Stephen King is the world-wide best-selling author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, science fiction and fantasy. His books have sold millions of copies and many have been adapted into feature films, miniseries, television shows and comic books. The most recent one, The Mist, is a short story first published in the horror anthology ‘Dark Forces’ in 1980 and a slightly edited version was included in the short story collection ‘Skeleton Crew’ in 1985. It was adapted into a feature film in 2007 and this month a television series of the same will air on Spike TV starting on Thursday June 22 for a total of ten episodes.

According to Wikipedia, the original story takes place after a violent thunderstorm hits the small town of Bridgton, Maine. A thick mist spreads across town reducing visibility to zero and concealing bizarre monsters that kill anyone caught outside. As a result, a large group of people become trapped in a supermarket while taking shelter, including a commercial artist named David Drayton, his son Billy and their neighbor Brent Norton. After some of them are killed off by these creatures, David and Ollie, the store’s manager, attempt to lead the survivors out of the supermarket but only a handful make it. They leave town driving for hours through the mist and monster-filled New England into an uncertain future but still hoping for the best.