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Skeleton Crew : Stories

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”


Author:

  • Stephen King

Narrators:

  • Stephen King
  • Dylan Baker
  • Kyle Beltran
  • Matthew Broderick
  • Norbert Leo Butz
  • Michael C. Hall
  • Paul Giamatti
  • Dana Ivey
  • Will Patton
  • Robert Petkoff
  • David Morse
  • Lois Smith
  • Frances Sternhagen

Format:

  • Audiobook
  • E-book

Duration:

  • 22 h 29 min
  • 618 pages

Language:

English

Categories:

  • Fiction
  • Short stories

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