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”
