. Putnam's Sons, ©1985
(OCoLC)647055520
Material Type: Fiction, Internet resource
Document Type: Book, Internet Resource
All Authors / Contributors: Stephen King

ISBN: 039913039X 9780399130397 9781444723205 1444723200 9781501143502 1501143506 0451168615 9780451168610 0606019448 9780606019446 1439513279 9781439513279 0451142934 9780451142931
OCLC Number: 11029811
Description: 512 pages ; 24 cm
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.
Responsibility: Stephen King.