Books like The Mist by Stephen King
When a freak storm chokes Portland’s grocery aisles with a thick, impenetrable mist, ordinary shoppers become captives in a surreal nightmare. The mist hides monstrous creatures, and a fragile sanity tests as a zealous preacher urges a sacrificial act to appease what he calls God’s vengeance. A diverse group of survivors—David and Billy Drayton, neighbor Brent Norton, store clerk Ollie Weeks, and locals Amanda Dumfries, Irene Reppler, and Dan Miller—must decide whether to risk their lives escaping the store or endure the terror that may be worse than the outside world.
First publish date: May 15, 1986
Genre: Horror/Supernatural Horror
Authors: Stephen King
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