{"product_id":"skeleton-crew-stories-9781501143502","title":"Skeleton Crew: Stories","description":"\u003cb\u003eIncludes the stories \"Uncle Otto's Truck\" and \"Mrs. Todd's Shortcut\"--set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFeatures \"The Mist\" now a TV series event on Spike\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe #1 \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e bestseller and winner of the 1986 Locus Award for Best Collection, \u003ci\u003eSkeleton Crew\u003c\/i\u003e is \"Stephen King at his best\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Denver Post\u003c\/i\u003e)--a terrifying, mesmerizing collection of stories from the outer limits of one of the greatest imaginations of our time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Wildly imaginative, delightfully diabolical...King once again proves to be the consummate storyteller\" (The Associated Press). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 (\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e) includes: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e -\"The Mist\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Here There Be Tygers\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"The Monkey\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Cain Rose Up\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Mrs. Todd's Shortcut\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"The Jaunt\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"The Wedding Gig\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Paranoid: A Chant\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"The Raft\"- \"Word Processor of the Gods\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Beachworld\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"The Reaper's Image\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Nona\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"For Owen\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Survivor Type\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Uncle Otto's Truck\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Morning Deliveries (Milkman No. 1)\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Big Wheels: a Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman No. 2)\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"Gramma\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet\"\u003cbr\u003e -\"The Reach\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKing 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/06\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501143502\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 672\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.30h x 5.50w x 1.60d","brand":"Stephen King","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36654841233564,"sku":"9781501143502","price":18.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_857cc04d-3024-4a2f-8ccc-5e83e417b361.jpg?v=1603884204","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/skeleton-crew-stories-9781501143502","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}