Skeleton Crew
A storm, a strange fog and a supermarket full of frightened neighbours: Stephen King's classic tale of creeping horror.
by Stephen King
About this book
On the night a record-breaking heat wave finally breaks, a savage thunderstorm tears across western Maine and leaves a lakeside community battered, powerless and strangely uneasy. David Drayton, his wife Steff and their young son Billy wake to fallen trees and wrecked docks, but the real shock is still to come: a thick, unnatural mist rolling in from the lake. When the family drives into town for supplies, they find themselves trapped in the local supermarket with a crowd of frightened neighbours. Something is moving inside the fog, and as the hours pass, fear, rumour and old resentments begin to turn ordinary people against each other. Stephen King's classic novella The Mist is a masterclass in claustrophobic suspense, mixing creeping dread with sharp observation of how communities behave under pressure. Told in a gripping first-person voice, it is one of the best-loved horror stories of the modern era and a perfect fit for fans of monster fiction, small-town terror and psychological tension. This edition is the novella as presented in the collection file Skeleton Crew. Start reading online instantly in your browser, with no download needed.
- Author
- Stephen King
- Length
- ~191 pages
- Reading time
- 3 h 49 min
- Chapters
- 16
- Released
- October 18, 2026
- Languages
- 🇬🇧 EN · 🇵🇱 PL · 🇩🇪 DE · 🇫🇷 FR · 🇪🇸 ES · 🇮🇹 IT · 🇧🇷 PT-BR · 🇲🇽 ES-MX · 🇵🇹 PT · 🇺🇦 UK · 🇨🇿 CS · 🇸🇰 SK · 🇬🇷 EL · 🇭🇺 HU · 🇹🇷 TR · 🇳🇱 NL · 🇷🇴 RO · 🇧🇬 BG · 🇭🇷 HR · 🇷🇸 SR · 🇸🇮 SL · 🇱🇹 LT · 🇱🇻 LV · 🇪🇪 ET · 🇸🇪 SV · 🇩🇰 DA · 🇳🇴 NB · 🇫🇮 FI · 🇯🇵 JA · 🇰🇷 KO · 🇨🇳 ZH · 🇹🇼 ZH-TW · 🇮🇩 ID · 🇻🇳 VI · 🇹🇭 TH · 🇮🇳 HI · 🇸🇦 AR · 🇮🇱 HE
- Formats
- eBook · Print edition
- Print format
- Paperback, 13.5 × 21 cm, 220 pages
- ISBN
- 3887131671
- Age rating
- Mature 17+
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Contents
- 1.Chapter 1
- 2.Chapter 2
- 3.I. The Coming of the StormPreview
- 4.II. After the Storm. Norton. A Trip to Town.
- 5.III. The Coming of the Mist.
- 6.IV. The Storage Area. Problems with the Generators. What Happened to the Bag-Boy.
- 7.V. An Argument with Norton. A Discussion Near the Beer Cooler. Verification.
- 8.VI. Further Discussion. Mrs. Carmody. Fortifications. What Happened to the Flat-Earth Society.
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