Turman, sitting slightly behind Billy, shook her head at me. “You can’t get big and strong if you don’t-” “I’m not hungry,” he said, putting the plate aside. I ate as best I could, but Billy would not even pick at his.

Turman brought Billy and me each a plate, garnished with helpings of deli potato salad. McVey, small and spare and neat in his whites, cooked the chicken nevertheless and laid the pieces two by two on paper plates and lined them up cafeteria-style on top of the meat counter. The chicken smelled good, but not many people wanted to eat. It might have been shock, but more likely he had recognized the fact that his fresh meat and poultry wasn’t getting any fresher. the smell of cooking chicken filled the market. He had set up a gas grill under one of the small exhaust fans-the fans were still now, but presumably they still gave some ventilation-and by 6:30 P.M. McVey had worked in Bridgton cutting meat ever since I was twelve or thirteen, and I had no idea what his first name was or his age might be. 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.

Skeleton crew stories