The Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
Skeleton Crew by Stephen King This is a mostly-successful short story collection, which includes the novella "The Mist," a film I really like and think was more successful than the story. The reason being mostly due to the story's ending, which is much more heart-rending and traumatic in the film. Other than "The Mist," Skeleton Crew contains a lot of very good stories, a couple not-so-good stories, and two poems that should not have been included. Some notable inclusions were "Survivor Type" and "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands," a story that takes place in the same universe as "Breathing Method" from the Different Seasons collection. It has a gothic tone I thought didn't work for king in "Breathing Method," but has me now changing my tune. I found it to be really effective and was one example of a story within a story, which Skeleton Crew has a lot of. Some more notable inclusions that take place in the Castle...