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A hefty tome of short stories, not all of them of the horror genre. I was surprised at the science fiction aspects of many of the stories. The first story, The Mist, was quite good and will be adapted as a movie in late 2007.
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A wonderful collection of Stephen King's short stories from the early 80s. Favorites are The Mist, The Raft, and Survivor Type.............he never fails to keep me awake at night, long after the lights are out!
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In the introduction to Skeleton Crew (1985), his second collection of stories, King pokes fun at his penchant for "literary elephantiasis," makes scatological jokes about his muse, confesses how much money he makes (gross and net), and tells a story about getting arrested one time when he was "suffused with the sort of towering, righteous rage that only drunk undergraduates can feel." He winds up with an invitation to a scary voyage: "Grab onto my arm now. Hold tight. We are going into a number of dark places, but I think I know the way."
And he sure does. Skeleton Crew contains a superb short novel ("The Mist") that alone is worth the price of admission, plus two forgettable poems and 20 short stories on such themes as an evil toy monkey, a human-eating water slick, a machine that avenges murder, and unnatural creatures that inhabit the thick woods near Castle Rock, Maine. The short tales range from simply enjoyable to surprisingly good.
In addition to "The Mist," the real standout is "The Reach," a beautifully subtle story about a great-grandmother who was born on a small island off the coast of Maine and has lived there her whole life. She has never been across "the Reach," the body of water between island and mainland. This is the story that King fans give to their friends who don't read horror in order to show them how literate, how charming a storyteller he can be. Don't miss it. --Fiona Webster
In the introduction to Skeleton Crew (1985), his second collection of stories, King pokes fun at his penchant for "literary elephantiasis," makes scatological jokes about his muse, confesses how much money he makes (gross and net), and tells a story about getting arrested one time when he was "suffused with the sort of towering, righteous rage that only drunk undergraduates can feel." He winds up with an invitation to a scary voyage: "Grab onto my arm now. Hold tight. We are going into a number of dark places, but I think I know the way."
And he sure does. Skeleton Crew contains a superb short novel ("The Mist") that alone is worth the price of admission, plus two forgettable poems and 20 short stories on such themes as an evil toy monkey, a human-eating water slick, a machine that avenges murder, and unnatural creatures that inhabit the thick woods near Castle Rock, Maine. The short tales range from simply enjoyable to surprisingly good.
In addition to "The Mist," the real standout is "The Reach," a beautifully subtle story about a great-grandmother who was born on a small island off the coast of Maine and has lived there her whole life. She has never been across "the Reach," the body of water between island and mainland. This is the story that King fans give to their friends who don't read horror in order to show them how literate, how charming a storyteller he can be. Don't miss it. --Fiona Webster
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I remember that this book scared the bejesus out of my when I read it int 8th grad. It wasn't so bad no, but I still had weird dreams a few nights after reading it. LOL I even had to read it between other books because after awhile it would be too much and I'd get to creeped out or spooked from a few of the stories and would need a change of pace.
While reading this, it never fails to amaze me though, that after all the years of reading Stephen King, that's he's one of the few authors that can make me laugh, cry or want to curl up in fetal position and suck my thumb! He's just amazing!
While reading this, it never fails to amaze me though, that after all the years of reading Stephen King, that's he's one of the few authors that can make me laugh, cry or want to curl up in fetal position and suck my thumb! He's just amazing!
This was a great collection of King's work. It was hard to put down.
I'm reading this book right now, and I LOVE it. It has a couple stories that were turned to movies: This Mist, awesome story - awesome movie & The Raft, from Creepshow 2, great story and movie. I have a hard time putting this book down because the stories are so capitivating & they keep you on the edge of your seat. I actually never want some of the stories to end. A great read for any King fan.
A collection of 22 stories, Stephen King takes the readers down paths that only he could imagine..
a collection of 22 short stories
A fine collection of short stories from the master of horror
Contains some of my all-time favorite stories: The Mist and Mrs. Todd's Shortcut.
If you like Stephen King, you'll love this book. The cover on mine has a different picture (a monkey with cymbals).
real good
Excellent collection of short stories by stephen king. Wonderful, will have you up all night.
A good read from the master. Joalice
Great stories, very well-read. And it's always a pleasure to hear a story from the writer himself!! :-)
So, I was an avid Steven King reader in middle and high school into my early 20's ... Now I'm reading him again 2 decades later. With that in mind, I found it to be a good and entertaining group of stories. Steven has a very "male" writing voice, and really enjoys lots of tiny details. I don't enjoy these 2 things so much as a reader today. I don't like the way he ends stories abruptly either. It was a good September read for me, and I recommend it. Just wonder how much I'm going to like his other books the second time around if I decide to re-read them.
Enjoyable short stories by Stephen King. My favorite, and the longest, was the Mist. It was almost exactly like the movie expect for the end which was very different. Not all of the stories were winners, but I felt like by reading all these different stories he had written over the years was like a journey into King's brain. You wouldn't think that would be fun, but it was.
If you have never read Stephen King (where have you been?), then this is absolutely the book to start with. A collection of, in my opinion, his best short stories. Including the novella sized "The Mist". This collection has something for everyone, horror, science fiction, fantasy and just plain great story telling.
These stories can be read in any order so it's a great book to pick up and put down at your leisure. Highly recommend, especially if you have never read Stephen King before.
These stories can be read in any order so it's a great book to pick up and put down at your leisure. Highly recommend, especially if you have never read Stephen King before.
It is a good Stephen King book
Short stories of terror
Just one of my collection of Stephen King books. Check out the rest.
Some of the best horror and works of short fiction are compiled here by the master...Stephen King. Gauranteed to give you the creeps!
wonderfully gruesome...don't turn your back on this book....a beautiful girl offers satanic seduction, where a childs toy becomes the ultimate instrument of evil, where a man is given a devilish machine that grants him godlike powers, where nothing is what it seems and nowhere is safe
Humanity in its swirling horror...where a beautiful young girl offers satanic seduction...where a child's toy becomes the ultimate instrument of evil...where a man is given a devilish machine that grants him godlike powers...where nothing is what it seems and nowhere is safe.
Welcome to the world of terror!!! Another Stephen Kig fearful spellbinding story.
We Stephen King fans don't need a review. We just wanna read all his stuff!
Stephen King short stories
I read this book as a young teenager and it made a huge impact! I'm not quite sure what the title of the story is, but the story I enjoyed the most was the story of the young boy left alone with his grandmother whom he feared was a witch.
My favorite King short story collection.
A conveyor belt of short stories.and S.King keeps it rolling in this collection of 22 shorts that keep you turning the pages. So get ready to meet 'your boogie man',constant reader. King is superb.He doesn't let you down.
Gerry,a constant Stephen King reader.
Gerry,a constant Stephen King reader.
the book cover is a differnt one than the stock photo..this is a very good book
There is a small rip on book cover. The book is in good condition.
Though all of my numbers match, my cover is different from that posted.
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...and idyllic lake that could be the home of bottomless evil...and a desert island is the scene of the most terrifying struggle for survival ever waged.
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...and idyllic lake that could be the home of bottomless evil...and a desert island is the scene of the most terrifying struggle for survival ever waged.
