Skeleton Crew
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- Synopsis
- In this brilliant collection of stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine?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 driver 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.
- Copyright:
- 1985
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Excellent
- Book Size:
- 574 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9780451168610
- Publisher:
- Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
- Date of Addition:
- 11/28/12
- Copyrighted By:
- Stephen King
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Horror, Literature and Fiction
- Submitted By:
- Daproim Africa
- Proofread By:
- Daproim Africa
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
Reviews
5 out of 5
By Donald Wardlow on Nov 29, 2012
Stephen King has written 4 collections of short stories, and this is the best, closely followed by Night Shift. Skeleton Crew features at least two stories that were made into movies: "The Mist," and "The Raft." "The Mist," is his scariest writing of all time. A volunteer read it to me in August 1985, the hottest August I can recall, and her reading was so scary I had to pull the blanket up to my neck, for fear I'd never be warm again. "The Raft," is about 4 college kids who don't see how a swim in a local lake can be a swim to Perdition. "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut," is a fascinating tale of an old guy, and a younger woman who is obsessed with driving shortcuts--at any risk. "The Man Who Wouldn't Shake Hands," is truly a highlight of the book-a horror tale of a man accursed after a tragic accident. There are a few duds as in any short story collection, but they are mercifully few. Near the end is one of the best, "Ballad of the Flexible Bullet," about how a writer's paranoia becomes contagious. All told, this is a "must have" for any true King cuckoo, of which I am one. Neither of his later two collections, "Nightmares and Dreamscapes," or "Just After Sunset," come up to the standard of this collection.
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