Skeleton Crew

Stories

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Stephen King, Dylan Baker, Kyle Beltran, Matthew Broderick, Norbert Leo Butz, Michael C. Hall, Paul Giamatti, Dana Ivey, Will Patton, Robert Petkoff, David Morse, Lois Smith, Frances Sternhagen

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.

Table of Contents:
“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”

Michael C. Hall and Norbert Leo Butz - awesome

Overall, this is pretty good, even though I already have these stories in other Audible releases. The Raft is one of my favorites so I didn't mind hearing this one again. I didn't give it five stars all across the board because of that, and also, there are so many stories and while I loved many of them, there were a few that didn't quite do it for it me the first time I listened through it. I've listened several times now (gets me through the day) and a couple of those iffy ones improved upon a second listen. I was really impressed with Beachworld. Michael C. Hall nailed that one. I wish he could have narrated the Dexter novels, but since the Showtime series was a little bit different, I guess it's appropriate someone else narrated those, but I digress. (And, BTW, the narration job on the Dexter novels was not bad - the author did a good job with that). The point is, Michael C. Hall is a super performer. Also, Norbert Leo Butz did a great job with Nona and Survivor Type. He was perfectly creepy in Nona, and Survivor Type is one of the most horrific situations I can imagine, and I'm glad that the story wasn't ruined with an inept narrator. The short story Gramma had notably cheesy music with it, which reminded me of an 80's B horror film. Cain Rose Up was one of the stories that I just didn't like - it was just sort of incomplete, blah, boring. The story about the tiger in the bathroom seemed stupid at first, but it did make me smile at one point. Overall, there are some stories/performances that are really good, and made up for the ones that didn't seem to be all that great at first.

Good variation!

I greatly enjoyed all of the various stories and narrators. I especially loved listening to Stephen King narrate one of his own pieces! However, some of these pieces were just not for me and I just forwarded through them when I found myself wondering away. Despite that, this was an awesome read/listen!

Not his best works! 😒

These stories have a Stephen King flavor but watered down. Not even close to his best.

Very enthralling

The different stories had a wonderful life of their own. I got very lost as I listened to each one. The will suck you in and you can completely lose yourself. There were some that were a bit too much to take- the one about the college student, for example, was very shocking. Overall, I really enjoyed listening to them and the cast of narrators was very good. All read the stories to the degree that incant imagine them sounding any better.

king captured my interest as always.

As always King doesn't disappoint. look forward to the next adventure. I had not even heard of the majority of these stories. Good read.