Morning Deliveries (Milkman No. 1)

Short story by Stephen King

"Morning Deliveries (Milkman No. 1)"

Short story by Stephen King

Country

United States

Language

English

Genre(s)

Horror, short story

Publication

Published in

Skeleton Crew

Publication type

Anthology

Publisher

Signet Books

Media type

Print (Paperback)

Publication date

1985

Chronology

—	Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman No. 2)

"Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1)" is a short story by Stephen King that was published in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew.

Plot summary

The story follows the morning route of a milkman named Spike Milligan in Devon, Pennsylvania. Milligan leaves various "surprises" in the milk bottles for his customers to find, including poisonous liquids, deadly gas, and venomous spiders.

Publication

"Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1)" was published in 1985 as part of King's short story collection Skeleton Crew. It is a companion piece to King's short story "Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman No. 2)", which also appears in Skeleton Crew. It was adapted from an unfinished novel called "The Milkman", in which the character was named "Spider Milligan".

Adaptations

Landon Sweeney as Spike Milligan in *Morning Deliveries: Part One*.

A short film adaptation of the story titled Morning Deliveries: Part One and starring Landon Sweeney as Spike Milligan was released in 2019.

References

^ Wood, Rocky (2017). Stephen King: A Literary Companion. McFarland & Company. pp. 33–34, 125. ISBN 978-0-7864-8546-8.

Winter, Douglas E. Stephen King: The Art of Darkness. Signet, 1986.

External links

"Morning Deliveries (Milkman No. 1)" at StephenKing.com
"Morning Deliveries (Milkman #1)" title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Morning Deliveries: Part One at IMDb

v t e Skeleton Crew by Stephen King
The Mist "Here There Be Tygers" "The Monkey" "Cain Rose Up" "Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" "The Jaunt" "The Wedding Gig" "Paranoid: A Chant" "The Raft" "Word Processor of the Gods" "The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands" "Beachworld" "The Reaper's Image" "Nona" "For Owen" "Survivor Type" "Uncle Otto's Truck" "Morning Deliveries (Milkman No. 1)" "Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman No. 2)" "Gramma" The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet "The Reach"

Skeleton Crew by Stephen King

The Mist
"Here There Be Tygers"
"The Monkey"
"Cain Rose Up"
"Mrs. Todd's Shortcut"
"The Jaunt"
"The Wedding Gig"
"Paranoid: A Chant"
"The Raft"
"Word Processor of the Gods"
"The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands"
"Beachworld"
"The Reaper's Image"
"Nona"
"For Owen"
"Survivor Type"
"Uncle Otto's Truck"
"Morning Deliveries (Milkman No. 1)"
"Big Wheels: A Tale of the Laundry Game (Milkman No. 2)"
"Gramma"
The Ballad of the Flexible Bullet
"The Reach"

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