Stephen King's the Dark Tower: The Complete Concordance Revised and Updated (45 page)

Like TED BRAUTIGAN, Stephen King—our favorite
kas-ka Gan
—is actually a facilitator. However, whereas Ted’s special talent increases the psychic abilities
of those around him,
sai
King’s special skill brings characters out of the PRIM and into the world of form. In more than two hundred short stories and more than forty novels, King has created hundreds of doorways leading into, and out of, KEYSTONE EARTH. No wonder there is such a problem with WALK-INS in his part of the world.

When seven-year-old King was on punishment duty sawing wood in his uncle’s barn, he was approached by the CRIMSON KING, Lord of Discordia. The Red King wanted to make little Stevie into a bard of the Outer Dark, but he was destined to be thwarted in this endeavor. Steve King was saved by CUTHBERT ALLGOOD and EDDIE DEAN, who convinced him to serve the cause of the WHITE instead. The Red King (never a good loser) has been gunning for King ever since.

Stephen King makes several guest appearances in the final books of the Dark Tower series. In
Song of Susannah,
King comes face-to-face with two of his “creations”—Roland of GILEAD and Eddie Dean of NEW YORK. King also plays a kind of deus ex machina by leaving JAKE CHAMBERS a key to SUSANNAH’s room in the PLAZA–PARK HYATT so that Jake and PERE CALLAHAN can retrieve BLACK THIRTEEN. King plays this role again in
The Dark Tower,
when he warns Susannah Dean that the seemingly friendly JOE COLLINS is not what he seems. (He is actually the were-spider DANDELO.)

Although his characters form the TET CORPORATION to keep King and the ROSE safe, the
todanna,
or death-bag, which Roland and Eddie saw around the writer back in BRIDGTON, MAINE, is destined to have its day. In 1999—the KEYSTONE YEAR in the KEYSTONE WORLD—Stephen King is hit by a Dodge minivan driven by BRYAN SMITH. King’s life is saved by Jake Chambers, who jumps between him and the oncoming vehicle. King survives the accident but Jake does not. As a badly hurt King lies on the side of SLAB CITY HILL, an angry Roland makes King promise to finish the Dark Tower series. True to his promise, King has done so.

V:54, V:706, V:709, VI:167, VI:168–72, VI:207–8, VI:210
(tale-spinner),
VI:211, VI:221, VI:270–303
(294 possessed by Gan; his Beam is the Bear-Turtle Beam),
VI:322–24, VI:336, VI:350, VI:389–411
(journal extracts and article about accident),
VII:17, VII:18, VII:33, VII:36, VII:39, VII:76, VII:120, VII:121, VII:125
(writah),
VII:143–44
(telecaster),
VII:145, VII:173–74, VII:266, VII:300, VII:301, VII:302, VII:303–7, VII:311, VII:312–14, VII:332, VII:336, VII:388, VII:405, VII:406, VII:409, VII:424, VII:434, VII:435, VII:436–39, VII:440, VII:441, VII:442, VII:444–62, VII:465, VII:467–68, VII:472, VII:475, VII:480, VII:485, VII:487, VII:505, VII:511–15, VII:524, VII:534, VII:542–45, VII:552, VII:601–13
(uffis),
VII:614, VII:627, VII:680–81, VII:689
(enters tale again),
VII:690–95
(leaves poem),
VII:706, VII:728, VII:802

BACHMAN, RICHARD:
See
BACHMAN, RICHARD,
listed separately

CALDERWOOD, FLOYD:
A friend or acquiantance of King’s, Floyd Calderwood also makes a guest appearance in King’s novel
It.
In that book, he appears in a flashback as a 1905 lumberjack who has a shady past. VI:276

CARLINER, MARK:
VI:409

FAN MAIL/HATE MAIL:
VI:401–3, VI:406

SPIER, JOHN T.:
VI:401

VELE, MRS. CORETTA:
VI:402–3, VI:406
(Vermont gramma)

FERMAN, ED:
Editor in chief of
Fantasy and Science Fiction.
VI:390–91

FULCHER, ANDY:
Babysitter. VI:391, VI:395

GRANT, DONALD:
The publisher who first put King’s novel
The Gunslinger
into print. VI:392, VI:395, VI:396, VI:403

HATLEN, BURT:
Steve King’s professor and friend who teaches at the UNIVERSITY OF MAINE. Burt Hatlen arranged for King to be a writer in residence at the University of Maine at ORONO. VI:391

HAUSER, FRED:
VI:407

HOLSTEN, RAND:
VI:409

JONES, BETTY:
OWEN KING’s babysitter. VI:289, VI:301

KING FAMILY (GENERAL):
VI:272, VI:273
(kids),
VI:280
(kids),
VI:295
(kids),
VI:391
(kids),
VI:396
(kids),
VI:405
(kids),
VII:436, VI:438

AUNTIE ETHELYN:
King’s aunt. VI:292, VI:389

KING, DAVE:
Stephen King’s brother. VI:278, VI:292, VI:389, VI:399

KING, JOE:
King’s eldest son. VI:280, VI:281, VI:283, VI:287
(indirect),
VI:296, VI:297, VI:301, VI:302, VI:389, VI:390, VI:406, VI:407, VI:408, VI:409

ETHAN (SON):
VI:409

WIFE:
VI:406, VI:410

KING, NAOMI:
King’s daughter. VI:280, VI:390, VI:393, VI:405, VI:410

KING, OWEN:
King’s youngest son. VI:280, VI:289, VI:389, VI:391, VI:392, VI:393, VI:404, VI:407, VI:408, VI:410

KING, TABITHA (TABBY):
King’s wife. VI:273, VI:280, VI:285, VI:286, VI:289, VI:295, VI:389, VI:390, VI:391, VI:394, VI:398, VI:403–4, VI:406, VI:407, VI:408–9

FATHER:
VI:280
(poppa)

MOTHER:
VI:280
(nana),
VI:389
(nanna)

KING’S MOTHER:
VI:278, VI:286

UNCLE OREN:
King’s uncle. VI:292, VI:389

KOSTER, ELAINE:
She worked for NAL. VI:393

MANSFIELD FAMILY (DAVIE, SANDY, MEGAN):
VI:398

MARLOWE:
King’s dog, who resembles OY. VII:544–45

McCAULEY, KIRBY:
King’s agent. VI:390–91, VI:392, VI:393

McCAUSLAND, CHARLES (CHIP):
See
MAINE CHARACTERS
,
listed separately

McCUTCHEON, MAC:
VI:276

McKEEN (GROUNDSKEEPER):
Great-grandson of GARRETT McKEEN, who lived in the LOVELL area more than one hundred years before our story takes place. The present Mr. McKeen is the groundskeeper for the King’s family home, CARA LAUGHS. Roland thinks of him as King’s bondsman. VII:437–38, VII:441–42, VII:443

McKEEN, GARRETT:
Garrett McKeen lived in the Lovell area of Maine at the turn of the twentieth century. His great-grandson is Stephen King’s groundskeeper. VII:439, VII:443

McLEOD, GEORGE:
One of King’s old drinking buddies from his UNIVERSITY OF MAINE days. VI:409

ROUTHIER, RAY (REPORTER):
This reporter writes King’s obituary, which
appears at the very end of
Song of Susannah.
Luckily, our
tet
prevents this disaster from taking place. However, altering
ka
always has its price. King survives being hit by BRYAN SMITH’s van, but Jake Chambers dies in his place. VI:410

SMITH, BRYAN:
Bryan Smith (who, we are told, is SHEEMIE’s twinner) has two Rottweilers, BULLET and PISTOL, and an extremely long list of motor vehicle offenses. In the KEYSTONE EARTH, Smith hits both Jake Chambers and Stephen King with his 1985 Dodge minivan. King survives the accident but Jake does not. VII:433–34, VII:440–41, VII:443–44, VII:447, VII:448–62, VII:463, VII:467–68, VII:472, VII:528, VII:543

BULLET:
VII:433–34, VII:441
(indirect),
VII:444, VII:448–49, VII:456, VII:461

HIPPIES WITH DRUGS:
VII:433

PISTOL:
VII:433–34, VII:441
(indirect),
VII:444, VII:448, VII:456, VII:461

SOYCHAK, MR.:
King’s algebra teacher. VI:289

THOMPSON, FLIP:
King’s old drinking buddy from his UNIVERSITY OF MAINE days. VI:409

VAUGHN, SAM:
VI:393

VERDON, HENRY K.:
The sociologist Henry K. Verdon authored the article on WALK-INS which Stephen King pasted into his journal. VI:397–98

VERRILL, CHUCK:
Stephen King’s New York editor. VII:448

ZOLTAN:
See
BORDER DWELLERS
,
listed separately

KING DANDO

See
DANDO (KING DANDO)

KINGERY, MR.

See
PIPER SCHOOL CHARACTERS

KING’S TOWN GIRL

This girl was one of the many that Roland loved and then left behind.

I:158

KNOPF, MR.

See
PIPER SCHOOL CHARACTERS

KOSTER, ELAINE

See
KING, STEPHEN

KUVIAN NIGHT-SOLDIER

It seems likely that the Kuvian night-soldiers were a band of assassins.

I:200

LADY BLACKBIRD

See
DEAN, SUSANNAH

LADY OF SHADOWS

See
DEAN, SUSANNAH

LADY OF THE PLATE

See
ORIZA, LADY

LADY OR THE TIGER, THE

See
MID-WORLD FOLKLORE
: DIANA’S DREAM

LADY ORIZA

See
ORIZA, LADY

LADY RICE

See
ORIZA, LADY

**LAMERK INDUSTRIES (LAMERK FOUNDRY)

In the days of the GREAT OLD ONES, LaMerk Foundry built the long and rusty bridge leading to the city of LUD. It also manufactured Lud’s manhole covers. According to SYLVIA PITTSTON in the 2003 version of
The Gunslinger,
the INTERLOPER (also known as THE CRIMSON KING) was responsible for LaMerk’s nasty machines.

As we find out in EDDIE’s dream about the destruction of JAKE’s magic LOT on SECOND AVENUE and FORTY SIXTH STREET, LaMerk is connected to that enemy of the ROSE found in our world—MILLS CONSTRUCTION AND SOMBRA REAL ESTATE. In fact, it is probably part of the SOMBRA GROUP.

In one of the ALTERNATIVE AMERICAS that CALLAHAN travels through, a footbridge (just in the shadow of the GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE) stretches across the HUDSON RIVER. This nineteenth-century bridge was repaired by LaMerk Industries during the bicentennial.

III:290, III:326, IV:100
(Eddie’s bulldozer dream),
V:5, V:132, V:292–93, V:460, V:578, V:633, V:650

LAMLA

See
TAHEEN
: STOAT-HEADED TAHEEN

LARS

See
CALLAHAN, FATHER DONALD FRANK
: CALLAHAN’S HIDDEN HIGHWAYS ASSOCIATES

LATIGO

See
FARSON’S MEN

LATIGO, GEORGE

See
FARSON, JOHN
: FARSON’S MEN

LAVENDER HILL MOB

According to SUSANNAH DEAN, in her
when
and
where
of early 1960s GREENWICH VILLAGE, the term
Lavender Hill Mob
was an oblique reference to homosexual men.

VII:549

LEABROOK REGISTER

See
CALLAHAN, FATHER DONALD FRANK
: CALLAHAN’S HIDDEN HIGHWAYS ASSOCIATES

LEEDS, TANYA

See
BREAKERS

LEFTY ROSS

See
ROSS, TIM

**LEGION

See
AGELESS STRANGER

LENGYLL, FRANCIS

See
HAMBRY CHARACTERS
: HORSEMEN’S ASSOCIATION

LENNOX, RALPH