“J.C. G.M.,” said Jim. “Those are the same initials as on the throwaways around town this week. But—it couldn’t be the same men. . . .” “No?” Will’s father rubbed his elbows. “My goose pimples run counter to that.” He laid forth other old newspapers. “1860. 1846. Same ad. Same names. Same initials. Dark and Cooger, Cooger and Dark, they came and went, but only once every twenty, thirty, forty years, so people forgot. Where were they all the other years? Traveling. And more than traveling. Always in October: October 1846, October 1860, October 1888, October 1910, and October now, tonight.” His
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I wonder if this is the influence for King's haunted locale of Derry, Maine and its recurring monster, Pennywise the Dancing Clown.
