The Man in the Black Suit (Masterplots II: Short Story Series, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen King
- First Published: 1994
- Type of Plot: Horror, frame story
- Time of Work: Summer, 1914
- Setting: Motton, Maine, and environs
- Principal Characters: Gary, Dan, The devil
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Twentieth century, 1910’s, Fear, Death or dying, Boys, Fishing or fishermen, Satan or Satanism, Evil, Maine
- Locales: Maine
The Story
The action proper of “The Man in the Black Suit” begins with nine-year-old Gary performing some Saturday chores in the summer of 1914 on his parents’ farm, chores that his older brother Dan would have helped with had he not died from a bee sting a year earlier. After his chores, Gary is allowed to go fishing in Castle Stream provided he promises not to go too far in the woods and certainly not beyond where the stream forks. Solemnly promising to go no farther than the fork, he sets out by himself; his dog Candy Bill stays behind for the first time.
Gary...
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