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”
