I Needed Some Inspiration Today ...

"Meantime, there are these twenty-odd (and some, I should warn you, are very odd) tales, each contains something I believed for awhile, and I know that some of these things-the finger poking out of the drain, the man eating toads, the hungry teeth-are a little frightening, but I think we will be alright if we go together. First, repeat the catechism after me:

I believe a dime can derail a freight train.

I believe there are alligators in the New York City sewer system, not to mention rats as big as Shetland ponies.

I believe you can tear off someone’s shadow with a steel tent peg.

I believe there really is a Santa Claus, and all those red suited guys you see at Christmas time really are his helpers.

I believe there is an unseen world all around us.

I believe that tennis balls are full of poison gas, and if you cut one in two and breathe what comes out, it'll kill you.

Most of all, I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks, I do believe in spooks.

Okay? Ready? Fine. Here's my hand. I know the way. All you have to do is hold on tight....and believe."




STEPHEN KING
BANGOR MAINE
NOVEMBER 6, 1992
FROM: NIGHTMARES & DREAMSCAPES