Chapters 8-10 Summary

Chapter 8

Mike stops by the cemetery, where Van Skye works part time as the groundskeeper. Finding no one around, Mike picks the lock on Van Skye's shed and investigates. Under a cot in the shed, he finds a tunnel, which has moist red walls, almost like an intestine. A stench emanates from the hole, and Mike decides to leave. He is walking back toward town when a figure dressed in an old soldier uniform approach, walking fast and closing the distance between them. Mike tries to hail the figure, but the soldier does not acknowledge Mike, and continues his menacing approach. Mike breaks into a run toward town.

Dale and Lawrence are preparing for bed when their father comes to tell them that Jim Harlen took a nasty fall off a ledge at Old Central and is unconscious in the hospital...