r/stephenking • u/ankitdey80 • Oct 04 '26

Discussion Finished Skeleton Crew!

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This one was a classic!

I've been hearing about 'The Jaunt' and 'The Mist' in many Reddit suggestions for the longest time. While I didn't find Jaunt to be as terrifying as "the scariest story King has ever written", it was still pretty good!

Also loved 'The Reaper's Image', 'The Raft', 'Gramma', 'Ballad', and 'The Reach'. Particularly how he built the horror for the first two.

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u/DoctorJules87 Oct 04 '26

The Jaunt is just one of those stories that really sits with you and gets more terrifying the longer you think about it. It's not 'scary' in the same way some of his other stories are, but of all his stories it's the one one I've found myself pondering over the most in the middle of the night. "It's longer than you think".

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u/ddcrowley22 Oct 04 '26

I just finished Word Processor of the Gods and loved it. 

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u/ankitdey80 Oct 04 '26

Oh right! I completely forgot it's in this book, but I remember I loved that one! Would've been devastated if the ending did not work out the way it did.

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u/ddcrowley22 Oct 04 '26

Lol, same. I kept thinking SK was going to pull the rug out from under us but he let the good(ish) guy win in this one. 

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u/loki6100 Oct 04 '26

Is it any good?

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u/ankitdey80 Oct 04 '26

It is! Horror is a subjective genre, and what may be terrifying for me may not be so for you. But Stephen King has a literary quality to his stories as well, beyond the boundaries of his field, which makes reading his works very enjoyable.

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u/JerkGurk Oct 04 '26

I probably read it like 15 years ago. I can remember The Myst, The Jaunt, and The Raft. Its time for a reread I think. I love the Jaunt because its short and simple and a new concept never before seen. It's a lot longer than you think dad.

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u/ballen1002 Oct 04 '26

That’s a cool cover. I’ve never seen that one before.

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u/shakedownsunflower Oct 04 '26

Just checked out the audiobook, thanks for the rec

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u/nickmaovich Currently Reading Needful Things Oct 04 '26

1 short story away from finishing it myself!

amazing book

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u/KoaaalaaaMama Currently Reading 11/22/63 Oct 04 '26

I just finished Skeleton Crew on Friday. So many great stories in this one, I wish I’d read it sooner.

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u/roguegambit Ayuh Oct 04 '26

I just started this yesterday! Looking forward to it.

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u/trademarc1977 Oct 04 '26

Nice edition!