Includes the story ?The Monkey??now a major motion picture! The #1 New York Times bestseller?a mesmerizing treasury of short stories by Stephen King. An 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. Featuring 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. Skeleton Crew includes: 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?