Another intriquing story from Skeleton Crew. What I love most about this one is the realism, the attention to detail, and the brilliant pace of the timeline as Mark Oates goes from relaying the jaunt invention story of Victor Carune, to assuring his family about how well practiced the process had become. Typical of King's works, this one has an amazing level of creativity in the details and as usual, makes you feel a strong connection to the story. The author leaves you to think about some interesting possibilites. The concept brought out of auto-cannibalization of the mind when awake during the jaunt is inventive and this is one short story with a very big scope. Just how King gets all this fascination into just a few scant pages without ever feeling rushed is a tribute to his creativity and to his immeasurable skill as an author.

i read this when i was alone in my house, parents and sister went to the store, when i finished it i grabed a hammer, (god knows why, theres no actual killer or monster in the story) sat in my room and jumped at every sound i heard. Scary as hell!! I still get nightmares!!

Reading the line which states that "in some cases, the act of reemerging had actually seemed to shock them to death" is amazing... To see this turned into film would be one worth seeing...

This is undoubtedly one of my favorite Stephen King stories. I seem to like the stories where there is a trek involved. The Jaunt, Talisman, The Stand, Mrs. Todd's Shortcut, etc. I agree that the urge to try it and find out is eerie. This should be on audio book like Mrs. Todds shortcut. I would love to hear this.

This story is the scariest story in Stephen King's catalog. Not immediately terrifying as some of his other, more notable works. But if you really sit and consider the Jaunt, really consider it, then it will hit you like a ton of bricks. Who among you gets bored waiting at a doctor's office? Ever had cabin fever? One might say that fear of lonliness and isolation is the most gripping of all fears, worse than fear of death itself. As I always say to myself when confronting the grief of mortality: "Well its better to die than to live foever".

Great! Great! Though I consider myself as a quite critical reader, I admire this story - I think it is a best of Stephen's works. The thought that you are locked in the eternal silence and the boy who takes a challenge... And father who sees his son as the screaming creature with the eyes "older than time"... Perfect!!!

Wow! No comments on "The Jaunt" I'm sorry but being trapped in limbo for an infinite amount of time and completely conscious is about the most terrifying idea anyone could possibly come up with! Favorite short story of all time! I just finished "On Writing" and had never realized that there was a Stephen King website, not that Joe Camel probably doesn't have his own website. Anyway I just thought I'd leave something for whoever reads this.