The small town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some very strange events & unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told…until now. Every day in the summer of 1974, twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the “Suicide stairs” up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock. One day, at the top of the stairs , a stranger calls to Gwendy: “Hey girl. Come on over here for a bit. We ought to palaver, you & me.”
On a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black suit coat, & a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat…
GPL: F King
164 pages