CONTENTS

EPIGRAPH

PART 1: THE SHADOW BEFORE

1. After the Flood (1957)

2. After the Festival (1984)

3. Six Phone Calls (1985)

Derry: The First Interlude

PART 2: JUNE OF 1958

4. Ben Hanscom Takes a Fall

5. Bill Denbrough Beats the Devil (I)

6. One of the Missing: A Tale from the Summer of ’58

7. The Dam in the Barrens

8. Georgie’s Room and the House on Neibolt Street

9. Cleaning Up

Derry: The Second Interlude

PART 3: GROWNUPS

10. The Reunion

11. Walking Tours

12. Three Uninvited Guests

Derry: The Third Interlude

PART 4: JULY OF 1958

13. The Apocalyptic Rockfight

14. The Album

15. The Smoke-Hole

16. Eddie’s Bad Break

17. Another One of the Missing: The Death of Patrick Hockstetter

18. The Bullseye

Derry: The Fourth Interlude

PART 5: THE RITUAL OF CHÜD

19. In the Watches of the Night

20. The Circle Closes

21. Under the City

22. The Ritual of Chüd

23. Out

Derry: The Last Interlude

EPILOGUE: BILL DENBROUGH BEATS THE DEVIL (II)

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

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