Status Updates From Skeleton Crew

The raft: my god does Stephen king have a misogyny problem. Great story tho

Finished Chapter 7 of The Mist, where the shopper spend their first night in the market, where dangers and reminiscences are aplenty.

Ok, so I think I get the whole backstory of Dave’s character, and also get a look at what the creatures in the mist look like. I do say that these creature designs do look stunning in written form, it can also inspire aspiring creature designers to take inspiration from them.

the mist:

es war super, es war toll, es war alles was ich an kurzgeschichten liebe und mehr, vermutlich eins meiner lieblingswerke von King; auch richtig schön schaurig.

Denn nach einem heftigen Sturm bricht unreklärlich Nebel über der Welt aus, in dem absolut Schreckliches lauert.

Finished Chapter 6, where plans are made to hole up in the store, and Brent Norton goes out with his gang.

Now this is really a slow-burn of a story, but the unsettling tone is palpable to a fault, I do enjoy the suspense that the story is suppling, even it it is mostly a bunch of people standing around the store. Will any make it out alive? I’m betting they won’t.

Rating (so far): 8/10

Started reading Chapter6 of The Mist, where division erupts and Mrs Carmody proposes a fateful solution that may or may not be true.

This book is pretty much accurate to how modern society deals with otherworldly horrors. Some deal with them, others think it’s not real, and one apocalyptic loony is having a blast telling every one of their doom. This has realism subtext written all over it.

Finished Chapter 5 of The Mist, where Dave Drayton, after seeing something horryfying, confronts the shoppers the best he could, only for discourse to rear its head, causing Dave, Ollie, Jim & Mercy convince the others about the discovery.

A lot of interesting characters here, including the sacrificial lambs in the first act, an apocalypse loony, a strict man and more. This short story is making a killing

Finished Chapter 4, where Dave and the other shopper tries to fix the generator, only to discover a horrific sight.

Alight, now I know that this book has hints of Lovecraftian horror when it comes to the creature designs, and I appreciate the terror the characters feel being impressively realistic in its atmospheric design. I highly recommend this story to fans of slow-burn horror

Finished reading Chapter 3 of The Mist, where a routine shopping trip turns into a living nightmare when the mysterious fog traps a group of shoppers inside, leaving them fearful for their lives.

Now here’s where things get intense, sure it’s a slowburn and a big case of tell not show, but I do appreciate how the horrors throws everyone off guard and really lets their fear take over.

Finished Chapter 2 of The Mist, where Dave, Norton & Billy go shopping for groceries.

Ok, am I the only one feeling the the real horror doesn’t actually kick into high gear until the 2nd act of the story, because this is kind of a slow-burn horror from Stephen King.

Onto chapter 2 of The Mist, where the storm has come and gone, but the damage is still around, even the neighbouring tenant, Norton, is having trouble clearing the damage. Yet there is a foreboding presence that will soon take hold.

This tension is ramping up as the titular mist is waiting for the right moment to strike. Also, nice knowing you Steff. What horror will lurk in the mist? We will have to find out.