Includes the story The Monkey--now a major motion picture! \nThe #1 New York Times bestseller--a mesmerizing treasury of short stories by Stephen King. \n \nAn eerie-looking child's toy harbors an unimaginable evil. A supermarket is unexpectedly the place where humanity makes its last stand against destruction. A trip to the attic becomes a journey to hell. An idyllic lake conceals a bottomless terror. And a desert island is the scene of the most frightening struggle for survival ever waged. \n \nFeaturing the short story The Monkey (now a major motion picture) and the novella The Mist, which was both a feature film and television series, as well as many other haunting now classic tales, this magnificent collection is enduring and irresistible proof that Stephen King is a true master of the short story form. \n \nSkeleton Crew includes: \n The Mist \n Here There Be Tygers \n The Monkey \n Cain Rose Up \n Mrs. Todd's Shortcut \n The Jaunt \n The Wedding Gig \n Paranoid: A Chant \n The Raft \n Word Processor of the Gods \n The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands \n Beachworld \n The Reaper's Image \n Nona \n For Owen \n Survivor Type \n Uncle Otto's Truck \n Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1) \n Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman #2) \n Gramma \n The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet \n The Reach\n