A recovering opiate addict/drunk moves to the small Maine town of Pickler Mills (just down the 'rud from Castle Rock, dontcha know), where he meets a telekinetic wood chuck who warns him of the coming wood chuck invasion. Protagonist immediately pees his pants and begins mumbling obscure nursery rhymes to drown out the psychic connection with this furry harbinger of doom. Hitching a ride in a rusty Plymouth Fury driven by Ace Meryill's second cousin Reggie Fourtenbleu, he winds up at The Mellow Tiger and falls off the wagon. The woodchucks invade, only to be blown apart by a grown-up, full gunslinger Jake Chambers and his rabid billy bumbler, Cujoy.
All lit by arc sodiums. Dig it.