Desperation

by Stephen King

Marinville raised his flashlight and shone it full into his face for a moment, letting her get a good look. “I’ve met the man, as you can see, and I grasp plenty. Come on out front, Ms. Wyler, and we’ll talk. I see you’re impatient with that idea, but it’s for the best. The carpenters have a saying—measure twice, cut once. It’s a good saying. All right?”

The ragtag remains of The Collie Entragian Survival Society.

“Then, as if the people trapped on Tak’s side of the fall knew this had happened, the screams for help changed to yelling and howling. The sounds of . . . well, of people who weren’t really people at all anymore.