The Mist Paperback

The Mist can be found in Skeleton Crew, the first and longest story of that short story collection.Also a film.It builds the suspense well to a climax.Well developed characters and observations.Published as a stand alone short story in September 2021 as part of Hodder's re-issue of King's backlist of novels.Paperback is 181 pages long.No illustrations within.

I love this as a short story and the film. Ive read some terrible kindle editions of original books by Stephen King and although this is different and not as good as the original, it's still a good read

I wanted to get this novel of Stephen King’s The Mist because I like reading novels.

A strange fog/mist starts to come down over a small town in Maine after a severe summer storm and the the story then follows David and his 5 year old son Billy, who travel into town after the storm abates to pick up some much needed supplies. A neighbour goes with them, but David's wife Stephanie decides to stay at home. The trio become trapped in the local supermarket as the mist starts to unveil the horrors it contains within.I thought I had read all of Stephen King's books, but must have missed this one (or should I say mist this one!), so was glad to come across an excellent used copy from Amazon.This was wonderful writing from the inimitable (although many try) Mr King. He has such a beautiful and heartbreaking way of writing about ordinary people caught in extraordinary circumstances in this genre. Loved it!

Magical short story, which I thoroughly enjoyed reading again. Simple on all levels but totally believable with a better ending than the film

This claimed to be of very good quality which it was not. Saying it is good quality would be a stretch.

Good tale... but felt a little 'short changed' as the book is not very long and story is undeveloped for a stand alone novel in the usual SK style. Would have fitted more in a book of short stories which I understand it was originally. Shame, as the potential for an epic seemed to be there just waiting to be drawn out, so given the price I was a bit diasppointed with the experience.

Good story, but sadly very short