Skeleton Crew

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

1. The Mist
2. Here There Be Tygers
3. The Monkey
4. Cain Rose Up
5. Mrs. Todd's Shortcut
6. The Jaunt
7. The Wedding Gig
8. Paranoid: a Chant
9. The Raft
10. Word Processor of the Gods
11. The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands
12. Beachworld
13. The Reaper's Image
14. Nona
15. For Owen
16. Survivor Type
17. Uncle Otto's Truck
18. Morning Deliveries (Milkman No. 1)
19. Big Wheels: a Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman No. 2)
20. Gramma
21. The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet
22. 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.