skeleton crew

Skeleton Crew (1985) is a short story collection by Stephen King. It is his second short story collection, after Night Shift (third if you count the novella collection Different Seasons, which was published after Night Shift). It is followed by the novella collection Four Past Midnight and the short story collection Nightmares & Dreamscapes as King's next two short story collections.

Stories

The book contains the following stories:

The Mist
Here There Be Tygers
The Monkey
Cain Rose Up
Mrs. Todd's Shortcut
The Jaunt
The Wedding Gig
Paranoid - A Chant
The Raft
Word Processor of the Gods
The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands
Beachworld
The Reaper's Image
Nona
For Owen
Survivor Type
Uncle Otto's Truck
Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1)
Big Wheels: A Tale of The Laundry Game (Milkman #2)
Gramma
The Ballad of The Flexible Bullet
The Reach

Adaptations

The Mist was adapted into a text-based computer game. The Raft was adapted into a segment of the film Creepshow 2. Paranoid was adapted to film. Gramma was adapted into an episode of The Twilight Zone. Word Processor of the Gods was adapted into an episode of Tales from the Darkside.

Skeleton Crew

Stories

Adaptations

See also