I Heart Skeleton Crew

I was thinking about some books I like for a project I'm working on and one book that keeps popping into my thoughts is Skeleton Crew.   Skeleton Crew is a collection of short stories by Stephen King.   I know that Stephen King might be a little played out for a lot of people but I really dig this book.  I read it many years ago and some of those stories still resonate with me. One of the highlights of the book is the story "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut".  It's a whimsical tale about a lady who obsesses over finding shortcuts.  I don't want to give the story away so I won't go into details but this is one of my favorite stories in the collection.  There is a macabre (of course, it's Stephen King!) story called Survivor Type, in which a character named Richard Pine gets stranded on a desert island and resorts to eating his own body parts to survive.  It's over the top but an interesting tale.  There are 22 stories spanning 512 pages.  I've got to dig through some old boxes and find this book and read it again since it's been so long.