Includesthestories“UncleOtto’sTruck“and“Mrs.Todd’sShortcut“--setinthefictionaltownofCastleRock,MaineFeatures“TheMist“nowaTVserieseventonSpikeThe#1NewYorkTimesbestsellerandwinnerofthe1986LocusAwardforBestCollection,SkeletonCrewis“StephenKingathisbest“(TheDenverPost)--aterrifying,mesmerizingcollectionofstoriesfromtheouterlimitsofoneofthegreatestimaginationsofourtime.“Wildlyimaginative,delightfullydiabolical...Kingonceagainprovestobetheconsummatestoryteller“(TheAssociatedPress).Asupermarketbecomestheplacewherehumanitymakesitslaststandagainstdestruction.Atriptotheatticbecomesajourneytohell.AwomandrivingaJaguarfindsascaryshortcuttoparadise.Anidylliclakeharborsabottomlessevil.Andadesertislandisthesceneofthemostterrifyingstruggleforsurvivaleverwaged.This“wonderfullygruesome“collection(TheNewYorkTimesBookReview)includes:-“TheMist“-“HereThereBeTygers“-“TheMonkey“-“CainRoseUp“-“Mrs.Todd’sShortcut“-“TheJaunt“-“TheWeddingGig“-“Paranoid:AChant“-“TheRaft“-“WordProcessoroftheGods“-“TheManWhoWouldNotShakeHands“-“Beachworld“-“TheReaper’sImage“-“Nona“-“ForOwen“-“SurvivorType“-“UncleOtto’sTruck“-“MorningDeliveries(MilkmanNo.1)“-“BigWheels:aTaleoftheLaundryGame(MilkmanNo.2)“-“Gramma“-“TheBalladoftheFlexibleBullet“-“TheReach“Kingisbestknownforhisiconic,immersivelongnovels,butheisalsoamasteroftheshortstory,andthisisamagnificentcollection.
