I remember dissecting “Here There Be Tygers”, and comparing it to Kipling, and ancient maps where you’d fill in the gaps with “Here there by tygers”. It was probably the 8th time I’d read it. |y .We read Skeleton Crew my freshman year of high school. |a King, Stephen, |d 1947- |t Word processor of the gods. |a King, Stephen, |d 1947- |t Paranoid: a chant. |a King, Stephen, |d 1947- |t Here there be tygers. |a Skeleton crew : |b stories / |c Stephen King. 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. 'Big Wheels: a Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman No. 'The Raft'- 'Word Processor of the Gods' This 'wonderfully gruesome' collection ( The New York Times Book Review) includes: And a desert island is the scene of the most terrifying struggle for survival ever waged. An idyllic lake harbors a bottomless evil. A woman driving a Jaguar finds a scary shortcut to paradise.

A trip to the attic becomes a journey to hell. 'Wildly imaginative, delightfully diabolical.King once again proves to be the consummate storyteller' (The Associated Press).Ī supermarket becomes the place where humanity makes its last stand against destruction. The #1 New York Times bestseller and winner of the 1986 Locus Award for Best Collection, Skeleton Crew is 'Stephen King at his best' ( The Denver Post)-a terrifying, mesmerizing collection of stories from the outer limits of one of the greatest imaginations of our time.

Todd's Shortcut'-set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maineįeatures 'The Mist' now a TV series event on Spike Includes the stories 'Uncle Otto's Truck' and 'Mrs.

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