What is the name of the short story collection that includes The Mist?

The short story collection that includes “The Mist” is Skeleton Crew. Stephen King’s collection was published by Putnam in June 1985 and gathers horror, science fiction, and darker literary pieces written across roughly 17 years.

“The Mist” appears in the book as a novella rather than a conventional short story. It was first published in the 1980 anthology Dark Forces before King revised and collected it in Skeleton Crew. The story follows David Drayton and his son as they shelter in a supermarket while an unnatural mist conceals dangerous creatures outside.

Readers sometimes confuse Skeleton Crew with Night Shift or Nightmares & Dreamscapes, two other King collections. Skeleton Crew also contains “The Jaunt,” “The Raft,” “The Monkey,” “Gramma,” and “The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet.” Its 1985 publication helped establish it as one of King’s major short-fiction collections, and it won the Locus Award for Best Collection in 1986. The 2007 film The Mist adapted the novella for the screen.