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Skeleton Crew Mass Market Paperback – June 3, 1986

4.7 out of 5 stars 2,272 ratings

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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

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"Wonderfully gruesome... Don't turn your back on this book." --New York Times Book Review

"Wildly imaginative, delightfully diabolical." --Associated Press



“Wonderfully gruesome…Don’t turn your back on this book.”—
The New York Times Book Review

“Stephen King at his best.”—
The Denver Post

“Wildly imaginative, delightfully diabolical…King once again proves to be the consummate storyteller.”—The Associated Press

“Stunning, ingenious…Stephen King at the very top of his talent.”—
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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Berkley; Reissue edition (June 3, 1986)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Mass Market Paperback ‏ : ‎ 576 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0451168615
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0451168610
  • Lexile measure ‏ : ‎ 840L
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 12 ounces
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 4.16 x 1.17 x 6.87 inches
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Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His first crime thriller featuring Bill Hodges, MR MERCEDES, won the Edgar Award for best novel and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Both MR MERCEDES and END OF WATCH received the Goodreads Choice Award for the Best Mystery and Thriller of 2014 and 2016 respectively.

King co-wrote the bestselling novel Sleeping Beauties with his son Owen King, and many of King's books have been turned into celebrated films and television series including The Shawshank Redemption, Gerald's Game and It.

King was the recipient of America's prestigious 2014 National Medal of Arts and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for distinguished contribution to American Letters. In 2007 he also won the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives with his wife Tabitha King in Maine.

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