Charlie Rhodes

[GNTLGNT]

Bus drivers can be a real "buzz kill" for kids-so it seems poetically appropriate and oh so King to have one dealt with in such a manner..."Yeah, now you REALLY suck dude!"

[Pucker]

The exploits of a handful of "incidental" characters is symptomatic of what is going on all over town but is not described. Much like in The Tommyknockers and Needful Things, the whole place is infected and a few vignettes are used to convey that impression.