Kevin answers “So what happens to the valise and the...”

Dylan asked this question about Needful Things:

So what happens to the valise and the souls contained in them after Gaunt flees the scene? Does it get destroyed? Are the souls of the townspeople freed?

Kevin The simple answer to your question is that we will never know unless he writes Stephen King writes a follow up to this novel. I too would love to read…moreThe simple answer to your question is that we will never know unless he writes Stephen King writes a follow up to this novel. I too would love to read more about the Leland Gaunt and what he does with all the souls he has collected. All the author tells us is that collecting souls is not the main mission. Gaunt above and beyond all else simply wants to entertain himself. He is certainly one of my favorite characters in the SK universe and is more than entertaining.

Now the uncut answer to your question. ow the Uncut answer to your question.... Stephen King is one of my favorite authors. His biggest weaknesses as a writer is probably the fact that he seems to be unable to write endings which are satisfying. This issue is probably most glaring in his novel The Stand. Although I am not familiar with the uncut version but the original is just over 800 pages long and kept me turning pages until the sun came up on more than a few occasions. I've read it three times over the last thirty or so years yet the ending had me wondering if it was not some kind of practical joke. In spite of this I still found it necessary to read it three times in the last thirty years or so. I will not spoil it if you have not read it but, well, it was one of the most pathetic endings to any novel can think of with the exception of probably half a dozen other Stephen King novels can think of. King takes this weakness to new heights in the Dark Tower series which contains six fairly thick novels not including the first of the series which is fairly short. I loved the entire series but the end of the series was much like the end to many of his novels in that it just ended flat in my opinion. (less)

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