First edition paperback cover of Skeleton Crew.
Skeleton Crew is the 21st book published by Stephen King, and his third collection of stories. The book was released on 21 June 1985, and collected nineteen short stories, two poems, and one novella.
Included Works[]
- 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 No. 1)
- Big Wheels: a Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman No. 2)
- Gramma
- The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet
- The Reach
Cover Art[]
The Monkey Cover Art Up Close
- The Signet mass-market paperback edition features a Monkey (presumably of the type featured in the story "The Monkey") silhouetted by a red glow.
| Short story collections |
| Night Shift • Different Seasons • Skeleton Crew • Four Past Midnight • Nightmares and Dreamscapes • Hearts in Atlantis • Everything's Eventual • Just After Sunset • Full Dark, No Stars • The Bazaar of Bad Dreams • If it Bleeds • You Like It Darker |