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world princeton or houston or stokely on carmichael some fucking place after all 
tis the season and none of us are) 
  (GET OUT OF HIS MIND; YOU LITTLE SHIT!) 
  He recoiled in terror from that mental voice; his eyes widening; his hands 
tightening into claws on the counterpane。 It hadn't been the voice of his father 
but a clever mimic。 A voice he knew。 Hoarse; brutal; yet underpointed with a 
vacuous sort of humor。 
  Was it so near; then? 
  He threw the covers back and swung his feet out onto the floor。 He kicked his 
slippers out from under the bed and put them on。 He went to the door and pulled 
it open and hurried up to the main corridor; his slippered feet whispering on 
the nap of the carpet runner。 He turned the corner。 


 
 
  There was a man on all fours halfway down the corridor; between him and the 
stairs。 
  Danny froze。 
  The man looked up at him。 His eyes were tiny and red。 He was dressed in some 
sort of silvery; spangled costume。 A dog costume; Danny realized。 Protruding 
from the rump of this strange creation was a long and floppy tail with a puff on 
the end。 A zipper ran up the back of the costume to the neck。 To the left of him 
was a dog's or wolf's head; blank eyesockets above the muzzle; the mouth open in 
a meaningless snarl that showed the rug's black and blue pattern between fangs 
that appeared to be papier…mache。 
  The man's mouth and chin and cheeks were smeared with blood。 
  He began to growl at Danny。 He was grinning; but the growl was real。 It was 
deep in his throat; a chilling primitive sound。 Then he began to bark。 His teeth 
were also stained red。 He began to crawl toward Danny; dragging his boneless 
tail behind him。 The costume dog's head lay unheeded on the carpet; glaring 
vacantly over Danny's shoulder。 
  〃Let me by;〃 Danny said。 
  〃I'm going to eat you; little boy;〃 the dogman answered; and suddenly a 
fusillade of barks came from his grinning mouth。 They were human imitations; but 
the savagery in them was real。 The man's hair was dark; greased with sweat from 
his confining costume。 There was a mixture of scotch and champagne on his 
breath。 
  Danny flinched back but didn't run。 〃Let me by。〃 
  〃Not by the hair of my chinny…chin…chin;〃 the dogman replied。 His small red 
eyes were fixed attentively on Danny's face。 He continued to grin。 〃I'm going to 
eat you up; little boy。 And I think I'll start with your plump little cock。〃 
  He began to prance skittishly forward; making little leaps and snarling。 
  Danny's nerve broke。 He fled back into the short hallway that led to their 
quarters; looking back over his shoulder。 There was a series of mixed howls and 
barks and growls; broken by slurred mutterings and giggles。 
  Danny stood in the hallway; trembling。 
  〃Get it up!〃 the drunken dogman cried out from around the corner。 His voice 
was both violent and despairing。 〃Get it up; Harry you bitch…bastard! I don't 
care how many casinos and airlines and movie panies you own! I know what you 
like in the privacy of your own h…home! Get it up! I'll huff。。。 and I'll puff 
。。。 until Harry Derwent's all bloown down!〃 He ended with a long; chilling 
howl that seemed to turn into a scream of rage and pain just before it dwindled 
off。 
  Danny turned apprehensively to the closed bedroom door at the end of the 
hallway and walked quietly down to it。 He opened it and poked his head through。 
His mommy was sleeping in exactly the same position。 No one was hearing this but 
him。 
  He closed the door softly and went back up to the intersection of their 
corridor and the main hall; hoping the dogman would be gone; the way the blood 
on the walls of the Presidential Suite had been gone。 He peeked around the 
corner carefully。 
  The man in the dog costume was still there。 He had put his head back on and 
was now prancing on all fours by the stairwell; chasing his tail。 He 


 
 
occasionally leaped off the rug and came down making dog grunts in his throat。 
  〃Woof! Woof! Bowwowwow! Grrrrrr!〃 
  These sounds came hollowly out of the mask's stylized snarling mouth; and 
among them were sounds that might have been sobs or laughter。 
  Danny went back to the bedroom and sat down on his cot; covering his eyes with 
his hands。 The hotel was running things now。 Maybe at first the things that had 
happened had only been accidents。 Maybe at first the things he had seen really 
were like scary pictures that couldn't hurt him。 But now the hotel was 
controlling those things and they could hurt。 The Overlook hadn't wanted him to 
go to his father。 That might spoil all the fun。 So it had put the dogman in his 
way; just as it had put the hedge animals between them and the road。 
  But his daddy could e here。 And sooner or later his daddy would。 
  He began to cry; the tears rolling silently down his cheeks。 It was too late。 
They were going to die; all three of them; and when the Overlook opened next 
late spring; they would be right here to greet the guests along with the rest of 
the spooks。 The woman in the tub。 The dogman。 The horrible dark thing that had 
been in the cement tunnel。 They would be —  
  (Stop! Stop that now!) 
  He knuckled the tears furiously from his eyes。 He would try as hard as he 
could to keep that from happening。 Not to himself; not to his daddy and mommy。 
He would try as hard as he could。 
  He closed his eyes and sent his mind out in a high; hard crystal bolt。 
                   (!!! DICK PLEASE E QUICK WE'RE IN BAD 
                             TROUBLE DICK WE NEED) 
  And suddenly; in the darkness behind his eyes the thing that chased him down 
the Overlook's dark halls in his dreams was there; right there; a huge creature 
dressed in white; its prehistoric club raised over its head: 
  〃I'll make you stop it! You goddam puppy! I'll make you stop it because I am 
your FATHER!〃 
  〃No!〃 He jerked back to the reality of the bedroom; his eyes wide and staring; 
the screams tumbling helplessly from his mouth as his mother bolted awake; 
clutching the sheet to her breasts。 
  〃No Daddy no no no — 〃 
  And they both heard the vicious; descending swing of the invisible club; 
cutting the air somewhere very close; then fading away to silence as he ran to 
his mother and hugged her; trembling like a rabbit in a snare。 
  The Overlook was not going to let him call Dick。 That might spoil the fun; 
too。 
  They were alone。 
  Outside the snow came harder; curtaining them off from the world。 
 
 
 
 
   》 
 
 


 
 
    MID…AIR 
 
 
  Dick Hallorann's flight was called at 6:45 A。M。; EST; and the boarding clerk 
held him by Gate 31; shifting his flight bag nervously from hand to hand; until 
the last call at 6:55。 They were both looking for a man named Carlton Vecker; 
the only passenger on TWA's flight 196 from Miami to Denver who hadn't checked 
in。 
  〃Okay;〃 the clerk said; and issued Hallorann a blue firstclass boarding pass。 
〃You lucked out。 You can board; sir。〃 
  Hallorann hurried up the enclosed boarding ramp and let the mechanically 
grinning stewardess tear his pass off and give him the stub。 
  〃We're serving breakfast on the flight;〃 the stew said。 〃If you'd like — 〃 
  〃Just coffee; babe;〃 he said; and went down the aisle to a seat in the smoking 
section。 He kept expecting the no…show Vecker to pop through the door like a 
jack…in…the…box at the last second。 The woman in the seat by the window was 
reading You Can Be Your Own Best Friend with a sour; unbelieving expression on 
her face。 Hallorann buckled his seat belt and then wrapped his large black hands 
around the seat's armrests and promised the absent Carlton Vecker that it would 
take him and five strong TWA flight attendants to drag him out of his seat。 He 
kept his eye on his watch。 It dragged off the minutes to the 7:00 takeoff time 
with maddening slowness。 
  At 7:05 the stewardess informed them that there would be a slight delay while 
the ground crew rechecked one of the latches on the cargo door。 
  〃Shit for brains;〃 Dick Hallorann muttered。 
  The sharp…faced woman turned her sour; unbelieving expression on him and then 
went back to her book。 
  He

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