It tells the story of a black
house maid working in a hotel and an eccentric alcoholic and prejudiced
writer who is a frequent guest there. The maid consumes some of the
writer's semen which was left on his sheets as part of a possible black
magic spell, in the hope that it will pass talent and ability along to
her unborn son. The story is told, in part, in the past tense.
King
states in the introduction to this story that it was the inspiration
for his novel Dolores Claiborne and that it was partly written to
explore the idea of why such famous and talented people can sometimes be
horrible in real life.
Description:
It tells the story of a black house maid working in a hotel and an eccentric alcoholic and prejudiced writer who is a frequent guest there. The maid consumes some of the writer's semen which was left on his sheets as part of a possible black magic spell, in the hope that it will pass talent and ability along to her unborn son. The story is told, in part, in the past tense.King states in the introduction to this story that it was the inspiration for his novel Dolores Claiborne and that it was partly written to explore the idea of why such famous and talented people can sometimes be horrible in real life.