Skeleton Crew

Includes the stories 'Uncle Otto's Truck' and 'Mrs. Todd's Shortcut'-set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine

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'
-'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.