A Book with 4 of Stephen King's longer short stories.
Each story has its own dedication.
A group of people take a red eye flight from L.A. to Boston into an must unfriendly sky on this doomed 767. Only 10 Passengers awake on American Pride Flight 29 - the rest have disappeared about 1/2 hour into the flight, leaving behind items of a personal nature. Luckily an off duty pilot was aboard, but landing in an empty world in Bangor, makes them wish they hadn't. The Langoliers are waiting for them you see....
This is for Joe, Another White-Knuckle Flier.
| Name | Description |
|---|
| ?, Shawna | Aunt of Bethany Simms in Boston |
| ?, Vicky | Blond Aunt of Dinah Bellman that was travelling on the plane with her. She disappeared when they flew through the time-rift |
| Bellman, Dinah Catherine | A 10 year old blind girl who could "Sight Share" with other people. She was on American Pride Flight 29 to attend an operation in Boston that will give her 70% chance of some sight, and 40% chance of all her sight back. She survived, but was stabbed by Craig Toomy in the airport at Bangor, Maine and died of her injuries on the plane on the way back. She helped control Craig Toomy as they were taking off, and saved the plane from the Langoliers |
| Bellman, Mrs | Mother of Dinah Bellman |
| Berlitz, Charles | Wrote a book on the Bermuda Triangle and the disappearances in it |
| Bond, James | Character in spy movies and books |
| Briggs, ? | Name in a folder at the rental car stand in Bangor airport |
| Brimley, Wilford | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Burns, Bobby | Quoted by Nick Hopewell |
| Callender, Newgate | Author mentioned in passing |
| Chanel, Coco | Mentioned in passing |
| Christopher, John | Writer mentioned in passing |
| Cooper, Gary | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Crosby, Darren | Supposed to meet Laurel Stevenson at the airport in Boston. They had written for some time, and were to meet for the first time |
| Crusoe, Robinson | Mentioned in passing |
| Crystal, Billy | Actor in the movie When Harry Met Sally, which was the inflight movie on American Pride Flight 29 |
| Dalton, Emmett | Brother of Ike Dalton, in a dream of Albert Kaussner's while on American Pride Flight 29. Looked like Donald Sutherland |
| Dalton, Ike | Brother of Emmett Dalton, in a dream of Albert Kaussner's while on American Pride Flight 29. Looked like Rutger Hauer |
| Dalton, Paw | Father of Emmett and Ike Dalton, in a dream of Albert Kaussner's while on American Pride Flight 29. Looked like Slim Pickins |
| De Havilland, Olivia | Actress mentioned in passing |
| Deegan, John | American Pride Deputy Chief of Operations at Los Angles. He told Brian Engle about the death of his ex-wife after he landed American Pride Flight 7 at Los Angeles |
| Dickey, James | Poet mentioned in passing |
| Dillinger, John | Mentioned in passing |
| DiMaggio, Jo | Baseball player |
| Dvorak, ? | Musician/Composer thought of by Albert Kaussner |
| Earhart, Amelia | Pilot who went missing over the Pacific Ocean |
| Earp, Virgil | Brother of Wyatt Earp. In a dream of Albert Kaussner's while on American Pride Flight 29 |
| Earp, Wyatt | Brother of Virgil Earp. In a dream of Albert Kaussner's while on American Pride Flight 29 |
| Engle, Anne | Ex-Wife of Brian Engle, as they had been divorced 18 months ago. Died in a fire at 34 years old. Advertising executive in a Boston agency. Married name of Anne Quinlan |
| Engle, Brian | 43 Year old Pilot who was returning home on American Pride Flight 29 after receiving information that his ex-wife Anne Engle had died in a fire when he landed American Pride Flight 7 from Tokyo. After finding that the flight crew had disappeared, he landed the plane in Bangor, Maine, only to find it an empty world, and the Langoliers are on their way! He guided the refuelling of the plane, and its return to Los Angeles airport |
| Engle, Mrs | Mother of Brian Engle |
| Feldman, Dr | Dinah Bellman's doctor |
| Fenwick, ? | Name in a folder at the rental car stand in Bangor airport |
| Floyd, Pretty Boy | Mentioned in passing |
| Gaffney, Don | One of the people on American Pride Flight 29 that Lived. Wore a red shirt, and was stabbed in the neck with a letter opener by Craig Toomy while looking for a stretcher at Bangor Airport, with Albert Kaussner. He died of the wounds |
| God | Mentioned in passing |
| Grateful Dead | Band thought of by Albert Kaussner |
| Halliday, Doc | In a dream of Albert Kaussner's while on American Pride Flight 29 |
| Handleford, ? | Name in a folder at the rental car stand in Bangor airport |
| Hauer, Rutger | In a dream of Albert Kaussner's while on American Pride Flight 29, Ike Dalton looked like him |
| Heinlein, Robert | Writer mentioned in passing |
| Heston, Charlton | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Holby, Tom | Senior Vice President of Desert Sun Banking Corporation, which employed Craig Toomy |
| Holmes, Sherlock | Detective mentioned in passing |
| Hopewell, Mr (The Gaffer) | Father of Nick Hopewell. Laurel Stevenson promised Nick that she would visit him in Fluting, south of London, England and tell him that his son was going to quit |
| Hopewell, Mrs | Mother of Nick Hopewell |
| Hopewell, Nicholas (Nick) | One of the people on American Pride Flight 29 that survived the initial time-rift. A British government operative known as a Junior Attache that had killed people on order of the British Government. He volunteered to fly the plane back through the rift, and died in the process |
| James, Frank | In a dream of Albert Kaussner's while on American Pride Flight 29 |
| Jenkins, Robert | One of the people on American Pride Flight 29 that Lived. Author of over 40 mystery novels that was on his way to meet mystery fans in Boston. He speculated many different reasons for the disappearance of the rest of the passengers of Flight, but then ruled out most of them due to flaws in the argument. He had a bad back for 10 years. He saved the group from flying back through the time-rift when he realised that they would die if they were not asleep |
| Jesus | Mentioned in passing |
| Jones, Indiana | Movie character mentioned in passing |
| Kaussner, Albert (Ace) (The Arizona Jew) | One of the people on American Pride Flight 29 that Lived. 17 year old violinist that was on his way to study at Berklee with his Gretch violin. He often dreamed he was in the Old West as a gunslinger. He stepped in front of Bethany Simms when Craig Toomy tried to shoot her, but the gun misfires, and the bullet hit Albert in the chest and bounced off. Later, while looking for a stretcher, he used a toaster in a tablecloth to almost kill Craig Toomey |
| Kaussner, David | Brother of Albert Kaussner. Albert almost broke his arm playing Indiana Jones when they were children |
| Kaussner, Mr | Father of Albert Kaussner |
| Kaussner, Mrs | Mother of Albert Kaussner |
| Keene, Danny | Co-Pilot for Brian Engle on American Pride Flight 7 from Tokyo to Los Angeles |
| Kennedy, John F | President that was killed 22 November 1963 |
| King Tut | Mentioned in passing |
| Langoliers, The | Nasty creatures that clean up time after we have progressed into the future. Craig Toomy had been threatened by his father since he was a child that he would get eaten by the Langoliers if he was slow |
| Larson, Gary | Cartoonist mentioned in passing |
| Led Zepplin | Band that Albert Kaussner often played on the violin |
| Lee, Miss | Dinah Bellman's blind therapist - blind since birth. She told Dinah that her Sight Sharing was simply a fantasy of the blind, and should not be relied on |
| Marchant, ? | Name in a folder at the rental car stand in Bangor airport |
| Markey, ? | Airport Security at Bangor Airport |
| Mary | From the children's story about Mary and her Lamb |
| Mary | Mother of Jesus |
| Mozart, ? | Musician/Composer thought of by Albert Kaussner |
| Muffin | A man with a peg leg that was in a dream of Albert Kaussner's while on American Pride Flight 29 |
| Niven, Larry | Science Fiction writer |
| Nixon, Richard | Politician mentioned in passing |
| O'Banion, Mr | Man that Nick Hopewell was supposed to stop from supporting the IRA. He was to kill his lover. Not his real name. A politician |
| O'Brian, Hugh | In his dream on American Pride Flight 29, Albert Kaussner looked a lot like Hugh O'Brian |
| Parker, Mr | One of 24 people at Craig Toomy's final meeting on the runway at Bangor Airport. The president of Desert Sun Banking Corporation |
| Patton, ? | General mentioned in passing |
| Pestleman, ? | Name in a folder at the rental car stand in Bangor airport |
| Pickins, Slim | In a dream of Albert Kaussner's while on American Pride Flight 29, Paw Dalton looked like him |
| Poirot, Hercule | Detective mentioned in passing |
| Quinlan, Anne | Maiden name of Anne Engle. She died in a house fire in 1990, 18 months after divorcing Brian Engle |
| Rohmer, Sax | Wrote the Fu Manchu novels |
| Rush, Merrilee | Country singer thought of by Craig Toomy |
| Ryan, Meg | Actress in the movie When Harry Met Sally, which was the inflight movie on American Pride Flight 29 |
| Saul | Biblical character mentioned in passing |
| Scrooge, Mr | Mentioned in passing |
| Searles, Steve | Navigator with Brian Engle on American Pride Flight 7 from Tokyo to Los Angeles |
| Simms, Bethany | One of the people on American Pride Flight 29 that Lived. An alcoholic, about 17 years old, that was on her way to stay with her aunt Shawna in Boston in the hope that she would stop drinking and taking drugs. She was threatened with a gun by Craig Toomy, but Albert Kaussner saved her. She later became close friends with Albert |
| Simms, Mrs | Mother of Bethany Simms. She sent Bethany to her aunt Shawna in Boston in the hope that she would give up drinking |
| Simpson, O J | Mentioned in passing |
| Spock, Mr | Character in Star Trek |
| Stanley | Darren Crosby's cat |
| Stevenson, ? | Sister of Laurel Stevenson. Ran into a door and knocked out two of her teeth as a child |
| Stevenson, Laurel | One of the people on American Pride Flight 29 that Lived. She was on her way to meet Darren Crosby, who she had been writing to since she chose his name out of a magazine called Friends and Lovers. She helped the blind Dinah Bellman before her death. Had dark hair |
| Stravinsky, ? | Musician/Composer thought of by Albert Kaussner |
| Sutherland, Donald | In a dream of Albert Kaussner's while on American Pride Flight 29, Emmett Dalton looked like him |
| Tolkien, J R R | Writer mentioned in passing |
| Toomy, Catherine | Mother of Craig. Alcoholic |
| Toomy, Craig | He was on American Pride Flight 29. He was hounded by his father to always be the best as a child. He shot at Albert Kaussner, but the gun misfired, and later escaped and stabbed Dinah Bellman and Don Gaffney. He eventually got a REAL close look at the Langoliers when they cut him apart on the runway of Derry airport. He worked for Desert Sun Banking Corp, and was on his way to Boston to explain a large transaction that he made to lose money - and he had spent more than 3 times what he had been authorised to spend |
| Toomy, Roger | Father of Craig. Worked as an executive for the Bank of America. He told Craig about the Langoliers. Died at work when Craig was 9 years old |
| Travis, ? | Colonel at the Alamo |
| Trevor, Melanie | Stewardess on American Pride Flight 29. She spoke to Brian Engle before they took off. Died when the plane flew through the time-rift |
| Van Dyne, S S | Author of detective novels |
| Vance, Philo | Detective in S S Van Dyne novels |
| Varley, John | Science Fiction writer |
| Warwick, Rudy | One of the people on American Pride Flight 29 that Lived. Bald. He was the first to try the food at Bangor airport, and thought it had spoiled. Helped when Dinah Bellman was stabbed by Craig Toomy |
| Williams, Ralph Vaughan | Musician/Composer thought of by Albert Kaussner |
| Williams, Ted | Baseball player |
| Wyndham, John | Writer mentioned in passing |
Junction City, Iowa may seem like an unlikely place for evil to be hiding. For small businessman Sam Peebles, who thinks he may be loosing his mind, another evil is lurking there as well - The truth.
If Sam and his friends can find the truth in time he may just survive the Library Policeman, and the evil Librarian.
| Name | Description |
|---|
| 3 Bears | From Goldilocks and the 3 bears |
| ?, Billy | Name of one of the children with Ardelia Lortz in the Junction City Children's Library |
| ?, Carl | Was on the speaker committee for the Rotary Club in Junction City |
| ?, Jimmy | Barber in Junction City |
| ?, John | Alcoholic at Angle Street Homeless Shelter's AA Meeting on 8 April 1990. Wore a Cincinatti Bangall's sweatshirt |
| ?, Kenny | Was on the speaker committee for the Rotary Club in Junction City |
| ?, Lukey | Alcoholic friend of Dave Duncan at the Angle Street Homeless Shelter. Always asking for Slim Jim's |
| ?, Mike | Worked at Pells Bookstore in Des Moines, and sold Sam Peebles the 2 books he lost from the library for $22.57 |
| ?, Rudolph | Alcoholic friend of Dave Duncan at the Angle Street Homeless Shelter |
| ?, Sandra | Name of one of the children with Ardelia Lortz in the Junction City Children's Library |
| ?, Sonja | Name of one of the children with Ardelia Lortz in the Junction City Children's Library. Dave Duncan saw Ardelia take her to the bathroom |
| ?, Tommy | Name of one of the children with Ardelia Lortz in the Junction City Children's Library |
| Abbot, Bud | Actor mentioned in passing (Incorrect spelling of Bud Abbott) |
| Adams, John | On a sign in the Junction City library |
| Adelmen, Kent | Editor of "The Speakers Companion" which was borrowed from the Junction City Library by Sam Peebles |
| Aikens, Willie | Part of the 1980 Kansas City Baseball Team that was painted on baseballs by Dave Duncan for Joe Soames |
| Andrews, V C | Horror author mentioned by Ardelia Lortz |
| Basilio, Carmen | Boxer thought of by Dave Duncan |
| Baskin, Elmer | Owner of the bank in Junction City that heard about Sam Peebles speech atthe Rotary Club dinner. Alcoholic at Angle Street Homeless Shelter's AA Meeting on 8 April 1990 |
| Beeman, Norman | Elected the Homestead County Sheriff in 1945, and died of a stroke in the Junction City Barber Shop in 1963 |
| Berrigan, Cynthia | Worked at the Junction City Library and spoke to Sam Peebles on 7 April 1990 |
| Blake, Jennifer | Romance Novel writer read by Naomi Higgins |
| Blume, Judy | Author mentioned in the Children's Library |
| Brakeman, Phil | Ran for the State House. Naomi Higgins used to type his speeches |
| Brett, George | Part of the 1980 Kansas City Baseball Team that was painted on baseballs by Dave Duncan for Joe Soames |
| Brett, Ken | Part of the 1980 Kansas City Baseball Team that was painted on baseballs by Dave Duncan for Joe Soames |
| Bright, Will | Rang Craig Jones about the Amazing Joe's accident |
| Candy, George | Well connected developer in Junction City |
| Carter, ? | Helped Stan Soames on his farm |
| Costello, Lou | Actor mentioned in passing |
| Coyote | From the Road Runner cartoon |
| Culpepper, Felicia | Junction City head librarian from 1932 until 1951 |
| Dawson, ? | Owned a car at Des Moines airport that Stan Soames took Sam Peebles and Naomi Higgins into Pell's bookstore. He also drove the fuel truck at the airport |
| Dewey | One of the 3 nephews of Donald Duck |
| Duck, Donald | Cartoon character, and uncle of Huey, Dewey and Louie |
| Duncan, Dave (Dirty Dave) | 60 year old diabetic with a bad liver and pancreas, and was an alcoholic that was a former lover of Ardelia Lortz. Picked up old newspapers and bottles for recycling from Junction City residents. Stayed at the Angle Street Homeless Shelter. He took the 2 books that Sam Peebles left in his kitchen and they were recycled. He used to be an excellent artist, painter and signwriter, until he started heavy drinking. He only had 5 teeth left. He was told by Ardelia Lortz that he was supposed to kill Tansy Power in July 1960, but he did not. Died 9 April 1990 when he was thrown into a fire extinguisher by the Library Policeman |
| Duncan, Mr | Father of Dave Duncan. He left his wife about a year after Dave was born |
| Duncan, Mrs | Mother of Dave Duncan |
| Eisenhower, Dwight D (Ike) | American president in 1957 |
| Emerson, Ralph Waldo | Writer quoted on the wall of Junction City's Library |
| Engalls, Bruce | At Sam Peebles Rotary Club speech, and enjoyed it so much he bought him a drink |
| Felleman, Hazel | Editor of "Best Loved Poems of the American People" which was borrowed from the Junction City Library by Sam Peebles |
| Frame, Russ | Friend of Sam Peebles. Physicians assistant of Dr Melden. Left Junction City in 1989 for a better paying job in Grand Rapids |
| Free, Spencer Michael | Poet quoted in Sam Peebles Rotary Club speech |
| Frey, Jim | Part of the 1980 Kansas City Baseball Team that was painted on baseballs by Dave Duncan for Joe Soames. The Field Manager |
| Garfield | Cartoon cat on the back of a car in the Junction City Library carpark |
| Garland, Judy | Actress mentioned in passing |
| Gibson, Tom | One of the children killed by Ardelia Lortz in July 1960 in the Junction City library. Often in trouble |
| Glasters, Mrs | Teacher of Sam Peebles in the 4th grade |
| God | Mentioned in passing |
| Goldilocks | From Goldilocks and the 3 bears |
| Grandma | On a poster in the Children's library in Junction City |
| Gretel | From Hansel & Gretel |
| Grimm, ? | Author mentioned in passing |
| Guns N Roses | Band mentioned by Ardelia Lortz |
| Hansel | From Hansel & Gretel |
| Harrigan, Mrs | Mother of Patsy Harrigan. Caught Patsy and Tom Gibson smoking cigarettes |
| Harrigan, Patsy | One of the children killed by Ardelia Lortz in July 1960 in the Junction City library. Often in trouble |
| Harrington, Cammy | Seen Sam Peebles go into the Junction City Gazette on 9 April 1990, and telephoned Naomi Higgins |
| Higgins, Mrs | Mother of Naomi Higgins. Unwell |
| Higgins, Naomi Sarah (Omes) | 35 year old secretary for many of the people in Junction City, including Sam Peebles on Friday Mornings from 10-12. She helped Sam Peebles defeat Ardelia Lortz. She has been an alcoholic for 9 years, and 6 years sober. Helps out at the Angle Street Homeless Shelter, where she is known as Sarah. When Ardelia died in the library in 1990, the evil entered her, but was taken out by Sam Peebles and killed |
| Huey | One of the 3 nephews of Donald Duck |
| Humpe, Bill | Corn farmer on Truman Road, Proverbia, Iowa in the 1960's |
| Iverson, Burt | Spoke to Sam Peebles about a deal for insurance for the new medical centre's Comp group cover after Sam's speech at the Rotary Club dinner. Seen at the Angle Street Homeless Shelter AA Meeting 8 April 1990 |
| Jack | From the children's story, Jack and the beanstalk |
| Jackson, Andrew | His face is on the $20 note |
| Jefferson, Thomas | On a sign in the Junction City library |
| Jesus | Mentioned in passing |
| Jones, Craig | Lawyer in Junction City. Head of speaker committee for Rotary Club, who had asked Sam Peebles to fill in for the Amazing Joe at the Rotary Club Dinner, and he took Sam Peebles home after his speech |
| Jordan, Keith | Paper boy in Junction City. Delivered Paper to Sam Peebles |
| Kelly, Brian | Freight master in Junction City in 1960 |
| King, Stephen | Horror author mentioned by Ardelia Lortz |
| Klemmart, Willy | Little boy Ardelia Lortz scared with the Library Policeman. Died in Vietnam |
| Lavin, Christopher | Junction City Librarian from 1951 until his death of a heart attack. Killed by Ardelia Lortz. Had a degree in Library Science |
| Library Policeman, The | Man who punished boys and girls for bringing back library books late. A man saying he was the Library Policeman raped Sam Peebles as a child. He later came to Sam's house in 1990, brought to life by Ardelia Lortz, and was over 7 feet high, had a scar over his left cheek and nose, and had a lisp. He pushed Dave Duncan across the Junction City library into the fire extinguisher, where he later died of his wounds. Also drawn on a poster in the Children's library in Junction City |
| Little Red Riding Hood | On a poster in the Children's library in Junction City |
| Lortz, Ardelia | Librarian who killed 2 children then hung herself in about July 1960 and was cremated. The problem was that she is back and after Sam Peebles. She is not human, but has a face that turns into a sucker that drinks up the fear from Children. Taught Sunday School in Proverbia in 1957 before working in the library |
| Louie | One of the 3 nephews of Donald Duck |
| Matthew | Biblical character |
| McCammon, Robert | Wrote The Swan Song |
| McGill, Doreen | Works in the office of the Junction City Gazette |
| Meecham, Arthur | Was in the Junction City Gazette microfilm "Morgue" before Sam Peebles. He was there on 27th of December 1989 |
| Melden, Dr | Local doctor in Junction City |
| Moggins, Ira | Came back from WWII, killed his family then shot himself in the right ear with his service pistol |
| Moses, Gramma | Drove her car without a license |
| Murryat, ? | Author mentioned in passing |
| O'Hara, Scarlett | Mentioned in passing |
| Orday, Sam | Corn farmer on Truman Road, Proverbia, Iowa in the 1960's |
| Osbourne, Ozzy | Singer mentioned by Ardelia Lortz |
| Otis, Amos | Part of the 1980 Kansas City Baseball Team that was painted on baseballs by Dave Duncan for Joe Soames |
| Patton, ? | General mentioned in passing |
| Pearlman, Rudy | Heard Sam Peebles speech at the Rotary dinner, and loved the speech and poem |
| Peckham, Eddie | Worked at the library as a part time janitor before he died. Mentioned by Ardelia Lortz |
| Peebles, Mr | Father of Sam Peebles. Died when Sam was young |
| Peebles, Mrs | Mother of Sam Peebles. Long dead |
| Peebles, Samuel | 40 year old Junction City Realty and Insurance owner. He borrowed a book from the Junction City Library to help with a speech he had to do for a Rotary Club Dinner. The librarian that helped him was the long-dead Ardelia Lortz. He lost the 2 books, and now she wants to get him |
| Porter, Darrell | Part of the 1980 Kansas City Baseball Team that was painted on baseballs by Dave Duncan for Joe Soames. Catcher |
| Power, John | Deputy Sheriff who found out about Ardelia Lortz. He was then killed by Ardelia in 1960, but the official cause of death was a heart attack. Father of Tansy Power |
| Power, Mrs | Wife of John and mother of Tansy Power |
| Power, Tansy | Daughter of John Power. She was supposed to be the third child killed, and Ardelia Lortz had told Dave Duncan to kill her by cutting her throat. Maiden name of Tansy Ryan. She is now a member of AA in Junction City |
| Price, Richard | The current Junction City Librarian. Started in 1964. Tall, about 50, and thin |
| Quisenberry, Dan | Part of the 1980 Kansas City Baseball Team that was painted on baseballs by Dave Duncan for Joe Soames |
| Randowski, Joseph (The Amazing Joe) | The Amazing Joe was an acrobat with Curry and Trembo's All-Star Circus and Traveling Carnival. Thought to have broken his neck, but later found it was just sprained, and could not give a speech at the Rotary dinner, so Sam Peebles was called in at short notice to do the speech |
| Reed, Tommy | Sam Peebles went to High School with him, and watched as other kids plugged the exhaust of Tommy's Pontiac with modelling clay, causing the muffler to explode |
| Road Runner | From the Road Runner cartoon |
| Rockwell, Norman | Painter mentioned in passing |
| Rogers, Rosemary | Romance Novel writer read by Naomi Higgins |
| Ryan, Tansy | Married name of Tansy Powell. Works at the Junction City post office. John Power's daughter. Attends AA meetings |
| Seger, Mrs | Ran the Five-and-Dime in Junction City in the '60's |
| Serling, Rod | From the TV show The Twilight Zone |
| Seuss, Dr | Author |
| Shatner, William | Actor in Star Trek |
| Sheldon, Paul | Romance Novel writer read by Naomi Higgins |
| Simple Simon | Nickname of a little boy on a poster in the Children's Library in Junction City. He is abducted by a man in a car |
| Soames, Joey | Son of Stan and Laura Soames. Died of leukemia in 1980 at 10 years old |
| Soames, Laura | Ex-wife of Stan and mother of Joey Soames. Left Stan for another man in 1986 |
| Soames, Stan | Pilot who helped Sam Peebles. Good friend of Dave Duncan Runs Western Iowa Air Charter in Junction City. Father of Joey Soames, and ex-husband of Laura Soames |
| Splittorff, Paul | Part of the 1980 Kansas City Baseball Team that was painted on baseballs by Dave Duncan for Joe Soames |
| St John, Tommy | Made a sign for the Angel Street Homeless Shelter, but called it Angle Street. Died in the winter of 1989 |
| Stanford, Tom | Worked at the Junction City Library and spoke to Sam Peebles on 7 April 1990 |
| Stephens, Frank | Rotary club member that made fun of Rotary meetings. Invited Sam Peebles for dinner at Frank's Ribs on 2 April 1990, and once filled in for a Trucking Union man that was supposed to speak at the Rotary Dinner, but was arrested for fraud |
| Stephens, Mrs | Wife of Frank Stephens |
| Stevenson, Robert Louis | Wrote the book "Black Arrow" |
| Vasser, Mary | Cleaned Sam Peebles house every Thursday. A very nervous woman |
| Verrill, Hannah | Police dispatcher on duty when Ardelia Lortz died in 1960 |
| Washington, U L | Part of the 1980 Kansas City Baseball Team that was painted on baseballs by Dave Duncan for Joe Soames |
| Wells, H G | Author mentioned in passing |
| Whistler, James | Artist mentioned by Dave Duncan |
| White, Frank | Part of the 1980 Kansas City Baseball Team that was painted on baseballs by Dave Duncan for Joe Soames |
| Wilson, Willie | Part of the 1980 Kansas City Baseball Team that was painted on baseballs by Dave Duncan for Joe Soames |
| Wolf, The | On a poster in the Children's library in Junction City |
| Wycliffe, Tom | Police friend of Sam Peebles that was on the Iowa State Patrol's traffic control board since 1 January 1990 |
| Youngman, Stu | Had Sam Peebles write him a large homeowners insurance policy 2 April 1990 |
This interesting tale enters the suddenly strange life of writer Mort Rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and alone on the shore of Tashmore Lake. Alone, that is, until a figure named John Shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger.
Shooter claims that Rainey stole a story that he wrote many years previously, and Rainey must prove to this strange man that he did not copy the story, but how can you prove this to a man who simply does not exist - or does he?
This is for Chuck Verrill.
| Name | Description |
|---|
| ?, Abby | Woman in Morton Rainey's latest book. She was cheating on her husband George |
| ?, Delores | Lady friend of Herb Creekmore |
| ?, George | Name in Morton Rainey's latest book. He found out that his wife Abby was cheating on him |
| Ames, Ed | Singer mentioned in passing |
| Baez, Joan | Mentioned in passing |
| Bassinger, Don | Owned a house on the Tashmore Lake. An alcoholic |
| Block, Lawrence | Name in June 1980's Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| Bowie, Gerda | Works at "Bowie's" take away on Tashmore Lake |
| Bradley, ? | Police detective Investigating the fire at the Rainey's house in Derry, Maine |
| Bruno | Patty Champion's dog |
| Bump | Morton Rainey's cat. Killed by John Shooter with a screwdriver in October 1990 |
| Caldwell, Erskine | Author mentioned in passing |
| Carstairs, ? | Son of Greg Carstairs |
| Carstairs, Greg | Caretaker at Morton Rainey's house on Tashmore Lake. Murdered by John Shooter in October 1990, when he had a screwdriver planted in his head above his right eye |
| Carstairs, Megan | Daughter of Greg Carstairs. Due to start school in 1991 |
| Carstairs, Mrs | Wife of Greg Carstairs & Mother of Megan Carstairs |
| Cat | In a nursery rhyme thought of by Morton Rainey. It kept coming back |
| Champion, Patricia (Patty) | Neighbour & friend of Amy Rainey in Derry, Maine. Told Amy that her house had burnt down |
| Clapton, Eric | Musician listened to by Morton Rainey |
| Creekmore, Herb | Friend of Morton Rainey. His literary agent since 1982. Boyfriend of Delores |
| Dillard, Annie | Author mentioned in passing |
| Dowd, Amy | Maiden name of Amy Rainey & later Amy Milner |
| Dowd, Mrd | Mother of Amy Dowd. Dead |
| Downey, Mrs | Character from "Secret Windows, Secret Gardens" that was murdered by her husband Todd Downey & buried in her garden |
| Downey, Todd | Character in the book "Secret Window, Secret Garden". He was going to kill his wife and bury her in the garden. Same as Tommy Havelock in Sowing Season |
| Evans, Fred | Investigator for Consolidated Assurance Company that specialised in Arson cases, and investigated the Rainey house fire in Derry, Maine. Shot and killed Morton Rainey when he was attacking Amy at the Tashmore Lake house |
| Faulkner, William | John Shooter looked like a character from one of his novels |
| Fortin, Isabelle | Lived across the street from Amy Rainey in Derry, Maine |
| Gavin, Mrs | Cleaner at Morton Rainey's house on Tashmore Lake. Came in every Tuesday to clean |
| God | Mentioned in passing |
| Grape, Moby | Mentioned in passing |
| Greenleaf, Mrs | Wife of Tom Greenleaf. Suffered from Alzheimers disease. Possibly dead |
| Greenleaf, Tom | 70 Year old caretaker at Lake Tashmore. John Shooter killed him by burying a hatchet in his head in October 1990 |
| Hardy, Thomas | Author mentioned in passing |
| Havelock, Mrs | Character from "Sowing Season" that was murdered by her husband Tommy Havelock & buried in her garden |
| Havelock, Tommy | Character in Morton Rainey's short story "Sowing Season". He was going to kill his wife and bury her in the garden. Same as Todd Downey in John Shooters story Secret Window, Secret Garden |
| Hemmingway, Ernest | Author thought of by Morton Rainey |
| Highsmith, Patricia | Name in June 1980's Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| Hoch, Edward D | Name in June 1980's Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| Hoffa, Jimmy | Mentioned in passing |
| Jaffery, Marianne | Works at Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine. Helped get an original copy of the June 1980 edition for Morton Rainey |
| Jesus | Mentioned in passing |
| Johnson, Lyndon | President mentioned in passing |
| Jones, Tom | Singer mentioned in passing |
| Kennedy, John F | President killed in 1963 |
| Kintner, John | He went to Bates College with Morton Rainey. Wrote "Crowfoot Mile" which Morton stole then sent to Aspen Quarterly magazine as his own work. He was a poor public speaker, but showed an excellent writing ability |
| Landers, Ann | Mentioned in passing |
| Lennon, John | Mentioned in passing |
| McBain, Ed | Name in June 1980's Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| Milner, Amy | Married name of Amy Rainey (Nee Amy Dowd). Wife of Ted Milner |
| Milner, Ted | Real estate agent that was having an affair with Amy Rainey, and later married her |
| Newsome, Dave | Tashmore Lake Constable. Over 70 years old |
| Oswald, Lee Harvey | Mentioned in passing |
| Palmer, Charles | Assistant editor of Aspen Quarterly. He wrote to Morton Rainer after he submitted the short story Eye of the Crow |
| Perkins, Richard Jr | Teacher of Morton Rainey at Bates College. He had written 2 novels |
| Proust, Marcel | Author mentioned in passing |
| Rainey, Amy | Ex wife of Morton. Married name of Amy Dowd. She later married Ted Milner after the death of Morton Rainey |
| Rainey, Morton | Writer that has a bad case of split personality. Wrote "Everybody drops the dime" (Short story collection), "The Delacourt family", "The Organ-Grinder's Boy". He was accused by John Shooter of copying a story named "Secret Windows, Secret Garden" and selling it as his own titled "Sowing Season". It turned out that John Shooter was actually Morton Rainey. He was shot dead by Fred Evans while trying to kill his ex-wife Amy Rainey |
| Rendell, Ruth | Name in June 1980's Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine |
| Savalas, Telly | Bald actor |
| Shooter, John | Man who accused Morton Rainey of stealing his story "Secret Window, Secret Garden". He was actually a personality of Morton Rainey. Shot dead by Fred Evans while trying to kill Amy Rainey |
| Shooter, Mr | Father of John Shooter |
| Stoker, Juliet | Worked at the post office at Tashmore Glen, and gave Morton Rainey the package from Federal Express |
| Strick, Don | Consolidated Assurance Company agent that dealt with the Rainey's house fire in Derry, Maine |
| Trotts, Sonny | Painted the Methodist Parish Hall with Tom Greenleaf in October 1990. About 40, and bald |
| Wayne, John | Actor impersonated by Herb Creekmore |
| Whittaker, Roger | Singer listened to by Sonny Trotts |
| Wickersham, Mr | Fire chief that investigated the fire in the Rainey house in Derry, Maine |
| Wyeth, N C | Morton Rainey had one of his drawings of 2 boys in a small boat |
| Young, Henry | Told Morton Rainey about seeing a man with his wife |
The flat surface of a Polaroid photograph becomes for 15 year old Kevin Delevan an invitation to the supernatural. Old Pop Merrill, Castle Rock's sharpest trader, wants to crash the party for profit, but the "Sun Dog" creature that shouldn't exist at all, is a very dangerous investment.
Written as a prologue to the final Castle Rock Novel, "Needful Things", readers may find many familiar people, and animals, with which to share this story.
This is in memory of John D. MacDonald. I miss you, old friend - and you were right about the tigers.
| Name | Description |
|---|
| ?, Ellen | Niece of Molly Durham |
| ?, Hilda | Aunt of Kevin Delevan. Lived in Portland and gave him string ties for each birthday |
| ?, Joe | Worked for Cedric McCarty as a full time pilot |
| ?, Randy | Uncle of Kevin Delevan |
| Baker, Mr | Kevin Delevan's favourite teacher |
| Bannerman, George | Castle Rock Sheriff who was killed by Cujo |
| Brady, Matthew | Photographer in the late 1800's |
| Bunyan, Paul | Mentioned by Pop Merrill |
| Cabot, ? | Name mentioned in passing |
| Camber, Joe | Owner of Cujo that was killed by Cujo |
| Chaffee, Emory | Dealt with Pop Merrill. Collected Paranormal stuff |
| Chalmers, Evelyn (Aunt Evvie) | Great-Grandmother of Polly Chalmers |
| Chalmers, Patricia (Polly) | Worked in You Sew and Sew. Great-Grandaughter of Evvie Chalmers |
| Claudette | Cat at a seance that tore the ear of her owner |
| Clutterbuck, Andy | Policeman in Castle Rock |
| Constantine, Mr | Pharmacist at LaVerdiere's Super Drug |
| Cujo | Dog that went rabid and killed Joe Camber, Gary Pervier and George Bannerman |
| Deere, Eleusippus | Sister of Meleusippus. Collected Paranormal stuff |
| Deere, Meleusippus | Maiden name of Meleusippus Verrill. Sister of Eleusippus. Collected Paranormal stuff |
| Deere, Mr | Father of Meleusippus and Eleusippus. Named them after saints |
| Delevan, John | Father of Kevin and Megan and husband of Mary. Worked in Portland |
| Delevan, Kevin | Got a Sun 660 camera for his 15th birthday, but it took strange pictures that moved ever so slightly each time. The pictures showed the Sun Dog, and he is getting closer each time |
| Delevan, Mary | Mother of Kevin and Megan and wife of John |
| Delevan, Megan (Meg) | Sister of Kevin. 11 years old and liked horror movies |
| Donahue, ? | Tricked Pop Merrill out of some money. Antiques dealer |
| Doyon, Jane | Played bridge with Mary Delevan |
| Doyon, Mr | Husband of Jane |
| Durham, Molly | Worked at LaVerdiere's Super Drug Store |
| Greer, Hal | Football player |
| Jackett, Sonny | Worked at Sonny's Texaco |
| Keeton, Danforth (Buster) | Castle Rock selectman |
| Linden, Althea | Neighbour of Pop Merrill |
| Lowell, ? | Name mentioned in passing |
| McCarty, Cedric | Did business with Pop Merrill. Collected paranormal stuff |
| Merrill, John (Ace) | Nephew of pop Merrill. Serving 4 years in Shawshank Prison for robbing the Mellow Tiger Bar |
| Merrill, Mrs | Mother of Pop. Buried in Homeland Cemetery |
| Merrill, Reginald Marion (Pop) | Looked at Kevin Delevan's camera and decided he wanted it for himself. A bit of a moneylender, and conman. Runs the "Emporium Galorium", and had a CLOSE look at the Sun Dog. He was killed while the Sun Dog was escaping from the camera |
| Pangborn, Alan J | Sheriff in Castle Rock. Just lost his wife and son in a car accident |
| Pangborn, Annie | Wife of Alan |
| Paulette | Teddy bear named by Ellen, niece of Molly Durham |
| Pervier, Gary | Killed by Cujo |
| Reed, Brandon | Worked with John Delevan |
| Ridgewick, Norris | Police officer in Castle Rock |
| Roberson, Bill | Friend of John Delevan |
| Roberts, Nan | Owned Nan's Luncheonette |
| Simineaux, Colette | Had an eye damaged |
| The Sun Dog | Nasty creature that is heading closer to Kevin's camera. He eventually escapes and attacks Pop Merrill, but Kevin Delevan is there with another camera, and he's waiting! |
| Tombauch, Clyde | Astronomer that found Pluto |
| Trenton, Donna | Held in a car by Cujo (Not mentioned by name). Mother of Tad |
| Trenton, Theodore (Tad) | Held in a car by Cujo (Not mentioned by name) |
| Untermeyer, Bill | Bet that John Delevan would pay a $400 bet that he lost the next day |
| Verrill, Meleusippus | Married name of Meleusippus Deere |
| Verrill, Mr | Husband of Meleusippus. Died in the battle of Leyte Gulf in 1944 |
| Whittaker, Mrs | Keven Delevan's algebra teacher |
