Skeleton crew
by:
Stephen King (author)
Who could imagine...? In this brilliant collection of twenty-two stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine.... A supermarket becomes the place where humanity makes its last stand against unholy destruction...a trip to the attic turns into a journey to hell...a...
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Who could imagine...? In this brilliant collection of twenty-two stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine.... A supermarket becomes the place where humanity makes its last stand against unholy destruction...a trip to the attic turns into a journey to hell...a woman driver finds a very 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. Features the novella "The Mist"-Now a major motion picture
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Format: Hardcover
ASIN: B0027GJR0O
Publish date: 1985
Publisher: Macdonald
Edition language: English
Category:
Fantasy,
Science Fiction,
Literature,
American,
Anthologies,
Collections,
Thriller,
Horror,
Short Stories,
Suspense,
Supernatural
3.5 stars
Synopsis: In this brilliant collection of twenty-two stories, Stephen King takes readers down paths that only he could imagine….A supermarket becomes the place where humanity makes its last stand against unholy destruction…a trip to the attic turns into a journey to hell…a woman driver finds a very ...
There will be some of you that think three stars is kinda harsh for this collection. After all, it includes such amazing tales as The Mist and The Jaunt. It must be amazeballs, right? Not so much. Even the epically awesome stories in this collection need to be trimmed down. Most of them start slower...
Reading this so soon after his first anthology, Night Shift, I found Skeleton Crew a disappointment. With his first collection, I only found one story to be really weak and several outstanding. While I wouldn't exactly say this book was the reverse, I only felt about half the stories worth the read....
I have always loved Stephen King's short stories and novellas. His novels are often bloated (with some terrific notable exceptions, like the early books in the Dark Tower series), but he has a true gift for shorter works. One of my favorite books of all time is one of his other early SS collections,...
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